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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  09.19.23 CHAOS AGENTS | 5-MINUTE READ Get Ready for AI Chatbots That Do Your Boring Chores BY WILL KNIGHT Move over, Siri. Startups are using the technology behind ChatGPT to build more capable AI agents that can control your computer and access the web to get things done—with sometimes chaotic results. PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ High Blood Pressure Is the World's Biggest Killer. Now There's a Plan to Tackle It BY MARYN MCKENNA Once considered a disease of the affluent, hypertension now affects a third of all adults. The WHO wants nations to get organized to combat it. HYPE-O-CHONDRIA | 7-MINUTE READ The Fall of Babylon Is a Warning for AI Unicorns BY GRACE BROWNE When it went public in 2021, Babylon Health was valued at over $4 billion. Now it has declared bankruptcy. Insiders say it could never live up to its hype. PRODUCT REVIEW | 7-MINUTE READ Lighter, Faster, Stronger. Apple's New iPhone 15 Pro Finally Feels More 'Pro' BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU If you're choosing between Apple's two premier handsets, we say go big or go home. SPONSORED CONTENT Privacy as we Know it is Over. This is How it Happened From an investigative New York Times reporter, Your Face Belongs to Us is a fast-paced exposé of the startup that sold unregulated facial recognition to law enforcement. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus free stickers! Subscribe now. PRODUCT REVIEW | 6-MINUTE READ The Apple iPhone 15 Proves It's OK Not to Love Your Phone BY LAUREN GOODE With a new USB-C port and some helpful enhancements over last year's model, we like the iPhone 15 just fine. BIOTECH | 2-MINUTE READ Everything We Know About Neuralink's Brain Implant Trial BY EMILY MULLIN Elon Musk's neurotech startup announced that it is now seeking patients with paralysis to test a brain-computer interface. STICKY SITUATION | 4-MINUTE READ Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware BY ANDY GREENBERG Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms. LET THERE BE LIGHT | 4-MINUTE READ Here Come the Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants BY EMILY MULLIN Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring. Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on jobs.wired.com Power BI Developer Flight Centre Location: New York City APPLY NOW Facilities Architect Sandia National Laboratories Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA APPLY NOW Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.