Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals 12. August 2025 (12:30) Halfway to its 2030 net-zero goal, Apple faces slow and hold-out suppliers, a tariffs scramble, and an AI race that could profoundly impact eco-friendly ambitions.(Wired)
Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood 12. August 2025 (12:00) While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly turned AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages, she’s at the center of it all.(Wired)
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt 11. August 2025 (21:13) GPT-5 was touted as a major upgrade to ChatGPT. Not all users think that’s the case, posting threads like “Kill 4o isn’t innovation, it’s erasure” on Reddit.(Wired)
WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership 11. August 2025 (20:32) On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week's news, from bitcoin miners trying to beat Trump's tariffs to OpenAI's new deal with the US government.(Wired)
Ford's Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars 11. August 2025 (17:02) The American automaker is spending billions on a radical reinvention of EV manufacturing, aimed squarely at taking on Chinese competition and Tesla.(Wired)
An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU 11. August 2025 (17:00) The Cleveland Clinic and startup Piramidal are developing an AI model trained on brain wave data to monitor intensive care patients.(Wired)
In 'Alien: Earth', the Future Is a Corporate Hellscape 11. August 2025 (16:47) Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley tells WIRED he imagined the planet’s future based on his fears as a parent about the present, from dystopian capitalism to the “moral horror” of growing up.(Wired)
