Kate Knibbs

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The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar

Absolutely thrilled to share an excerpt from our first pick for Wired Book Club—"The Yahoo Boys" by Carlos Barragán. Read here: www.wired.com/story/wired-...

‘Sexual Chocolate’ Faces Recalls After FDA Tests Reveal Undisclosed Viagra

this story is a great example of a phenomenon that most people don't know about—an astonishing number of supplements actually secretly contain pharmaceuticals. in this case...viagara www.wired.com/...

That said, because these tools can still produce false positives, they should never be used alone to judge whether something is AI-generated or assisted.

Artificial Writing and Automated Detection | Becker Friedman Institute

Yes! bfi.uchicago.edu/working-pape...

We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well

One of the weirdest conversations I've had recently. Had to cut that at one point he asked me if WIRED runs all my writing through an AI detector. www.wired.com/story/future...

great story!!!

i'm not totally opposed if the author wants to fiddle with something that didn't age well but this idea that kids can't handle historical details is so depressing. i always LIKED the outdated stuff when i was a kid!

I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?

if you haven't read this @thiccreese.bsky.social saga yet about the frankly completely psychotic AI-fueled first-person video gig economy, i cannot recommend enough: www.wired.com/story/househ...

INCREDIBLY sinister practice

Chicago pals, I'll be speaking at this cool event tonight! Come if you're free!

Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme

Another arrest over Polymarket trades! This time, a Google engineer who allegedly used confidential info to turn a major profit: www.wired.com/story/google...

Gonna be gabbing about my latest story and answering questions about AI and work—come (virtually) hang!

Always read Maris!

I tried to figure out which startup made a bot named "Eve" that had been calling one of my sources. The ensuing goose chase highlighted how pervasive these bots already are...and how glitchy they still are.

These companies are placing millions and millions of calls each month & employing stuff like "psychographic profiles" to try to get money

AI Is Taking Over the Most Cursed Job in the World

Debt is rising in the United States. Now, when you owe money, you're likely to get a phone call from an AI collector asking you to pay up—sometimes even when you *don't* owe anything: www.wired.com...

Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

anthropic authors settlement drama continues! great reporting from @ashleybelanger.bsky.social arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism

grim grim grim www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more...