WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist advises a parent who’s freaking out about their 6-year-old’s ambitions to make a life online. Read more »
From the astrology software of the 1970s to the Co-Star app, spirituality has proliferated online. Now, large language models can find overlooked ways to connect with a higher plane. Read more »
Regimes in China and Russia are rushing to repress what chatbots can say. It’s an early warning about a new frontier of online censorship. Read more »
Meta and Apple have zeroed in on mixed reality headsets and augments as their next frontier. But allowing wearables to collect data about their surroundings is going to cause problems. Read more »
On streets and in malls, browsing was a way of withholding commitment. But online, no act of browsing is ever really idle. Read more »
Testimony during Google’s antitrust case revealed that the company may be altering billions of queries a day to generate search results that will get you to buy more stuff. Read more »
Do-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. But they reveal limitations that date all the way back to the factory floors of the 1900s. Read more »
The Writers Guild of America won important protections, but it’s not enough. When the Screen Actors Guild goes to the table, it should fight for more to keep AI from impinging on... Read more »
AI could supercharge augmented and virtual reality, making online manipulation and disinformation campaigns much more personal—and effective. Read more »
Days seem to be rushing ahead in a disturbing blur, or else slowing painfully down. Maybe it’s a tale as old as—well, you know. Read more »