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Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram
WIRED found thousands of ads running on Meta’s social platforms promoting sexually explicit “AI girlfriend" apps. Some human sex workers say the platform unfairly polices their own posts more harshly.
WIRED Politics Lab
Team Biden Is Posting Through the Looming TikTok Ban
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The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
Decades after her dad’s iconic sports car time-traveled into movie history, Kat DeLorean wants to build a modern remake. There’s just one problem: Someone else owns the trademark on her name.
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These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
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‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
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Dreame X30 Ultra Can Mop Your Floors, Then Ditch the Damp Pads
Want a robot vacuum that mops, but don’t want damp pads dragged on your carpet? The Dreame X30 Ultra is the pricey solution.
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The Eufy X10 Pro Omni’s AI Smarts Are Worth the Price
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Hip Hop's 50th
Hip Hop 2073: A Vision of the Future, 50 Years From Now
Originally published August 2023: To honor the genre’s 50th anniversary, WIRED contributor C. Brandon Ogbunu and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco paint two scenes of how the duality of AI will shape the art form in five decades.
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The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
Decades after her dad’s iconic sports car time-traveled into movie history, Kat DeLorean wants to build a modern remake. There’s just one problem: Someone else owns the trademark on her name.
