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Glitch Goth Is The Post-AI Anti-Aesthetic Aesthetic of 2026
The glitch is the feature, not the problem.
By Chloe Joe
Digital Blackface Is Back in the Form of Black AI Influencers
It's part of “the fantasy of being able to own, define, and consume Blackness without consequence.”
By Zeba Blay
With AI and Layoffs, Are Teens Still Looking for Careers in Tech?
AI is changing what careers are possible for students interested in STEM subjects. WIRED spoke with five aspiring scientists to find out how they’re preparing for the future.
By Charley Locke
Anti-Trump Protesters Take Aim at ‘Naive’ US-UK AI Deal
Thousands marched in London to protest President Donald Trump’s second state visit. Among them were many environmental activists unhappy with Britain’s new AI deal with the US.
By Natasha Bernal
Have You Been Tricked By an AI Influencer?
They're getting harder to spot, creeping into our feeds through cultural touchstones like Love Island.
By Ella Chakarian
AI Could Have Terrifying Impacts on Fashion Models, New Research Shows
Models highlight fears around the power dynamics with AI in a new report by Cornell University's Worker Institute and Data & Society.
By Alyssa Hardy
How ChatGPT Could Be Making Your OCD Worse
People with OCD are using chatbots to seek reassurance.
By Anna Rogers
Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom’
The National Academy for AI Instruction will make artificial intelligence training accessible to educators across the country.
By Paresh Dave
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
By Lex McMenamin
Some Students Are Using ChatGPT to Text Their Own Friends
9 college students share how they use Chat.
By Lucy Anderson
Here’s the Right Way to Lean on ChatGPT for Your College Essays
Be sure you actually write the essay yourself.
By Olivia Sanchez
Here’s How Gen Z and Gen Alpha Are Actually Using ChatGPT at School
Use of AI for schoolwork is on the rise.
By Steffi Cao
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Is Your New Favorite Song Real or AI?
“Songwriting is so much about being human. AI can't relate.”
By Kristine Villarroel
How to Stop Deepfake Porn Using AI
AI experts explore the tools working to make deepfake porn harder to make.
By Margaret Mitchell, Sasha Luccioni, Elizabeth Allendorf, Emily Witko, Bruna Trevelin
Katy Perry & Dua Lipa AI Fakes Took the Fun Out of Met Gala
Where is the decency? Where is the respect?
By Ashleigh Carter
Creating Sexually Explicit Deepfakes to Be Criminalized in the UK
Offenders could face jail time under proposed updates to the Online Safety Act.
By Angie Jaime
Taylor Swift Was the Victim of Deepfake Porn on Social Media
Swifties took action, flooding the platform with positive images of the star.
By Brittney McNamara
As AI Porn Rises, This Teen Is Trying to Protect Other Victims
“I just want to protect people because I wasn’t protected when this happened to me.”
By Fortesa Latifi
How AI Mirrors the White Supremacy of Our World
The uses we’ve seen for artificial intelligence are not objective or unbiased.
By Bunny McKensie Mack
