Hot or Not Built the Internet We’re Still Swiping Through 19. August 2026 (11:45) The early website Hot or Not taught its users to rank people at scale. Twenty-six years later, dating apps are trying to escape the culture the site helped create.(Wired)
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code 19. August 2026 (11:00) Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.(Wired)
OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue 18. August 2026 (20:33) The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards.(Wired)
Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians 18. August 2026 (16:45) One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.(Wired)
