Wired.com AI
- by David GilbertKids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.
- by Katie DrummondThe LinkedIn cofounder and frequent Trump target has a simple message for his peers: “Just speak up about the things that you think are true.”
- by Will Knight, Maxwell Zeff, Zoë SchifferTo prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.
- by Kat TenbargeA substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.
Wired.com Business
- by Zeyi YangAre You Dead Yet soared to the top of app-store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, one of its creators says they’re changing the name anyway.
- by Katie DrummondThe LinkedIn cofounder and frequent Trump target has a simple message for his peers: “Just speak up about the things that you think are true.”
- by Will Knight, Maxwell Zeff, Zoë SchifferTo prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.
- by Steven LevyLarry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultrarich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.
Music
- by Stephen Thomas ErlewineThe massively successful songwriter offers two versions of his 25-song new album: solo and full-band. At his best, he shows he’s learning to paint on a larger canvas.
- by Jude NoelOn his New Year’s Day mixtape, the Atlanta artist pursues an idiosyncratic fusion of romance, spiritual inspiration, pain rap, and plugg.
- by Anna GacaThe rising Martinican star’s third album unites ballads with dancefloor heaters and makes space for a plethora of collaborators in and beyond the island’s shatta rap scene.
- by H.D. AngelThe UK singer-producer combines nimble vocals and innovative arrangements with the compressed drama of Y2K dance pop; her ear for detail enlivens familiar sounds.
- by Andrew RyceThe mischievous UK duo reconsiders its 2024 self-titled LP with an uneven slate of remixes and new tracks, mixing moments of impressive boldness into a string of otherwise unremarkable exercises.
- by Daniel BromfieldThe second album from experimental musician Ulla Straus’ ambient folk project is intimate and untethered to reality.
- by Sam SodomskyEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the beautifully labyrinthian 1981 album from a prog-rock institution in search of continuous evolution.