OpenAI should stop naming its features after products that already existPLUS: America's biggest bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences12.09.25 SUBSCRIBE FOR UNLIMITED ACCESS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEOpenAI Should Stop Naming Its Creations After Products That Already Exist BY REECE ROGERS | 2-MINUTE READFrom “cameo” to “io,” OpenAI keeps trying to call its new and upcoming releases by names that resemble existing trademarks. POLICYThe Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away BY BOONE ASHWORTH | 2-MINUTE READThe final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment. ELECTRIC VEHICLESCan Bike Riders and Self-Driving Cars Be Friends? BY AARIAN MARSHALL | 5-MINUTE READSome cycling advocates are on board with robotaxis. Others see the self-driving car boom as perpetuating auto dependency.ADVERTISEMENT CRYPTOCURRENCY America’s Biggest Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AIBY JOEL KHALILI | 5-MINUTE READ In the face of a profitability crisis, industrial-scale bitcoin miners are transforming their data centers into AI factories. SCIENCEFor the First Time, Mutations in a Single Gene Have Been Linked to Mental Illness BY JORGE GARAY | 2-MINUTE READResearch links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness. POLITICS Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat LessBY LEAH FEIGER | 2-MINUTE READ “You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers. POLITICS San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie: ‘We Are a City on the Rise’BY KATIE DRUMMOND | 16-MINUTE READ Since taking office, San Francisco’s mayor has been on a quest to revitalize the city and increase public safety. He’s also kept the National Guard out—with a little help from some very powerful friends. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Plus, browse more newsletters from WIRED. You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Have questions or comments? Send us a message. Need help? Contact us. Copyright © Condé Nast 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.
