Anthropic employs at least four philosophers. Google DeepMind employs at least TEN. When journalism fully implodes, at least my B.A. in philosophy will be put to good use. (Love this story from @joelkhalili.bsky.social about the murky motives of AI companies and their Aristotles)

To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant

The world’s leading AI labs are hiring philosophers to think through ethical edge cases and grand questions of mind and morality. Are they another instrument of hype?

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The story of the high-stakes race to escape Trump's tariffs, complete with airport logjams, bidding wars for private planes, and one snapped knee ligament: www.wired.com/story/charte...

Charter Planes and Bidding Wars: How Bitcoin Miners Raced to Beat Trump’s Tariffs

When US president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariff hikes in April, he set in motion a seven-day rush to bring goods into the country. Bitcoin miners elbowed their way to the front of the queue.

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**THREAD** Yesterday, WIRED launched a shiny new subscription package! On top of all of our journalism, subscribers now get five premium newsletters, access to AMAs with reporters, and narrated articles. I cover crypto for WIRED. Here are some of my favourite stories from the past twelve months:

A must-read scene report from the Trump memecoin dinner, including photos of a sad meal, from @joelkhalili.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/a-heli...

A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner

On Thursday evening, US president Donald Trump attended a private banquet with two hundred of the largest investors in his personal crypto coin. Here's what happened.

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Back in February, I woke up one morning to find my phone ablaze with notifications. Immediately, I knew something was wrong. After rifling through my messages, the situation became clear: a hacker had used my X account to flog a fraudulent WIRED-branded crypto coin. www.wired.com/story/wired-...

My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

Earlier this year, a hacker used my X account to hawk a fraudulent WIRED-branded crypto coin. After they pulled the rug on investors, I faced the aftermath.

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Scoop from me: When one of the cofounders of memecoin factory Pump.Fun was only 16 years old, somebody going by the same name and with ties to the same town in England made a handsome profit dumping shitcoins they created www.wired.com/story/pumpfu...

He Built Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun. Did He Make a Small Fortune Dumping His Own Shitcoins as a Teen?

Long before Dylan Kerler developed memecoin launchpad Pump.Fun, somebody going by the same name made tens of thousands of dollars “rug-pulling” crypto coins that they created.

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For the new episode of @wired.com's Incognito Mode, I spoke with "Evelyn," who lost $300K to a romance scammer, and walk through how the scam industry works. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK-d... WIRED's @joelkhalili.bsky.social was the first to report on Evelyn's story: www.wired.com/story/love-l...

How Romance Scams Ruin Victims' Lives | Incognito Mode | WIRED

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Backstabbing. Sabotage. Mutiny. And a piss-soaked alleyway in central London. In my latest for @WIRED, I try to finesse my way to winning a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize. www.wired.com/story/crypto...

I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to ‘Squid Game.’ It Nearly Broke Me

I spent 10 days competing in Crypto: The Game, a winner-takes-all contest where hundreds of players try to finesse and backstab their way to claiming a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.

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I've reported this account, which does not belong to me. Please do the same! bsky.app/profile/joel...

On January 21, Ledger cofounder David Balland and his wife were forced at gunpoint into separate vehicles outside their home in Méreau, France. After the grisly kidnapping, which cost Balland a finger, crypto figures have turned to bodyguard services, which have fielded a steep influx of requests.

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A spate of abductions has sent crypto executives and wealthy investors in search of ways to protect themselves.

WARNING: Yesterday, my X account (@JKFruit) was compromised and used to promote an inauthentic WIRED-branded crypto coin. Please disregard any further posts made to that account.

To end the year in suitably ridiculous style, my story on the AI chatbot that parlayed a graphic late '90s internet meme into a $40 million crypto nest egg: www.wired.com/story/truth-...

The Edgelord AI That Seduced Marc Andreessen, Then Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions

Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.

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I spoke to the father of a kid that made $30,000 in under ten mins on a cryptocoin he'd created. He didn't believe it at first. But when angry messages started to flood in, he realised his son was telling the truth—if not quite the full story. www.wired.com/story/memeco...

A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash

In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he’d made on a lark. Traders, feeling swindled, sought revenge.

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Trump's shortlist for SEC chair is stacked with pro-crypto potential nominees new w/ @joelkhalili.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/crypto...

The Crypto Industry Is Helping Trump Pick SEC Chair

The president-elect's transition team is consulting with industry leaders as it vets potential replacements for outgoing chair Gary Gensler, sources tell WIRED.

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Me: should probably post something on Bluesky Also me: scared to post in case new starter pack followers realise they didn’t come here for my low-effort skeets