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10.20.25

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?

BY MATTHEW GAULT | 4-MINUTE READ

Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether it's a necessary protection—or a protection at all.

Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor

BY KATIE DRUMMOND | 19-MINUTE READ

Mere months ago, New York’s mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.” He spoke to WIRED about building a social media machine, Big Tech capitulation, and learning from Eric Adams.

BUSINESS

The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure

BY LAUREN GOODE AND MAKENA KELLY | 3-MINUTE READ

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.

POLITICS

Scenes From Saturday's Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protests

BY BRIAN BARRETT AND ALYSSA WALKER | 1-MINUTE READ

Organizers say the “No Kings” protests drew more than 7 million people across 2,700 cities. The crowds included high-profile politicians, A-list celebrities, and more than a few creative inflatables.

PAID POST

“I Love the Bobiverse!”—Andy Weir, Author of Project Hail Mary

Part space adventure, part philosophical voyage, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) is the captivating book that launched the acclaimed scifi series.

SECURITY NEWS

Hackers Dox ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI Officials

BY ANDY GREENBERG AND MATT BURGESS | 5-MINUTE READ

Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more.

SCIENCE

Apple Pioneer Bill Atkinson Was a Secret Evangelist of the ‘God Molecule’

BY MATTHA BUSBY | 5-MINUTE READ

The HyperCard inventor was a huge proponent of taking lower doses of 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogen found in the venomous secretions of the Sonoran Desert toad.

HOW TO & ADVICE

Need Something Repaired? Now There’s an App for That

BY BOONE ASHWORTH | 3-MINUTE READ

The Repair App is a new platform that connects trusted repair service providers with people who need their stuff fixed. It couldn’t come at a better time for economically strapped consumers.

GEAR

Gemini in Google Home Keeps Mistaking My Dog for a Cat

BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU | 3-MINUTE READ

Google’s Gemini AI has offended my dog, but at least it can automatically turn the lights on for me.