Daisy Sitch

🎯 "Whether AGI is a process or a destination, OpenAI is linked with it forever. And it’s willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to scale its way there." @stevenlevy.bsky.social

Sam Altman Says the GPT-5 Haters Got It All Wrong OpenAI's CEO explains that its large language model has been misunderstood—and that he's changed his attitude to AGI.

"Promised as a game changer, GPT-5 might have indeed played the game better. But it was still the same game." @stevenlevy.bsky.social

ok this is terrifying

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

SCOOP: At 9:35am on Wednesday, the first morning of the US government shutdown, employees at the Small Business Administration (SBA) received a template from human resources for their suggested “out of office” email. They were advised to blame the Democrats.

How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.

Pointers on using Signal courtesy @wired.com

The Post-Chuck Schumer Era The Senate minority leader is seeking to redeem himself as the government shuts down. Democratic insiders say it may be too late.

The Senate minority leader is seeking to redeem himself as the government shuts down. Democratic insiders say it may be too late. www.wired.com/story/chuck-...

The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era. www.wired.com/story/wired-...

"Come for the words and ideas, stay for the photo illustrations" He said that @alyssawalker.bsky.social

WIRED global editorial director on tech's growing political power under Trump For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry's alignment with President Trump. Katie Drummond, the magazine's global editorial d...

That's my boss. This is WIRED's Politics Issue.

Tech 🤝 Politics

we out here in Bushwick 📍

Why are we taking our latest politics cover to the streets?

We wanted you to see what we saw, over many months of covering DOGE, ICE, and the rest of it. Tech leaders got what they wanted—a seat at the table with a would-be king, and a chance to haggle over the rules that govern their businesses.

“Despite speculation in some reporting about SIM farm operation that suggests it was created by a foreign state such as Russia or China and used for espionage, it’s far more likely that the operation’s central focus was scams and other profit-motivated forms of cybercrime…”

WIRED’s Politics Issue Cover Is Coming to a City Near You We’re turning our latest cover into posters, billboards, and even a mural in New York, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Here’s how to find it. (Pics or it didn’t happen.)

Our Politics Issue is out in the wild! Map your way to these locations and take a closer look at which tech bros got a seat at the table 🃏 🍏 💸 📍🇺🇸

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...

Livestream: Tech Went All in on Trump. Now What? Our panel of experts discuss what the tech industry's allegiance to Trump really means, and how it will shape our future.

TOMORROW! Join me and my @wired.com colleagues @stevenlevy.bsky.social and @supson.bsky.social for a discussion about the increasing entanglements between Trump and the tech industry. 11 AM ET!

www.wired.com/story/livest...

WIRED's The Politics Issue

Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley?

In our new politics issue, we're getting into it.

Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

Political Influencers Are Ramping Up Security—and Posting Through It In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, political influencers have to balance security and the requirements of the job. “Part of my rate is the ‘someone might kill me tax,’” says one.

Terrifying stuff. Read this by @makenakelly.bsky.social ‼️

Inside Trumpworld’s Reality Distortion Field In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing, Donald Trump's advisors were sure who was to blame. That law enforcement says they were wrong didn't, and doesn't, much seem to matter.

"There is a pendulum swing toward something approaching cancel culture and actual, government-backed censorship on big social media platforms." @jakelahut.writes.news

Fired CDC Director Says RFK Jr. Pressured Her to Blindly Approve Vaccine Changes Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanded she dismiss career officials without cause—and accept vaccine recommendations regardless of whether science backed them up.

Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanded she dismiss career officials without cause—and accept vaccine recommendations regardless of whether science backed them up.

‘War Is Here’: The Far-Right Responds to Charlie Kirk Shooting With Calls for Violence Prominent far-right figures and elected officials have called for vengeance following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

NEW:

"War is here"

With no suspect in custody and no known motive, far-right influencers, right-wing commentators, extremists, militia leaders, conspiracists, and Republican lawmakers all responded to the assassination of #CharlieKirk by blaming the left.

www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

JUST IN: Three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to St. Anthony’s Hospital. https://cnn.it/46fImzg

Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Event Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. A suspect is in custody, according to campus police, but details remain murky.

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Right-Wing Influencers Are Turning to Foreign Affairs Conservative creators are increasingly focusing on foreign policy. Whether they're emissaries from or to the US isn't always entirely clear.

The same MAGA influencers who helped get Trump elected are now acting as something like foreign policy emissaries, giving governments abroad the chance to speak directly to US voters online:

Apple Event Live Blog: The iPhone 17 Arrives Today Join us for live coverage of the launch of the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and Apple Watch Series 11. We're reporting from Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.

🍏 📱LIVE BLOG 📱🍏

Is AI the New Frontier of Women’s Oppression? In her new book, feminist author Laura Bates explores how sexbots, AI assistants, and deepfakes are reinventing misogyny and harming women.

Feminist author Laura Bates argues AI assistants and girlfriends are entrenching attitudes about the subjugation of women and indoctrinating misogyny into kids in her new book The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny: www.wired.com/story/is-ai-...

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.

NEW: i took a look at new research from @oilchange.bsky.social which finds that taxpayers are on the hook for an additional $4 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the one big beautiful bill:

The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It? When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.

Still not over this story by @eminietfeld.bsky.social –– absolute must read not least for the fact that...

"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."

"Even more telling than who didn’t speak is what wasn’t said. The topic of immigration, critically important to the future of the US tech industry—and surely of personal significance to the many immigrants seated at the table—went unmentioned."

"But there was an eeriness to see that same dynamic among Big Tech’s braintrust, like passing a camera around to take turns wishing a distant, unloved uncle a very happy Thanksgiving."