AI Labor Is Boring. AI Lust Is Big Business

After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots defined AI’s narrative.

So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen

In the AI boom, chatbots and GPTs come and go quickly. (Remember Llama?) GPT-5 had a big year, but 2026 will be all about Qwen.

Pinterest Users Are Tired of All the AI Slop

A surge of AI-generated content is frustrating Pinterest users and left some questioning whether the platform still works at all.

OpenAI’s Child Exploitation Reports Increased Sharply This Year

The company made 80 times as many reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first six months of 2025 as it did in the same period a year prior.

WIRED Roundup: The 5 Tech and Politics Trends That Shaped 2025

In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into five stories—from AI to DOGE—that encapsulate the year and give us clues as to what might unfold in 2026.

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

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