Cade Metz

HE WROTE THE HUMAN HISTORY OF THE DEEP-LEARNING BOOM

Metz covered the internet's infrastructure guts at Wired, wrote the human history of the deep-learning boom in Genius Makers, and led the Times investigation into how the big labs harvested the internet for training data. Now he has a dedicated AI beat on the Science desk.

1. Sep 2011

   HE LAUNCHES WIRED ENTERPRISE TO COVER THE MACHINERY UNDER THE WEB

   As Wired Enterprise editor, Metz introduced a beat focused on the data centers, cloud systems, companies, and infrastructure driving the next generation of computing.

   SOURCES: WIREDreported

2. 2017

   THE TIMES HIRES HIM TO COVER WHAT COMES NEXT

   Metz joined The New York Times in 2017 to cover emerging technologies, describing the beat as artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and the people building them.

   SOURCES: Duke Universityreported

3. Mar 16, 2021

   HE WRITES THE HUMAN HISTORY OF THE DEEP-LEARNING BOOM

   Dutton published Genius Makers, Metz's reported history of the researchers, labs, executives, and money that pushed modern artificial intelligence from the academic margins into Silicon Valley.

   SOURCES: Penguin Random Housereported

4. 2024

   HE HELPS TRACE HOW THE BIG LABS HARVESTED THE INTERNET

   The New York Times Company says Metz led the Times investigation into how OpenAI, Google, and Meta gathered data from across the internet to train their AI systems.

   SOURCES: The New York Times Company via PublicNowreported

5. Aug 12, 2026

   THE TIMES GIVES HIM A DEDICATED AI BEAT ON SCIENCE

   The New York Times moved Metz to the Science desk to inaugurate a dedicated artificial-intelligence beat, explicitly framing AI itself as a major scientific development to be covered alongside its achievements, failures, and mysteries.

   SOURCES: The New York Times Company via PublicNowreported