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A Flying Car? I Don’t Know, Man

By Aarian Marshall

The Federal Aviation Administration will likely have thoughts about the Tesla Roadster 2’s ability to leave the ground.

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White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLM

By Tess Owen and Tim Marchman

Trump’s newly installed press secretary tells WIRED that in the early 2010s, she promoted a product for a company then called Beachbody, which she described as “sort of a pyramid scheme.”

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BUSINESS

AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For

By Paresh Dave

Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools.

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UNCANNY VALLEY

23 September 2026, United States, Menlo Park: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the Facebook parent company Meta, takes the stage at the Meta Connect developer conference. Behind him is a personalized mascot of the AI assistant Muse. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa (Phot

We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView

By Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger and Reece Rogers

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.

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CULTURE

AI-Generated Hot Girls Are Ripping Off Comedians to Boost Their Horny Content

By Ej Dickson

A network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.

WHAT TO WATCH

The New Fan’s Guide to the Unreal World of Nathan Fielder

By Miles Klee

Surprised by the hype around yet another documentary on Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes? It has everything to do with this experimental comedian.

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 11: A drone photograph of waves crashing against E Seaside Walk as homes collapse at Peninsula on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026 in Long Beach, California. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

SCIENCE

Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies

By Brian Kahn

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

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The Sixty-Year Mission Brings the Legacy of Star Trek to a New Generation

By Max Evry

The documentary chronicles how Star Trek’s positions on everything from race to AI were way ahead of their time.

Formlabs Has a 3D Printer for Normies

By Boone Ashworth

The Form Studio 1 is a $699 desktop-sized printer that fits on a desk and only stinks a little bit.

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