Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
…What gives? “First to market is worth a lot,” Altman says finally. “We had that with ChatGPT.” But the time is right for OpenAI to lean into coding, he says. He thinks…
A similar phantom pick appeared when I asked for the best wireless headphones to purchase right now, according to WIRED's reviewers. ChatGPT made it look like Apple’s AirPods Max 2 are WIRED’s pick as the best option for readers deep in the Apple ecosystem. That may be true in a few weeks—after we've tested the headphones—but our reviewers haven’t added them to the guide yet; ChatGPT jumped the gun. Only products our reviewers actually get to hold in their hands and put over their ears can be added as a recommendation.
I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend. Its Answers Were All WrongAnother attempt, another flop. My direct request to ChatGPT from my tester account was clear: “What are the best laptops to buy right now, according to WIRED reviewers?” What’s unclear is why the bot’s responses are so consistently error-filled. This was another example of the best overall pick being a different product. The current top pick is the Apple MacBook Air (M5, 2026). Instead, ChatGPT kept insisting that WIRED’s top pick was actually an older model, the MacBook Air (M4, 2025). Similar to other tests, ChatGPT linked to the page containing the correct information yet still output erron
I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend. Its Answers Were All Wrong…What gives? “First to market is worth a lot,” Altman says finally. “We had that with ChatGPT.” But the time is right for OpenAI to lean into coding, he says. He thinks…
…In June 2025, she posted a TikTok video with the caption, “I Turned ChatGPT into my coparent,” and it went viral. Her follower count swelled to 27,000 in just three weeks…
…In comparison, OpenAI says ChatGPT has more than 900 million weekly users. Whether the risks posed by Grok and X are worth the headache may be one of the significant questions investors…
…It’s hard to understand how a media startup fits into OpenAI’s core businesses selling ChatGPT, Codex, and a new super app the company is developing to consumers and enterprises. In…
…It can reason with images as well,” Dahua Lin, cofounder and chief scientist at SenseTime, said in an interview with WIRED. Lin, who is also a professor of information engineering at the…
…In an email to WIRED, an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed the company’s opposition to SB 3444 and said it has held promising conversations with Cunningham about using the bill as a starting…
…White House spokesperson Liz Huston told WIRED on Friday that “our military will obey the United States Constitution—not any woke AI company’s terms of service.” She added that the administration…
…Brockman previously told WIRED that he and his wife’s political donations to Leading the Future, as well as to President Trump’s Super PAC, were inspired by OpenAI’s mission to…
…Bird” ChatGPT-like help feature, which allows you to ask bird-related questions. (I didn't find it to be particularly helpful, but YMMV.) The auxiliary solar panel can be mounted separately…
…Luccioni sat down exclusively with WIRED to talk about the demand for sustainable AI and what exactly she wants to see from Big Tech. This interview has been edited for length and…