To power AI, this startup built a really big chip

PLUS: Vanity license plates gone wrong, influencers switching platforms, and alt-meat versus animal meat. View this email in your browser  08.19.19   CAR TALK A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong BY BRIAN BARRETT The stories might sound unbelievable, but they're all real—and a cautionary tale for anyone who wants to get clever at the DMV.   FAN-TASTIC PLANET When Influencers Switch Platforms—and Bare It All BY JASON PARHAM You follow them on Instagram, admiring their bodies, envying their lifestyles. And then they get intimate on OnlyFans. The influencers are now obtainable.   OPINION Alt-Meat Trounces Animal Meat's Massive Inefficiencies BY LIZ SPECHT Opinion: Animal meat production is slow, rigid, and wasteful. Plant- and cell-based meat production is swift, nimble, and sustainable.   COLOSSUS To Power AI, This Startup Built a Really, Really Big Chip BY TOM SIMONITE Many computer chips are smaller than your fingernail. Cerebras' new chip for AI systems is bigger than a standard iPad. GET WIRED Get 12 months of WIRED for just $49.99 $10.   Stories to help you understand the future.   Subscribe now   FOOD A Fungus Could Wipe Out the Banana Forever BY MATT REYNOLDS, WIRED UK Tropical Race 4 has spread to the region where most exported bananas are grown.   MEMES Dive Into the Existential Escapism of the Fish Tube BY EMMA GREY ELLIS The salmon-shooter is the latest—and darkest—in a long line of "I don't wanna be here" memes.   PRODUCT REVIEW These Fitness-Tracking Swim Goggles Bring AR to the Pool BY MEREDITH FORE Form is moving the swim watch from your wrist to your goggles.   FAN-TASTIC PLANET How Fans Are Remaking Entertainment in Their Own Image BY WIRED STAFF The nerds are now in charge. They're now the creators of culture—the participants, the coauthors, the influencers, the storytellers.   STORM TROOPERS Colonies of Aggressive, Social Spiders Boom After a Hurricane BY MEGAN MOLTENI Add skittering groups of extra-bold spiders to the list of post-storm delights. As if flooded homes and downed trees aren't enough.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe