AI ‘Business Agents’ Will Kill SaaS by 2030, Says Microsoft Summary Microsoft corporate vice-president Charles Lamanna predicts that AI “business agents” — autonomous, goal-oriented systems driven by generative AI and…
Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses Summary Prediction markets tracking AI outcomes have surged: trading volume reached roughly $20 million in August 2025 across platforms including Kalshi and…
LinkedIn Is the Fakest Platform of Them All Summary The piece (originally at Prospect and shared via Slashdot) argues that LinkedIn’s heavy adoption of AI has degraded the user experience.…
What Do Kids Actually Think About AI? Summary WIRED spoke to six young people across the US to hear how kids really feel about AI in school and everyday life.…
AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Actually Work Summary This piece explains how researchers are using AI to design and optimise real-world physics experiments — often producing strange,…
Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria Summary This Wired photo-essay traces recurring waves of alarm about classroom technology from the 1970s to the present. It shows…
The End of Handwriting Summary Angela Watercutter examines the long-running fear that handwriting is dying as phones, tablets and keyboards replace pens. The piece traces how schools, parents and policymakers…
Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them Summary Since ChatGPT’s public launch in 2022, teachers have been working out whether large language models are useful classroom tools or…
WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped Summary On an episode of WIRED’s Uncanny Valley, host Zoë Schiffer and senior politics writer Jake Lahut run through five standout stories from the week…
Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome Summary This Nature feature surveys the rapid rise of AI models that read, interpret and design regulatory DNA —…
