Business LatestChannel Descriptionhttps://www.wired.com© Condé Nast 2026en-USSat, 10 Oct 2026 01:58:29 +0000I’m Still Convinced the iPod Was the Perfect Gadgethttps://www.wired.com/story/im-still-convinced-the-ipod-was-the-perfect-gadget/6abda68d0d1cd22f8fcc102eFri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000Apple’s original music player got many things right. Chief among them: It didn’t connect to the internet.BusinessBusiness / Tech CultureBackchannel - NL, apple, iPod, steve jobs, gadgets, MusicSteven LevyCondé NastBackchannelInside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spreehttps://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-inside-elon-musks-midterm-spending-spree/6ac6ac8d9de41610baccb1a6Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:14:12 +0000This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligencePoliticsPolitics / Politics NewsUncanny Valley Podcast, podcasts, Muse, artificial intelligence, Elon Musk, Anthropic, OpenAI, elections, politics, government, republicans, democratsZoë Schiffer, Leah FeigerCondé NastUncanny ValleyShe Designed Meta’s New AI Logo. 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But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceModel Behavior, artificial intelligence, Meta, agentic AI, design, artistsZoë SchifferCondé NastModel BehaviorTrump Administration Cuts Off Access to a Major Immigration Program for Workers at Microsoft and Adobehttps://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-crackdown-microsoft-adobe-immigration/6ac7b9b9f425ff16c3434abdThu, 08 Oct 2026 19:11:45 +0000“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.BusinessBusiness / Big Techimmigration, Microsoft, Adobe, H-1B visas, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Labor, politicsKate TaylorCondé NastImmigrationHow Massive Is Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune? Spend It Yourselfhttps://www.wired.com/story/how-massive-is-elon-musks-trillion-dollar-fortune-spend-it-yourself/6ac40d4c33f7e4cd8ba04672Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000WIRED has partnered with Neal Agarwal of Neal.fun to create a visualization of Elon Musk’s massive wealth. Here’s how it came together.BusinessBusiness / Big TechElon Musk, money, data visualizations, Q&A, wealth, funBrian BarrettCondé NastQ&ASpend Elon Musk’s Moneyhttps://www.wired.com/story/spend-elon-musk-money/6abc7b785977f58c4ad5ac6dThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.BusinessBusiness / Big TechElon Musk, money, wealth, data visualizations, funNeal AgarwalCondé NastGame TimeTristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’https://www.wired.com/story/tristan-harris-tech-nonprofit-is-laying-off-most-staff-and-going-founder-led/6ac027c0a18993c6adb8406dThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for years, sources tell WIRED.BusinessBusiness / Tech CultureBusiness / Artificial Intelligencenon-profit, activism, Layoffs, Silicon Valley, Tristan HarrisParesh DaveCondé NastFounder ModeThese Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Outhttps://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-driving-cars-now-oh-boy/6ac3dfb697d1c72b4c81d740Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:45:00 +0000Three engineers put GPT, Claude, and Grok in charge of a real car. Only one of them was successful.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceAI Lab, artificial intelligence, food, Grok, Claude, Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, SpaceXWill KnightCondé NastAI LabYour Next Great Read Might Be Certified ‘Organic’https://www.wired.com/story/organic-literature-books-by-people-stamp-ai/6abbf5520a4fd8591c7dc4f6Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0000Amid a sea of AI writing slop, a new stamp for “organic literature” will help readers to pick out books authored by real, corn-fed, free-range humans.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligencePublishing, Books, artificial intelligence, Creative writing, StartupsJoel KhaliliCondé NastAll NaturalOpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Againhttps://www.wired.com/story/openai-is-pissing-off-a-bunch-of-mathematicians-again/6ac3ef9feed40d3a2cedf84dTue, 06 Oct 2026 17:28:33 +0000“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.ScienceScience / Physics and MathBusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI, Anthropic, math, mathematics, artificial intelligenceIsabella WardCondé NastClosed SystemMistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of Chinahttps://www.wired.com/story/mistral-new-model-le-chonk-open-source-china-us-frontier/6ac3e0f24c663913ae832b04Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:15:23 +0000With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.BusinessBusiness / Artificial Intelligenceopen source, artificial intelligence, Anthropic, OpenAI, modelsJoel KhaliliCondé NastLarge Language Model Kevin Roose Didn’t Use AI to Write His Book About AIhttps://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-kevin-roose/6abfc247f4e54bcc4326dd7dTue, 06 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”The Big StoryBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceBusinessBig Interview, Uncanny Valley Podcast, podcasts, Q&A, artificial intelligence, Books, OpenAI, Anthropic, GoogleKatie DrummondCondé NastThe Big Interview A Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!https://www.wired.com/story/a-prediction-market-about-the-past-sure-why-not/6abbf606be7d0477fd09a724Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”BusinessBusiness / Startupsprediction markets, Startups, Kalshi, Polymarket, investingKate KnibbsCondé NastToo True These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Openhttps://www.wired.com/story/trillium-labs-wants-to-do-high-risk-ai-research-in-the-open/6abbf300990723ca87d10e08Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000Many frontier labs keep their risky research locked away. Trillium Labs wants to show off its work when it comes to self-improvement and model behavior.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI, artificial intelligence, Anthropic, research, AI safetyWill KnightCondé NastOpen SesameTrump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Workedhttps://www.wired.com/story/trumps-crazy-ai-rebrand-was-a-loyalty-test-for-tech-execs-and-it-worked/6abe88e538929764b2271968Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000For years these billionaires gushed obsessively about AI. But they meekly went along when Trump canceled the term.BusinessBusiness / Tech CultureBackchannel - NL, artificial intelligence, Donald Trump, AI safety, politicsSteven LevyCondé NastBackchannelAmazon Says It’s No Longer Using NDAs for Data Centershttps://www.wired.com/story/amazon-says-it-is-going-to-stop-using-ndas-for-data-centers/6abeda5b53d3a98ae3a1a99bFri, 02 Oct 2026 11:47:58 +0000The company announced it has stopped using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledged that community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums across the country.BusinessBusiness / Big Techdata centers, Amazon, data, CommunityMolly TaftCondé NastBroken SilenceAI Is Making a Mess of Nurses’ Schedules. They Say It’s a Safety Issuehttps://www.wired.com/story/ai-making-mess-of-nurses-schedules-they-say-its-a-safety-issue/6abd4bb5b55f4a85476c9ae6Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.BusinessBusiness / Big TechPalantir, health, public health, Hospitals, artificial intelligenceParesh DaveCondé NastScheduling ShockWhatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not Thishttps://www.wired.com/story/whatever-ai-safety-looks-like-its-not-this/6abacb8bbc8ab97fed5aad6aThu, 01 Oct 2026 22:10:42 +0000Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceModel Behavior, artificial intelligence, OpenAI, Donald Trump, RegulationBrian BarrettCondé NastModel BehaviorTrump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballothttps://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-trumps-pinky-swear-ai-safety-accord-an-ai-agent-worth-the-risk/6abd69a2aa33d107855886daThu, 01 Oct 2026 19:58:31 +0000This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceBusiness / RegulationUncanny Valley Podcast, podcasts, artificial intelligence, OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Dario AmodeiBrian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah FeigerCondé NastUncanny ValleyTrump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swearhttps://www.wired.com/story/trumps-ai-safety-accord-is-a-fancy-pinky-swear/6abd2716b729f64a710059c9Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:09 +0000Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, xAI, Donald Trump, Regulation, FTC, Antitrust, politics, NVIDIAMaddy VarnerCondé NastIt’s Showtime