Reece Rogers

Articles by Reece Rogers

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact - WIRED

Technology August 11, 2026

I was recently digging through my Instagram settings, trying to disable Metas now-defunct feature that allowed anyone to create AI deepfakes of me without consent. Anger bubbled up inside as I tappedοΏ½...

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI - WIRED

Business July 17, 2026

In early July, Meta rolled out a new feature where anyone using its AI app could tag public Instagram accounts and generate images using their likenesses. Metas decision to turn the feature on by defοΏ½...

Usernames Are Coming to WhatsApp Soon. Here's How to Reserve Yours - WIRED

Technology June 30, 2026

One of WhatsApps most in-demand features is finally coming out of beta. Later this year, the messaging app used by over 3 billion people plans to add usernames. Its an additional (and more privacy-frοΏ½...

The Hottest Anti-AI Gadget Is a Cyberdeck - WIRED

Technology April 29, 2026

In the years following the book's release, a bro-y community of hobbyists has dabbled with their own wires and screens to create homebrew devices, frequently for hacking purposes or on-the-go coding.οΏ½...

Google's AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome - WIRED

Technology April 17, 2026

Youll never have to worry about the dozens of tabs open on your desktop again. In fact, youll never even have to leave AI Mode, Googles chatbot-style search tool, at all. Thats the idea behind GoogleοΏ½...

How to Use Google Chrome’s New AI-Powered β€˜Skills’ - WIRED

Technology April 15, 2026

Google Chrome just got another generative AI feature: Skills. Skills are repeatable AI prompts you can run in Chrome with a keyboard shortcut. Add it to the laundry list of AI tools Google has been iοΏ½...

Meta’s New AI Asked for My Raw Health Dataβ€”and Gave Me Terrible Advice - WIRED

Business April 11, 2026

Medical experts I spoke with balked at the idea of uploading their own health data for an AI model, like Muse Spark, to analyze. These chatbots now allow you to connect your own biometric data, put iοΏ½...

I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed - WIRED

Business February 5, 2026

The hottest club is always the one you cant get into. So when I heard about Moltbookan experimental social network designed just for AI agents to post, comment, and follow each other while humans simοΏ½...

I Let Google’s β€˜Auto Browse’ AI Agent Take Over Chrome. It Didn’t Quite Click - WIRED

Technology February 1, 2026

When I was finally able to experiment with Auto Browse (for real this time), I took Googles suggestions of digital chores as my starting point and picked online tasks that could be helpful in my own οΏ½...

Google Is Adding an β€˜AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails - WIRED

Technology January 9, 2026

Google is putting even more generative AI tools into Gmail as part of its goal to further personalize user inboxes and streamline searches. On Thursday, the company announced a new AI Inbox tab, currοΏ½...