Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist

Orb promoted a Bruno Mars partnership that never existed. His spokesperson told WIRED they were never approached or in any discussions.

How Project Maven taught the military to love AI

Maven Smart System enabled 1,000+ US strikes on Iran in 24 hours. AI accelerated the pipeline. Humans pulled every trigger. The output is visible.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court showdown will dish the dirt

Musk's fraud trial against OpenAI and Altman starts April 27 in Oakland. Four legal theories, one founder-exit grievance, and both sides in the witness box.

China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals

DeepSeek V4 claims parity with Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. The real signal is Huawei chip compatibility — and what it says about export controls.

Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax

Anthropic adds Spotify, TurboTax, and Uber to Claude's app connectors. ChatGPT already had some. Feature parity, not a frontier move.

Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs and closing 6,000 roles while forecasting $115–135B in 2026 capex. The arithmetic does the talking.

Anthropic's Mythos breach was humiliating

Anthropic's Mythos model was accessed by unauthorized users on launch day via a contractor. The capability was real. The containment wasn't.

OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 model is more efficient and better at coding

OpenAI released GPT-5.5 one month after GPT-5.4. The superlatives are marketing. The cadence is real. Functional claims remain unverified.

THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION

AI polls worse than ICE while two-thirds of Americans use it monthly. The gap isn't a messaging problem — it's the output ledger being read.

You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze

Anthropic restricted OpenClaw and millions hit a paywall. The "responsible AI" narrative meets billing arithmetic — and billing wins.

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Microsoft's Agent Mode launch in Office is real — but the admission that Copilot shipped before models were ready is the actual story.

The Iranian women Trump 'saved' from execution are simultaneously real and AI-manipulated

Trump posted AI-generated portraits of Iranian women he claimed to save from execution. The images were synthetic. The outcome remains unverifiable.