While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.

Job seekers are trying to game the application process using AI. It’s not working, and not for the reasons you might think.

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time for reasons that remain murky.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dig into the latest prediction market buzz, Flock’s AI-powered police search tool, and how tech bros don’t know how to talk about “rouge” AI agents

OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development.

OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.

At IFA 2026, Nvidia and its partners showed off the first RTX Spark-powered laptops and mini PCs, designed to run AI models right on your computer.

The long-rumored deal will give the chip giant access to—and help it promote—a huge repository of open-source AI models and data sets.

WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.

The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch, its most advanced AI project yet.

The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.

A startup called Mostik has a wild new approach to combining the capabilities of AI models.

Christopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer.

Meet the AI police who can make or break careers—in publishing and beyond.

The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.

Sonos is cramming AI into its software because it’s “very hot these days.” The new features, which include agentic automation, are opt-in.

Of the Glassdoor reviews from claims adjusters that mentioned AI, a staggering 98 percent were negative. “AI is just a tool,” one person tells WIRED. “It should never be given the keys.”

Burnt out on wrist buzzes and notification overload? A new crop of minimalist wearables promises to collect your health data without demanding your attention.

Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and you’ll never guess what “MrChildPorn” was arrested for.

Installing a large language model on your personal computer gives you a handy digital assistant that won’t compromise your data privacy.