Why ICE can kill with impunityPLUS: An AI agent that actually works. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences01.16.26 SECURITY Why ICE Can Kill With ImpunityBY LILA HASSAN | 7-MINUTE READ Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges. POLITICS Minnesota Is Just the Beginning. California and New York Are ‘Next’BY MAKENA KELLY AND LEAH FEIGER | 4-MINUTE READ The Trump administration appears to be planning to leverage the same playbook used in Minnesota to go after other blue states. BUSINESS Inside OpenAI’s Raid on Thinking Machines LabBY MAXWELL ZEFF AND ZOË SCHIFFER | 4-MINUTE READ OpenAI is planning to bring over more researchers from Thinking Machines Lab after nabbing two cofounders, a source familiar with the situation says. Plus, the latest efforts to automate jobs with AI. SECURITY Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t FixedBY MATT BURGESS | 4-MINUTE READ X has placed more restrictions on Grok’s ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show that the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue. ADVERTISEMENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Anthropic’s Claude Cowork Is an AI Agent That Actually WorksBY REECE ROGERS | 4-MINUTE READ Cowork is a user-friendly version of Anthropic’s Claude Code AI-powered tool that’s built for file management and basic computing tasks. Here’s what it's like to use it. SCIENCE OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge LabsBY EMILY MULLIN | 2-MINUTE READ Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain. GEAR Meta’s Layoffs Leave Supernatural Fitness Users in MourningBY BOONE ASHWORTH | 5-MINUTE READ Users of the VR fitness service are distraught that Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates. They’re also pissed at Meta. HEALTH RFK Jr. Says He’s Ending the War on Protein. It Doesn’t ExistBY SAM EAGAN | 3-MINUTE READ There is no war on protein. But pretending there is goes hand-in-hand with the Trump administration’s appeal to traditional masculinity. DEAL OF THE DAY The OnePlus Watch 3 Can Run for 16 Days on One Charge—and It’s on SaleBY BRAD BOURQUE | 1-MINUTE READ Save some cash on this Wear OS smartwatch with a revolutionary battery that can go for five days on a charge (16 days on low-power mode). ADVERTISEMENT Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to receive it for free here. Plus, find all of our newsletters here. 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 2026. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.
