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Immerse Yourself in the Future • AT A TIME WHEN attention spans are shorter than ever, Khalid Al-Muawad has the answer to the question asked by many organizations in the tourism and entertainment sectors: “What can we do to engage our customers?”

The Technology Transforming Farming • AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS in some of the world’s largest technology companies, Parag Garg was looking for a new challenge. That did not make it any less of a surprise when in early 2021, he took a phone call from Scott Wine, CEO of agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial.

THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR PORN • Let Twitter be the site it’s always been.

GOD DID US A FAVOR BY DESTROYING TWITTER • Remember what happened with the Tower of Babel? Same type of deal.

DRIP, BABY, DRIP • To produce pure hydrogen, just inject the right microbes into depleted oil wells. The technique could help fuel a zero-carbon future.

Readout • The world, quantified.

SCALING UP • How one Scottish startup is using data as bait to lure the very analog seafood industry into the 21st century.

Cloud Support: Are Mental Health Apps Helpful?

SHAPE SHIFTERS • Whether exercise is already part of your daily routine or you’ve just embarked on a sweat-based self-improvement plan, this collection of workout gear will help you level up.

MAX LEVCHIN’S WAR ON CREDIT CARDS • The PayPal cofounder on why his “buy now, pay later” company Affirm is a healthier way to borrow, what caused the techlash, and Elon Musk’s Twitter.

FEATURES

ENGINES OF WOW • GENERATIVE AI CAN NOW MAKE BETTER ART THAN MOST HUMANS. SOON IT WILL TRANSFORM HOW WE DESIGN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

TAKE TWO • AI image generators don’t just spit out random acts of art. They must be “prompted”—carefully guided by their human users. So we asked eight of our favorite artists to re-create their original wired covers using these new tools. “For the prompts, I started by mixing nonsense words and techniques,” says Alvaro Dominguez, who designed our 2020 Climate Issue cover (below). “For example: ‘a 3D render of an oil painting.’ What is that? I don’t know. But I’m trying to bring life to something generated by a machine.” Judge the results for yourself—here and on the following pages.

Art by Human

Art is Hybird

THE PAST IS PHOTOG • WHEN THE CAMERA ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, PAINTERS DECLARED ART DEAD. SOUND FAMILIAR?

WINGING IT • AMAZON GOT INTO the air cargo business to guarantee fast delivery. But when a risk-taking tech giant tries to commandeer a risk-averse industry, not everything goes smoothly.

“I’M NOT A TOUGH GUY.” • PEDRO PASCAL CARES ABOUT YOU. HE’S ALSO SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT CARING ABOUT YOU. THIS IS EXACTLY WHATS MAKES HIM GREAT.

Defusing THE Carbon Bomb • Since 2015, Exxon has discovered 11 billion barrels of oil off the coast of Guyana. Now one lawyer is going up against the petroleum behemoth—and her own country—in a bid to stop the drilling before disaster strikes.

CRYPTO KEEPER • iPod mastermind Tony Fadell made Ledger’s new hardware wallet––a tiny vault for digital cash—–flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you’ll never get FTX’d.

STRANGELY, IT WANTED TO BE CAPTURED. • THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, WRITE A STORY ABOUT AN ANIMAL THAT HASN‘T BEEN DISCOVERED YET.