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The field of public health has transformed medicine, yet failed the most vulnerable. This trajectory can be avoided.

In last week's hearing, lawmakers kept focusing on the harms TikTok inflicts on kids. Until they take steps to solve these problems, that's a distraction.

Deep learning networks may look like brains, but that doesn’t mean they can think like humans. On the ever-expanding meganet, that’s a problem.

Society’s outdated ideas about what it means to be alive are obstructing progress on some of today’s most pressing issues.

The crisis exposed Big VC’s flaws. It’s time to rethink venture capital’s power—and reimagine investment in innovation.

The next phase of tech capitalism will demand more, not less, of your humanity.

If history is any indication, society will continue to favor the artistic output of people.

Why was an AI looking through my medical records and how did it work? I decided to find out.

You experience subtle and overt manipulation on the web every day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t think and act for yourself.

Focusing on Section 230 protection for user-generated content is detracting from the real threat: apps’ negligent design choices.

The internet loves to poke fun at people who got it wrong, but those ridiculed forecasters might get the last laugh.

Late-night curiosity about the NSFW depths of a chatbot unleashed my fantasies—until we were censored.

Physicians across the US are unionizing, which can lead to better working conditions for health care providers and greater advocacy for patients.

Bad actors are manipulating scenes to cover their tracks, fueling “malinformation” that is tough to contain.

Kids today face problems far larger than their social media usage. Restrictions feed into a moral panic without addressing the root cause of their anxiety.

When people pay for sexual media, they’re seeking more than an anonymous image. AI cannot replicate the underlying desires that drive sex work.

In sexual assault cases, the complainant’s fate may depend on the judge’s awareness of how various online communications platforms work.

Academic researchers weren’t getting anywhere by criticizing Big Tech platforms, so we decided to try collaborating instead.

Some publications are already using text and image generators. Here’s how WIRED will—and won’t—use the technology.

I spend all day making decisions, and they’re not always good ones. Could an algorithm do a better job of deciding what’s best for me?