Wired.com AI
- by Maxwell Zeff, Will Knight, Lauren Goode, Paresh DaveAnthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.
- by Will KnightPresident Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.
- by Kate KnibbsPrediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.
- by Steven LevyA “thought experiment” about the impacts of AI sent stocks tumbling earlier this week. It’s probably going to keep happening.
Wired.com Business
- by Maxwell Zeff, Will Knight, Lauren Goode, Paresh DaveAnthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.
- by Will KnightPresident Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.
- by Kate KnibbsPrediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.
- by Steven LevyA “thought experiment” about the impacts of AI sent stocks tumbling earlier this week. It’s probably going to keep happening.
Music
- by Marianela D’AprileA 20th-anniversary reissue honors the years-long process of creating the quirky, masterful record and finds new freedom in its songs, packaging them with demos, live recordings, rarities, and a book.
- by Jazz MonroeThe animated band’s ninth album gathers collaborators both living and departed for a characteristically audacious monument to grief, India, and archival memory.
- by Dean Van NguyenThe Big Thief guitarist lightly updates his solo sound, but he still fares best as a traditional country-rock troubadour.
- by Andrew RyceAs the Bug, the UK producer has made some of the weightiest dub and dancehall ever committed to tape. But this reissued LP of oppressively wintry dark ambient is just as heavy.
- by Eli EnisReuniting with some old collaborators, the horror legend crafts a spiritual sequel to 1998’s Hellbilly Deluxe—but this time, the demon is speeding on cruise control.
- by Emma MaddenMitski’s homebound eighth album is both theatrical and restrained, responding to her newfound visibility with sober reflections on loneliness and delusion.
- by Samuel HylandOn a sprawling, 112-track treatise, the semi-anonymous samplers hide a compelling statement in a clusterfuck weighed down by conflicting ambitions.