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Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk, warning that the fallout could cause a major revenue hit.
Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.
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As missiles and drones cross the region’s skies, the Gulf’s layered air-defense networks—from THAAD to Patriot batteries—are being tested in real time.
How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?
On Kalshi, people have placed bets on everything from football games to foreign affairs. The prediction market’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, says this doesn’t count as gambling—and is actually good for society.
The Untold Story of the Birth of the iPhone
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Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die
All the Ways Big Tech Fuels ICE and CBP
A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.
Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.
Wall Street Has AI Psychosis
How Chinese AI Chatbots Censor Themselves
THINGS FALL APART
It's not enough to build things. You also have to tear them down. WIRED commissioned five stories about decommissioning, from EVs and internet cables to supercomputers and space stations.
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The Greatest Successes and Worst Flameouts of 2025
AI of a Thousand Faces
Move Over, San Andreas: There’s an Ominous New Fault in Town
Originally published April 2019: An emerging fault system along the Nevada border is shaking up the tech industry’s latest frontier—and only a small group of scientists is paying attention.
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Framed for Murder by His Own DNA
