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11 Noteworthy WIRED Long-form Stories of 2023

Year in Review

11 Noteworthy WIRED Long-form Stories of 2023

Caitlin Kelly

How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun

Backchannel

How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun

Steven Levy

You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?

Dose Encounters

You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?

Tom Vanderbilt

The Spy Who Dumped the CIA, Went to Therapy, and Now Makes Incredible Television

Cover Story

The Spy Who Dumped the CIA, Went to Therapy, and Now Makes Incredible Television

Laura Kipnis

Rebel Moon Director Zack Snyder on Violence, Loss, and Extreme Fandom

The Big Interview

Rebel Moon Director Zack Snyder on Violence, Loss, and Extreme Fandom

Hemal Jhaveri

Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence

The Big Interview

Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence

Lauren Goode

Satoshi Is Black

DeFi All Odds

Satoshi Is Black

Brandi Collins-Dexter

The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story

Ctrl+Alt+Delinquents

The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story

Andy Greenberg

Robotic Putting Greens. Mixed Reality. Loud Spectators. This Is Golf?!

Hyper Links

Robotic Putting Greens. Mixed Reality. Loud Spectators. This Is Golf?!

Steven Levy

How Citizen Surveillance Ate San Francisco

Video Doom Loop

How Citizen Surveillance Ate San Francisco

Lauren Smiley

Taylor Swift, Star Wars, Stranger Things, and Deadpool Have One Man in Common

The Big Interview

Taylor Swift, Star Wars, Stranger Things, and Deadpool Have One Man in Common

Angela Watercutter

Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era

Nouveau Niche

Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era

Brendan I. Koerner

‘Someone Is Using Photos of Me to Talk to Men’

Save Yourself

‘Someone Is Using Photos of Me to Talk to Men’

Lindsay Jones

In the War Against Russia, Some Ukrainians Carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich Carries a Shopping List

Game of Drones

In the War Against Russia, Some Ukrainians Carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich Carries a Shopping List

Samanth Subramanian

Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier

The Big Interview

Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier

Gideon Lichfield

Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears

Crypt Sweepers

Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears

Geoff Manaugh

What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?

PEACE TALKS

What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?

Virginia Heffernan

Confessions of a Viral AI Writer

Author's Note

Confessions of a Viral AI Writer

Vauhini Vara

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome

The Big Interview

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome

Jennifer Kahn

The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons

To Catch a Bot

The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons

Christopher Beam