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View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences 10.19.23 DIGITAL ABUSE Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control BY MATT BURGESS New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes. INVISIBLE LABOR Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies BY NIAMH ROWE From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Shopping season is just around the corner and WIRED is here to help. Sign up for our Deals newsletter to make sure you know about the best deals, sales, and WIRED-tested recommendations. SIGN ME UP ACCESS TO TOOLS The Whole of the 'Whole Earth Catalog' Is Now Online BY BOONE ASHWORTH The seminal DIY catalogs, journals, and magazines printed by the techno-hippie Whole Earth publishing house are finally available online in digital form, all for free. CAR TROUBLE How China's EV Boom Caught Western Car Companies Asleep at the Wheel BY CARLTON REID Auto execs in the US, Europe, and Japan never thought Chinese EVs were a threat. Now they're coming to wipe the floor with their Western counterparts. ADVERTISEMENT GET WIRED Our Fall Sale is Officially live! Subscribe to WIRED for only $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus FREE WIRED stickers as a special bonus! FAST FORWARD The Chatbots Are Now Talking to Each Other BY WILL KNIGHT ChatGPT-style chatbots that pretend to be people are being used to help companies develop new product and marketing ideas. DIGITAL CULTURE A New Tool Helps Artists Thwart AI—With a Middle Finger BY KATE KNIBBS Kudurru, the new tool from the creator of Have I Been Trained?, can help artists block web scrapers and even "poison" the scraping by sending back the wrong image. HOT TIP Our 11 Favorite Electric Kettles to Get the Water Going BY BRENDA STOLYAR AND CHRIS HASLAM We made tons of coffee, tea, and ramen to test these gadgets—and boiled it down to these top picks. WHERE WAS IT? How to Use Google Bard to Find Your Stuff in Gmail and Docs BY REECE ROGERS The new extensions released for Google's chatbot are clunky, but they might be helpful with a hefty dose of patience. 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.