The first vibe-coded gun is here

<figure> <img alt="The WASP Cody Wilson 3d printed vibe coded ai Generated gun" data-caption="The WASP. | Image: Defense Distributed" data-portal-copyright="Image: Defense Distributed" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/vibe-coded-ai-made-3d-printed-gun.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The WASP. | Image: Defense Distributed </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">Since <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/may/07/cody-wilson-3d-gun-lawsuit-state-department-free-speech">gun-rights activist</a> and <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-04/this-crowdfunding-site-runs-on-hate">alt-right-friendly</a> <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/cody-rutledge-wilson/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/cody-rutledge-wilson/">agitator</a> Cody Wilson made the first 3D-printed firearm 13 years ago, he's helped usher in a chaotic era of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/960802/3d-printed-gun-laws-ghost-guns">untraceable ghost guns</a>. Now he's claiming another first: "the first AI-made gun." It's called the WASP.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I stood about 20 feet away as Wilson and his sidekick clamped the WASP to a DIY test mount outside Defense Distributed headquarters in Austin, Texas. The 3D-printed .22 caliber handgun is, in reality, little more than a pistol barrel attached to a spring-loaded plastic box. Its rudimentary design bears a resemblance to Wilson's single-shot 3D-printed "<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20962658/3d-printed-gun-download-ban-reversed-trump-administration-defense-distributed">Liberator</a>," albeit with some quint …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1011950/vibe-coded-3d-printed-gun-ai-generated-cody-wilson">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>