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Unlocking the hidden power of boiling — for energy, spa...

Associate Professor Matteo Bucci’s research sheds new light on an ancient proces...

WIRED’s 2024 Year-in-Review Quiz: From AI Slop to Human...

How well did you follow WIRED’s coverage of the biggest science and technology s...

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2024

From Elon Musk and Donald Trump to state-sponsored hackers and crypto scammers, ...

To Fight AI Search Spam, Prioritize Real Human Voices

Anti-algorithm tactics and human moderators need to keep the web honest.

Revisiting the 3 Biggest Hardware Flops of 2024: Apple ...

The hyped-up Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin, and Apple Vision Pro have continued recei...

The Year of the AI Election Wasn’t Quite What Everyone ...

Deepfakes were nothing like the political force in 2024 that many feared—but tha...

It’s Time to Move Past AI Nationalism

Countries must collaborate if we’re going to create a less fearful future for ar...

5 Most Lightweight WordPress Themes for Your Next Website

Looking for a fast and efficient WordPress theme? Explore our top 5 lightweight ...

MIT affiliates named 2024 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows

Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships ...

AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines

Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.

The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language

With big cash prizes at stake—and AI supercharging research—interspecies transla...

Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitr...

Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Depa...

Can "Safe AI" Companies Survive in an Unrestrained AI L...

In the rapidly evolving AI industry, companies like Anthropic, which prioritiz...

Music Can Thrive in the AI Era

It’s past time we applauded the creative skills of LLMs—and it might make us app...

Ecologists find computer vision models’ blind spots in ...

Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve r...

I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping

Chatbots aren't very good at picking gifts, but that didn't stop me from burning...