Katie Drummond

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations.

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/states...

Anthropic Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service.

NEW: Anthropic revoked OpenAI’s API access to its models this week, after claiming that the company violated its terms of service.

The AI wars continue! Scoop from @kylierobison.com

www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

Well @stevenlevy.bsky.social’s newsletter this week is a banger.

www.wired.com/story/epstei...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

"To the shame of the technology and science communities, a voracious sexual predator managed to buy his way into relationships with some of the most prominent and influential figures in the field."

www.wired.com/story/epstei...

The Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition Crisis The WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations.

The World Health Organization believes 1 in 5 children in Gaza are acutely malnourished—the health effects could potentially lasting for generations. Read this important piece on @wired.com now. www.wired.com/story/how-ma...

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.

The Trump admin has enacted massive contract terminations for consulting giants and contractors like Accenture and Booz Allen.

Now Palantir is partnering with those companies—giving them a lifeline while consolidating its own power with the federal gov't. From @makenakelly.bsky.social

Watch Jake! Read Jake! Subscribe to @wired.com because of Jake!

Not gonna lie, this interview was so fun and Bobbi was great. Interested to see what she does next….

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target Meta approached more than a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s AI startup to discuss joining its new superintelligence lab. One received an offer for more than $1 billion.

The AI talent wars continue.

Meta is setting its sights on Mira Murati’s 50-person startup, Thinking Machines Lab, and has made offers to at least 12 employees -- even offering one person over $1 BILLION DOLLARS to make the jump.

From the debut of @kylierobison.com's newsletter, Model Behavior:

The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.

"AI companies used what amounts to the collective history of our species to create software that obscures its very richness and complexity."

www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Programmers Aren’t So Humble Anymore—Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl Perl is a messy, maddening programming language, the “duct tape of the internet.” But at least you can tell it was made by humans.

A column about Perl. Here for this.

www.wired.com/story/progra...

hi there, I am using this rare footage capturing the moment of a journalist being born as a ploy to get you to read a thread about what I do at WIRED as director of multiplatform video ↓↓↓↓↓

"If there was a world where, let’s say in five years, you could upload Bryan into an AI—and AI Bryan is pretty much as good as Bryan Bryan—does Bryan Bryan eat the cheeseburger?"

Look, this whole @katie-drummond.bsky.social interview with tech-billionaire-weirdo Bryan Johnson is great and worth reading.

But I still need to highlight "does Bryan Bryan eat the cheeseburger?" as the best interview question you or I will see in print this year.

www.wired.com/story/big-in...

Bless! (and that question was a great suggestion from @brbarrett.bsky.social !)

Seriously, Why Do Some AI Chatbot Subscriptions Cost More Than $200? The price of expensive chatbot subscriptions is driven by vibes—not immediate profitability for AI companies.

Why do some AI chatbot subscriptions cost so much damn money? (Like, hundreds of dollars a month!)

Vibes, apparently. From @thiccreese.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/seriou...

Over the last year, WIRED has gained … something of a reputation. A good one. One that involved offering more scoops than a Ben & Jerry’s. On top of all that excellent reporting we’ve served up fantastic editorial packages. As their curator, here are my faves of 2025.
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

Join Our Next Livestream: Inside Katie Drummond’s Viral Interview With Bryan Johnson On July 31, WIRED’s global editorial director discusses the world of wellness—and beyond—with WIRED reporters.

Many of you read my interview with longevity guru Bryan Johnson. Thank you! It's our 4th most-read story of 2025 at @wired.com.

In honor of this virality, we're doing an AMA where I'll answer your Q's about the story. I'll even tell you *WHAT ELSE* I saw in Bryan's house, aside from moldy fruit.

Wired Roundup: Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on D.C? Podcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · 07/25/2025 · 22m

Check out my debut on the @wired.com flagship pod w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social.

We talk about my latest newsletter on the influence of Silicon Valley billionaires in DC, but also an *excellent* selection of other stories. Queue it up for your weekend! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Trump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias The Trump administration says it wants AI models free from ideological bias, as it pressures their developers to reflect the president’s worldview.

Trump's executive order banning "woke AI" is a blatant exercise in top-down ideological bias.

Tech companies should be fighting back. Instead, they're celebrating the Trump admin's "big fat green light for the industry."

From @stevenlevy.bsky.social in Backchannel, his revamped weekly newsletter.

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everyone should subscribe to @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social's Made in China newsletter, and all of the other wonderful newsletters WIRED just launched:

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Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China How did steamy, short soap operas that originated in China become the hottest thing in Hollywood, seemingly overnight?

Thrilled about the launch of Made in China, an indispensable weekly newsletter from @zeyiyang.bsky.social and @lmatsakis.bsky.social. Sign up and learn a little something! www.wired.com/story/china-...

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A $17 Hotdog and a Humanoid Robot Serving Popcorn: WIRED's Day at the Tesla Diner WIRED stopped by the new Tesla Diner in Hollywood to talk to people who still stan Elon Musk. "I want to go to Mars, and he is going to take us," one visitor told us.

The very smart editors at @wired.com sent @jasooooon.bsky.social to the grand opening of Elon Musk’s Tesla Diner in LA.

The resulting scene report is a ridiculous delight. Click to find out how the food was!

www.wired.com/story/search...

thanks anne—and we're not done.

if you're considering subscribing to WIRED and still on the fence, this year, we also dropped paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and some guides).

so, here is a 🧵 of some unpaywalled articles (which includes some of our most important work)!

Do not consider it!

This is incredibly kind, thank you Drew.

Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.

Here at @wired.com we're obsessed with how the world is transforming. For me, right now my obsession is cars, the bumpy switch to EVs, Tesla's highs and lows, and the fascinating rise of China's auto industry. Let's take a look at recent killer pieces we've run on Gear so far this year... 🧵

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Smashing "subscribe" so hard on the new MADE IN CHINA newsletter by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social that I nearly threw up www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

Photos: Here Are the Piles of Used Bedding and Children’s Play Sets Left Near DOGE’s Old Offices Elon Musk’s DOGE minions have largely moved out of the General Services Administration. A dystopian scene of bedding and discarded kids’ toys remains.

NEW: Elon Musk's DOGE minions have exited their posts at the General Services Administration. They left behind...

...a dystopian mess of used mattresses, bedding, and children's toys. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social got the pics:

www.wired.com/story/photos...