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I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend—Its Answers Were All Wrong

Reece Rogers / April 1, 2026

Want to know what our reviewers have actually tested and picked as the best TVs, headphones, and laptops? Ask ChatGPT, and it’ll give you the wrong answers.

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AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps

Boone Ashworth / March 31, 2026

Weather forecasting has gotten a big boost from machine learning. How that translates into what users see can vary.

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I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often

Reece Rogers / March 27, 2026

Ads are rolling out across the US on ChatGPT’s free tier. I asked OpenAI’s bot 500 questions to see what these ads were like and how they related to my prompts.