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Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies-it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.

This silent machine outperforms more expensive rivals, despite its plasticky body.

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.

A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers-just by thinking and trying to move.

Dara Khosrowshahi swooped in to tame a beastly work culture and try to make the on-demand giant profitable. Now he's expanding into trucks and boats, but he still sees Uber as a fixer-upper.

Specialized's light utility ebike is more than ready to make up for the loss of VanMoof.

California Mode is outstanding, and the EV's design is a clear win-but too many features are missing or coming soon," making this SUV a jumble of hits and misses.

It's bright, affordable, looks great, and is easy to mount and use. What's not to like?

This powerhouse of a machine comes very close to delivering everything you need in a laptop.

Be sure to blow up any criticism or misunderstanding of your app, no matter how small, into a flat-out organizational panic.

A study of baby-food containers shows that microwaving plastic releases millions upon millions of polymer bits.

Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities.

As white-collar workers surf the web in air-conditioned comfort, delivery drivers are moving ecommerce packages through record temperatures.

Berberine went viral as a weight loss wonder pill. Its success on social media shows how broken the supplement industry is.

An extra membrane that once had digestive functions let marine microbes boost their yield from photosynthesis. Today, they're responsible for locking carbon in the ocean and putting oxygen in the air.

Jumping between Chrome and Safari, or Firefox and Edge? Here's how to keep your precious data with you.

Active chairs promise to improve your posture and introduce movement in a long day of sitting. Kinesiologists think you might want to take a walk instead.

When humans didn't know what moved the ocean and the sun, they granted those objects mental states. Something similar can happen with artificial intelligence.

Plus: Russia tightens social media censorship, new cyberattack reporting rules for US companies, and Google Street View returns to Germany.

A teens dabbling in the dark arts" movie looks different through the lens of social media natives hoping to make #content.

By the time you have enough devices to take advantage of Wi-Fi 7, systems like these will be much cheaper.

Snow is falling-but it doesn't show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes.

We've got discounts for everyone, whether you're gearing up for a new year of learning or just decking out your workstation.

The bird may be dead, but Twitter-er, X-is still alive for communities, news, and memes.

After five years of purgatory, Rafaela Vasquez, the operator of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in 2018, pleaded guilty to endangerment.

'Doom Guy: Life in First Person' is a biography and a history of id Software.

Google's new AI-powered search engine can feel more like artificial interference than artificial intelligence.

Together with Oppenheimer, the so-called Barbenheimer opening weekend topped $244 million domestically. But that's not its most astonishing achievement.

In the physics of water displacement, the answer isn't always intuitive.

It's typical to ask friends for permission to share pictures of them. Yet people don't extend this courtesy to strangers, either because they think nothing of it or they need to go viral at all costs.

Tools for Humanity has an iris-scanning Orb that decides whether you're human or a robot-and then gives you crypto. But is Worldcoin worth the price?

The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.

Stock up on hardware for your bedroom or your PC this week.

Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead.

Researchers were given unprecedented access to Meta's data during the 2020 elections. Meta says their results show its platforms don't cause political polarization. That's not entirely true.

The Pentagon's embrace of military AI raises questions about what limits should be placed on the technology-and how to keep humans in control.

The Motion 1 gaming chair levels you up with movements and vibrations synced to onscreen action.

This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood fueling the writers' and actors' strikes will reach beyond TV and movies to also affect podcasts, video games, and TikTok.

Five people went into viral remission after stem cell transplants from donors with HIV resistance. A sixth patient received normal cells. Is an anti-inflammatory drug behind his recovery, instead?

It's getting harder to distinguish between AI- and human-generated content. But Unicode presents an elegant hack in the race to watermark AI-written text.

Experts warn of a new age of AI-driven disinformation. A voluntary agreement brokered by the White House doesn't go nearly far enough to address those risks.

I run into a lot of incorrect predictions when reading through the WIRED archives. What should the takeaway be?

This summer's extraordinary heat is but a preview of what's to come: Humidity not only makes daytime highs more miserable, it extends the hotness through the night.

The hoops god tells WIRED that his path to greatness was blazed by irrational confidence" and going beyond the metrics. Black Panther's Ryan Coogler-producer of the new Curry doc, Underrated-agrees.

If music is a sport, this is the most competitive season of the year. Here are WIRED's picks for the best tracks out right now. Who deserves the top spot?

Dyson hair tools, strollers, and more WIRED-approved products are on sale.

Is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) about to shut down, creating climate chaos? Depends who you ask.

As protests rage over Israel's controversial reforms to the supreme court, many tech companies have been moving their money and headquarters offshore.

Microbiologist Andrew Hessel believes in the power of synthetic biology to cure cancer, clone ourselves for the future-or to even destroy humanity.

Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI's GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems.