Millions of vehicles could be hacked thanks to a simple website bug

PLUS: All the news from Meta Connect. [View in browser]( | [Your newsletter preferences]( [WIRED Daily] 09.26.24 [SUBSCRIBE TO WIRED]( [FOR UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THESE STORIES](   [An illustration of a green eyeball, with neural connections in the background](   [The Most Capable Open Source AI Model Yet Could Supercharge AI Agents]( BY WILL KNIGHT | 2-MINUTE READ A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a good way.   [Mira Murati, Adult, Woman, Conversation, Face, Couch, and Furniture](   [OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Is Leaving the Company]( BY PARESH DAVE AND WILL KNIGHT | 2-MINUTE READ In a letter to the OpenAI team posted on X, Murati wrote that “this moment feels right” to step down.   [Image contains the remains of the Titan Submersible ](   [Titan Submersible Hearings Spotlight Multiple Issues With Its Carbon Fiber Hull]( BY MARK HARRIS | 3-MINUTE READ Testimony identifies manufacturing defects and problems following an earlier dive and reveals that OceanGate conducted no testing or remedial work despite concerns with the hull.   [cars, theft, hacking, key, car key, laptop](   [Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug]( BY ANDY GREENBERG | 7-MINUTE READ Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers. ADVERTISEMENT [Listen] [An illustration of a brain covered in grass inside a silhouette of a man's head.](   GADGET LAB PODCAST | 32-MINUTE EPISODE [Is AI More Sustainable if You Generate it Underwater?]( AI takes a lot of energy to run, but underwater data centers might not be the answer. [▸]([LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE](   [Share your thoughts on WIRED podcasts.]( As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. [Take the survey here.](   [Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?]( BY LAUREN GOODE | 4-MINUTE READ At Meta’s Connect developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Orion, a futuristic pair of smart glasses that the company hopes will lead the next foundational shift in personal computing. More news from the event: - Meta teaches its Ray-Ban smart glasses [some new AI tricks]( - Meta releases [Llama 3.2](—and gives its AI a voice - Meta’s $300 [Quest 3S headset]( significantly lowers VR’s buy-in price   [Stylized portrait of Bradley Tusk](   [Would You Vote From Your Phone?]( BY MAKENA KELLY | 5-MINUTE READ Bradley Tusk, who has a new book on the topic, argues that mobile voting could completely change elections. ✚ In your inbox: Make sense of how the internet is shaping our political reality. Get the [WIRED Politics Lab newsletter]( delivered straight to you   [An Air India and IndiGo Airlines airplane on the runway at Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India, on June 26, 2024. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](   [Pilots Are Dying of Tiredness. Tech Can’t Save Them]( BY PARNI RAY | 6-MINUTE READ The recent deaths of two Indian pilots has raised alarms about the exhaustion and stress caused by working longer hours without rest, made worse by pilot shortages and disputes over sick leave. One airline thinks fatigue monitoring devices could help. Others are not so sure.   [Broken Pager, and Electronics](   [Soon After the Deadly Hezbollah Pager Explosions, This AI-Generated Podcast Went Up]( BY MARAH EAKIN | 4-MINUTE READ The Pager Protocol podcast went up hours after exploding pagers and two-way radios killed dozens and injured hundreds in Lebanon last week. How did it do it? Lots of artificial intelligence tools.   [WIRED HIred. Powered by Amply] Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on [jobs.wired.com](. [Financial Professional Associate]( Prudential Location: Topeka, KS, USA [APPLY NOW]( [Revenue Officer]( Internal Revenue Service Location: San Jose, CA, USA [APPLY NOW]( ADVERTISEMENT   Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Plus, [browse more newsletters]( from WIRED. [Facebook]( [X]( [Instagram]( [TikTok]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Podcast   You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED. [Manage your preferences]( | [View our Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Have questions or comments? [Send us a message](mailto:hello@wired.com?subject=Daily newsletter feedback). Need help? [Contact us](. Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.