The Big Story
Everything’s Computer
If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born
The brother goes on vision quests. The sister is a former English major. Together, they defected from OpenAI, started Anthropic, and built (they say) AI’s most upstanding citizen, Claude.
Steven Levy
Bill Gates Traumatized His Parents—and Other Stories of a Wild, Wonky Youth
Terrorizing classmates, spending a night in jail, tripping on LSD: This isn’t the Bill Gates you know.
Steven Levy
Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival.
Lily Hay Newman
This Is Not Another Boring Q&A
Mind-melds with freaks and geeks and bigwigs and rock stars—literal and figurative. Welcome to The Big Interview.
Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life
Much as the CEO seems awestruck by AI and his just-released Apple Intelligence, he’s more convinced that the tech giant’s health apps will define the company’s legacy.
Steven Levy
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Takeover
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Makena Kelly, David Gilbert, Vittoria Elliott, Kate Knibbs, Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron, Tim Marchman, Leah Feiger, and Zoë Schiffer
MAX IMPACT
The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
Lauren Smiley
dirty deals
This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called
Noah Shachtman
Money Money Money
The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed
Lionel Barber
Money Money Money
A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI
Bradley Hope