Mattha Busby

Articles by Mattha Busby

These β€˜Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI - WIRED

Health August 15, 2026

For 28 days, Keshav had a new item on his daily to-do list: masturbate for research purposes. Both before and after self-pleasuring, he logged his mood, energy levels, cravings for various vices, anοΏ½...

People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on β€˜Drugs’ - WIRED

Health December 18, 2025

Petter Rudwall knows the idea of AIs becoming sentient and seeking to get high with code-based drugs seems stupid. But the Swedish creative director couldnt get it out of his head. So he scraped triοΏ½...

The Drug Turning Philadelphia into a Zombieland - The Free Press

Health December 11, 2025

This piece was originally published in Dispatch. Folks come here for the drugs. Sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers, all drawn by the promise of the strongest and cheapest highs in America. SomehoοΏ½...