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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 09.30.23 PEACE TALKS | 14-MINUTE READ What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World? BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN First it was chess and Go. Now AI can beat us at Diplomacy, the most human of board games. The way it wins offers hope that maybe AI will be a delight. CRITICAL UPDATE | 4-MINUTE READ Apple, Microsoft, and Google Just Fixed Multiple Zero-Day Flaws BY KATE O'FLAHERTY Plus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws. PRIME DAY | 8-MINUTE READ The Best Early October Prime Day Deals BY MARTIN CIZMAR Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days shopping holiday is coming on October 10 and 11, but early discounts have kicked off. SECURITY ROUNDUP | 3-MINUTE READ Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan BY LILY HAY NEWMAN AND MATT BURGESS Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, a possible US government shutdown, and controversy over the EU's message-scanning law. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus free stickers! Subscribe now. HIGH SCORE | 3-MINUTE READ FedEx's New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It's Playing 3D Tetris BY WILL KNIGHT FedEx handles over 15 million packages daily. A two-armed, AI-infused robot is now helping pack some of them into delivery trucks with expert care. ALL SEEING | 3-MINUTE READ How to Use ChatGPT's New Image Features BY REECE ROGERS OpenAI's new image analysis update for its chatbot is both impressive and frightening. Here's how to use it, and some advice for your experiments. BRICK TEASE | 6-MINUTE READ Lego Is a Company Haunted by Its Own Plastic BY CHRIS BARANIUK While the toy brand kills its plans for an oil-free plastic alternative, it's still pumping out billions of non-biodegradable bricks a year. Can Lego ever be sustainable? STICKY SITUATION | 10-MINUTE READ Sweat Is Helping You Survive Climate Change BY KATE YODER It's gross. It's sticky. Here's the science of how it has already saved your life. ROGUE ONE | 3-MINUTE READ The Creator Review: It's AI That Wants to Save Humanity BY KHARI JOHNSON Gareth Edwards' new sci-fi film invites audiences to cheer for artificial intelligence that affirms the value of human life. Mastering Chatbots Like ChatGPT Is Becoming An Indispensable Skill WIRED's Reece Rogers has created a set of primers on using AI to boost your professional and personal computer skills. Sign up for the free five-day newsletter series to get started. GET AI UNLOCKED Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved. Popular posts from this blog Choose the best domain provider. Compare and learn more! April 07, 2026 Are you ready to make an informed choice for your domain provider? Discover our comprehensive comparison of top providers, including IONOS. Domain ... Read more Ensure your website’s security with our SSL Checker April 17, 2026 Verify your SSL certificate status with our SSL Checker tool. SSL Checker Secure your website ... Read more Where will your WordPress journey begin? May 13, 2026 Explore what is possible with WordPress® and IONOS. WordPress® Where will your WordPress® journ... Read more Powered by Blogger Theme images by Michael Elkan Archive August 202633 July 2026156 June 2026153 May 2026147 April 2026148 March 2026175 February 2026144 January 2026141 December 2025153 November 2025144 October 2025159 September 2025150 August 2025159 July 2025156 June 2025153 May 2025142 April 2025118 March 2025149 February 2025146 January 2025159 December 2024160 November 2024164 October 2024158 September 2024150 August 2024143 July 2024146 June 2024134 May 2024136 April 2024138 March 2024145 February 2024134 January 2024142 December 2023137 November 2023160 October 2023154 September 2023144 August 2023152 July 2023165 June 2023173 May 202328 Show more Show less Report Abuse