Zoë Schiffer

2026-10-22

STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

Aged Intelligence Society hosts invite-only AI dinner events to teach midlife women practical uses of LLMs

Cofounders Shoshana Berger and Nina Willdorf run the Aged Intelligence Society, an invite-only events startup that hosts small dinner salons where midlife women bring personal 'quandaries' and learn to use frontier AI tools (including Claude) to solve practical problems. The events have been oversubscribed, attracted press coverage (including the New York Times), and their Substack has grown to over 1,000 subscribers, with attendees now organizing local meetups.

3.0

2026-10-08

MONEY · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

Elon Musk’s America PAC spends millions in 2026 midterms, largely targeting Democrats

WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast reports that Elon Musk’s America PAC is donating millions to pivotal 2026 Senate races, often spending more to oppose Democratic candidates than to support Republicans (WIRED built a live tracker). The episode also covers effective altruism’s growing role in the AI‑safety debate and backlash against the designer of Meta’s Muse AI assistant logo.

6.0

2026-10-08

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

Designer Jesscia Hische created Meta’s Muse logo and faced harsh online backlash

Lettering artist Jesscia Hische took a freelance brief to refine Meta’s M logomark and design the Muse logotype, completing a two-day sprint and charging about $12,500. After she announced the work, she was met with intense criticism on Threads from other designers and activists upset about Meta and AI; Hische said financial pressures and supporting staff motivated her choice and noted Meta hired an independent artist rather than using generative AI.

4.0

2026-09-17

REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

WIRED podcast episode outlines plausible 'AI apocalypse' scenarios and safety debate

WIRED's Uncanny Valley podcast walks through three real-world scenarios experts worry about—hacked water supplies, bioweapons, and autonomous robots—and summarizes reactions from AI leaders (including Sam Altman and Dario Amodei) following a Salesforce event. The episode also highlights political attention to AI risks and recent industry developments such as an Anthropic researcher’s resignation.

5.0