GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America.

Never miss a delivery. These WIRED-tested picks will help you keep tabs on your front door from anywhere.

Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor.

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time for reasons that remain murky.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dig into the latest prediction market buzz, Flock’s AI-powered police search tool, and how tech bros don’t know how to talk about “rouge” AI agents

OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.

Using Frore’s air-cooling technology, Lenovo’s Project AeroBlade Concept is an ultralightweight laptop with efficient heat management.

At IFA 2026, Nvidia and its partners showed off the first RTX Spark-powered laptops and mini PCs, designed to run AI models right on your computer.

When the beta arrives next year—15 years after its predecessor—Guild Wars 3 will have a new momentum engine that makes combat in the game feel closer to an action RPG.

The long-rumored deal will give the chip giant access to—and help it promote—a huge repository of open-source AI models and data sets.

An underground detector recorded a strange interaction pointing to a particle with some properties that signify dark matter. The detection is small but promising.

Restaurant menus with AI-generated food images are going viral for their off-putting aesthetic. But AI’s impact on modern menus runs even deeper.

The game starts as a reheated Witcher 3, but evolves into something much more focused.

These WIRED-tested indoor and outdoor air quality monitors give you insights into your home’s air quality, warn of potentially harmful pollutant levels, and help keep tabs on your environment.

According to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, an undergraduate working with DOGE requested that his work for HUD count toward his University of Chicago degree.

WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.

Common sense is of no help in studying reality at the atomic scale.

While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in the way of benefits to the average person.

To keep scammers at bay, dating apps are embracing biometric scanning tools and “verified human” badges. These moves are sparking concerns about surveillance and privacy.

The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.