Wired Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/wired/ The Future of Media Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:04:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-32x32.jpg Wired Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/wired/ 32 32 AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/ai-journalism-mistakes/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:04:45 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=251809 Montage of four website screenshots: Mississippi Free Press with headline 'Opinion | The gig economy is affecting our communities', Crikey with headline 'Why Crikey retracted an article that we found out was written with AI help', Press Gazette headline 'Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' articles', and Guardian page with a removed article stating it was taken down 'for editorial reasons'

Round-up of the main cases where AI use in journalism has gone wrong.

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]]> AI is being widely used in journalism and can lead to reputation-killing scandals and mistakes if not monitored closely. Here Press Gazette rounds up some of the main examples of where AI has gone wrong.

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]]> Wired launching forum-style app as added subscriber benefit https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/wired-launching-forum-style-app-as-added-subscriber-benefit/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:46:23 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=253700 Wired magazine

Conde Nast brand now has more than 500,000 paying subscribers.

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]]> Wired is launching a new forum-style app which lets readers interact with its editorial team.

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]]> Wired pulls plug on UK print edition as it focuses on global subscriber growth https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/wired-ends-uk-print-magazine-amid-shake-up-of-london-staff-katie-drummond-interview/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:01:11 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=250633 Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond, next to image of Jan/Feb 2026 issue of Wired with Zohran Mamdani on front cover

Editorial director Katie Drummond explains how UK newsroom fits into global strategy.

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]]> Wired will not put out a print magazine in the UK in 2026 as it focuses on global digital subscriber growth.

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]]> Wired says ‘AI-written’ story did not have ‘proper fact-check process’ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/margaux-blanchard-wired-ai-editors-journalist/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:33:22 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=242797 Wired and SFGate notes published about 'Margaux Blanchard' stories after Press Gazette investigation went live on Thursday 22 August 2025

More editors reveal they had been pitched by 'Margaux Blanchard'.

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]]> Wired has revealed that a request for an unusual method of payment was what gave the game away after it commissioned and published a piece by a “freelance journalist” going by Margaux Blanchard.

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]]> Wired and Business Insider remove ‘AI-written’ freelance articles https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/wired-and-business-insider-remove-ai-written-freelance-articles/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:11:02 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=242681 Business Insider and Wired pages that previously contained articles by Margaux Blanchard

Index on Censorship believes article it published by 'Margaux Blanchard' was generated by AI.

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]]> Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction.

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]]> 100k Club: 2025 ranking of world’s biggest news publishers by digital subscribers https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/digital-subscribers-100k-club-ranking-worlds-biggest-paywalled-news-publishers-2025/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 07:42:44 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=236963 Homepages for The Free Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and a magazine cover for Us Weekly. All appear in the 100k Club February 2025 edition.

The 50 leading paywalled news publishers in the world have seen strong growth.

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]]> The world’s biggest English-language paywalled news and magazine publishers now have more than 44.7 million digital subscribers between them, according to updated research from Press Gazette.

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]]> Wired UK to go quarterly and merge teams with global editions https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/wired-uk-quarterly-magazine-global-team/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:47:29 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=234690 The US (left) and UK (right) covers of Wired for January and February 2025, each using different pictures of Apple CEO Tim Cook. The pictures illustrate news that Wired is set to go from a bimonthly to a quarterly publication schedule and that it is combining its global teams.

Wired first began combining its UK and US websites three years ago.

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]]> Tech magazine Wired UK is dropping from a bimonthly to a quarterly print schedule, it has told subscribers.

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]]> Ranked: Most popular technology news websites in UK in 2023 https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/ranked-most-popular-technology-news-websites-in-uk-in-2023/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=217881

ZD Net is the top B2B title, while Future-owned publications dominate the consumer sector.

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]]> Future dominates the list of the most popular consumer technology websites in the UK, while Red Ventures-owned ZD Net is the biggest B2B brand.

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]]> Departed Vice exec Katie Drummond named Wired’s global editorial director https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/katie-drummond-vice-wired/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:01:45 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=216975 Headshot with black background of Katie Drummond, Wired's global editorial director.

Drummond credits an internship at Wired for "kickstarting" her journalism career.

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]]> Former Vice senior vice president for global news and entertainment Katie Drummond has been appointed global editorial director at Wired.

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]]> Quartz and Wired editors-in-chief announce departures on same day https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/quartz-wired-editors-resign/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/quartz-wired-editors-resign/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:16:41 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=213889 Gideon Lichfield leaves Wired, Zach Seward leaves Quartz

Wired's Gideon Lichfield and Quartz's Zach Seward are both leaving.

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]]> The editors-in-chief of both Wired and Quartz have, coincidentally, announced on the same day that they are stepping down from their positions.

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