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People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’

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12.19.25

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CULTURE

People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’

BY MATTHA BUSBY | 5-MINUTE READ

An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 2: Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman delivers a keynote address during AWS re:Invent 2025, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Convention & Expo Center on December 2, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services)

BUSINESS

AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn’t Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs

BY KATIE DRUMMOND | 27-MINUTE READ

The head of Amazon Web Services has big plans to offer AI tools to businesses but says that replacing coders with AI is “a nonstarter for anyone who’s trying to build a long-term company.”

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THE BIG STORY

Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful

BY SLOANE CROSLEY | 4-MINUTE READ

Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.

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THE BIG STORY

DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed To

BY JASON PARHAM | 13-MINUTE READ

I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that.

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GEAR

Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions

BY AARIAN MARSHALL | 2-MINUTE READ

The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.

SCIENCE

For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert

BY STEVE NADIS | 6-MINUTE READ

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

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GEAR

Is Your Vibrator Spying on You?

BY CHLOÉ VALENTINE | 6-MINUTE READ

Here,s everything you need to know about data privacy in sex toys and the apps that connect to them.

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BUSINESS

OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most Users

BY MAXWELL ZEFF | 4-MINUTE READ

As OpenAI scrambles to improve ChatGPT, it's ditching a feature in its free tier that contributed to last summer's user revolt.

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SCIENCE

New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and Cancer

BY DAVID GILBERT | 4-MINUTE READ

Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has entertained a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.