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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points

The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.

VodafoneThree network sharing unlocks ‘significant’ coverage improvements

Internet, Technology

Network analyst finds recently merged company’s strategy to pool network resources is paying off for users from broader reach to faster, more reliable connectivity

Qualcomm gears up for AI inference revolution

Computing

Rack-based AI acceleration hardware is being positioned as a cost-effective and straightforward way to power AI inference workloads

Interview: Lenovo’s Mary Jacques on combining environmental sustainability with circularity

Computing

The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, including Scope 3 emissions reduction

Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 Months

Science

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited pig organs can bridge the gap.

OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week

Business

OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.

Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech?

Science

AI is changing what careers are possible for students interested in STEM subjects. WIRED spoke with five aspiring scientists to find out how they’re preparing for the future.

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website

Security

A database containing information on people who applied for jobs with Democrats in the US House of Representatives was left accessible on the open web.

AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness

Some of the world’s most interesting thinkers about thinking think they might’ve cracked machine sentience. And I think they might be onto something.

The Haunting Story of Two People—and Their Bots—on Therapy’s New Frontier

As millions confide in ChatGPT about their most intimate problems, these relationships are even stranger, more moving, and more insidious than we've imagined.

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