OpenAI navigates ‘code red’PLUS: Doxers posing as cops are tricking Big Tech. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences12.12.25 BUSINESS OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’BY MAXWELL ZEFF | 3-MINUTE READ The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI LawsBY MAKENA KELLY AND MAXWELL ZEFF | 2-MINUTE READ The order creates a Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass “onerous” legislation. SECURITY Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap PowersBY DELL CAMERON | 7-MINUTE READ Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data. SECURITY Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private DataBY DAVID GILBERT | 7-MINUTE READ A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information. ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments CuteBY LOUISE MATSAKIS | 3-MINUTE READ Taiwan’s digital payment infrastructure is tactile, decentralized, and completely distinct from China’s QR-code-dominated model. CRYPTOCURRENCY Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in PrisonBY JOEL KHALILI AND CAROLINE HASKINS | 5-MINUTE READ The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy. SCIENCE RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health InitiativeBY EMILY MULLIN | 2-MINUTE READ At an FDA discussion of testosterone replacement therapy, a top official called for special health centers to address a “men’s health crisis.” Others called to ease men’s access to hormones. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright WarBY BRIAN BARRETT | 3-MINUTE READ Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they’ve made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward. GEAR AT&T Gives the Smart Home a Second Try With Help From Google and AbodeBY JULIAN CHOKKATTU | 3-MINUTE READ The carrier’s Connected Life platform, now available nationwide, lets AT&T customers easily set up a smart-home security system. 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.
