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2024-10-11 10:15:08

OpenAI’s GPT Store Has Left Some Developers in the Lurch
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OpenAI promised payouts to custom GPT creators. Now most are turning to outside sources for revenue.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-store/

2024-10-04 21:30:10

Meta’s Movie Gen Makes Convincing AI Video Clips
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The next frontier in generative AI is video—and with Movie Gen, Meta has now staked its claim.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-movie-gen-ai-model/

2024-09-28 10:15:09

An ‘iPhone of AI’ Makes No Sense. What Is Jony Ive Really Building?
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LoveFrom is working with OpenAI to build AI devices that are less “socially disruptive” than the iPhone. Is Ive looking for absolution or a new computing soul?
https://www.wired.com/story/jony-ive-iphone-of-ai/

2024-09-20 21:30:13

Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’
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AI has scrambled our ability to tell what’s real and what’s synthetic. But there are tools and techniques to help stay grounded in truth.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfakes-deep-doubt-era-artificial-intelligence/

2024-09-20 14:45:11

When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting With an AI Host
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Restaurants field a high volume of phone calls from inquisitive tourists or diners running late. Increasingly, voice chatbots are picking up on the other end of the line.
https://www.wired.com/story/restaurant-ai-hosts/

2024-09-20 11:00:16

Xavier Niel, a Driving Force of French AI, Is Now Shaping TikTok
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The TikTok owner’s newest board member revels in challenging the establishment.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-xavier-niel-can-do-for-tiktok/

2024-09-19 05:15:11

The United Nations Wants to Treat AI With the Same Urgency as Climate Change
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A UN report proposes that the organization take a much more active role in the monitoring and oversight of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-report/

2024-09-18 19:15:11

I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App
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SocialAI is an online universe where everyone you interact with is a bot—for better or worse.
https://www.wired.com/story/socialai-app-ai-chatbots-chatgpt/

2024-09-18 14:45:11

An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
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Google plans to add an AI feature next year inside of the YouTube app for creators to generate 6-second clips using the company’s Veo model.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-tools-youtube-shorts-veo/

2024-09-18 10:00:17

Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don't Know
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A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in recent months, as educators and parents struggle to keep up.
https://www.wired.com/story/teens-generative-ai-use-schools-parents/

2024-09-18 09:15:11

2024-09-17 23:15:11

OpenAI Threatens Bans as Users Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models
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If you try to figure out how OpenAI’s o1 models solve problems, you might get a nastygram.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-threatens-bans-as-users-probe-o1-model/

2024-09-17 14:15:11

What Is a Copilot+ PC? Explaining Microsoft’s AI Term for Windows Laptops
Microsoft aimed to revolutionize its Windows operating system with this AI-soaked laptop certification. It’s still a work in progress.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-copilot-plus-pc/

2024-09-16 11:45:12

OpenAI Messed With the Wrong Mega-Popular Parenting Forum
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Mumsnet CEO Justine Roberts spoke to WIRED about why licensing talks with OpenAI broke down and why her company is planning legal action.
https://www.wired.com/story/mumsnet-openai-copyright-allegations/

2024-09-14 12:30:14

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter
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The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.
https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/

How Useful Will Apple Intelligence Be? The Next iPhone Will Tell Us
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This week, we talk about the new iPhone 16 and its many AI tricks. Some of them are impressive, some of them are meh, all of them are very Apple.
https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-658/

2024-09-11 16:30:11

This New Tech Puts AI In Touch with Its Emotions—and Yours
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Hume AI, a startup founded by a psychologist who specializes in measuring emotion, gives some top large language models a realistic human voice.
https://www.wired.com/story/hume-ai-emotional-intelligence/

2024-09-10 01:00:14

James Earl Jones' Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI
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James Earl Jones died Monday at the age of 93. But long before he did, he gave Lucasfilm permission to recreate his iconic Darth Vader voice for shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi.
https://www.wired.com/story/james-earl-jones-darth-vader-death-artificial-intelligence/

2024-09-09 23:30:11

This iPhone ‘Supercycle’ May Not Be So Super
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Some Apple analysts believe AI will spur a boom in iPhone sales. But not everyone's buying the hype.
https://www.wired.com/story/iphone-16-supercycle/

2024-09-09 10:45:09

What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy
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xAI's generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It's also scooping up a ton of data people post on X. Here's how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should.
https://www.wired.com/story/grok-ai-privacy-opt-out/

2024-09-06 10:15:09

Could AI and Deepfakes Sway the US Election?
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This week on Politics Lab, we’re talking about AI’s potential impact on the election—and why it’s so hard to regulate nationwide.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-porn-election/

2024-09-05 10:15:08

The US Needs Deepfake Porn Laws. These States Are Leading the Way
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Legislation addressing the crisis of deepfake porn is being proposed, passing, and failing at the state level all over the US. WIRED is keeping track of it all.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-ai-porn-laws/

2024-09-04 11:30:11

NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
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Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing.
https://www.wired.com/story/nanowrimo-organizers-classist-and-ableist-to-condemn-ai/

2024-09-02 11:45:08

AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South
With generative AI affecting politics worldwide, researchers face a “detection gap,” as the biases built into systems mean tools for identifying fake content often work poorly or not at all in the Global South.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-detection-gap/

2024-08-29 11:15:12

Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping
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This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data. Major publishers and platforms like The New York Times and Facebook have already opted out.
https://www.wired.com/story/applebot-extended-apple-ai-scraping/

2024-08-28 16:15:12

Generative AI Transformed English Homework. Math Is Next
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ByteDance’s Gauth app scans math homework and provides thorough, often correct, answers using AI. Millions have already downloaded it for free.
https://www.wired.com/story/gauth-ai-math-homework-app/

2024-08-23 15:15:10

The Apartment Rental Market Is Rigged by Algorithms, a DOJ Lawsuit Alleges
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The US Department of Justice claims that a company called RealPage is responsible for price-fixing across millions of apartment rental units nationwide.
https://www.wired.com/story/realpage-antitrust-lawsuit/

2024-08-22 10:45:11

This Political Startup Wants to Help Progressives Win … With AI-Generated Ads
https://media.wired.com/photos/66c52a84098ac04eeaa6e1fd/master/pass/Vote-AI-Generated-Ads-Business-138711422.jpg
BattlegroundAI promises to make life easier for overstretched and underfunded campaigns. No MAGA types allowed.
https://www.wired.com/story/battelgroundai-ai-progressive-political-ads/

2024-08-21 15:15:11

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
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AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/nist-humane-intelligence-generative-ai-red-team-contest/

2024-08-15 16:15:11

Researchers Have Ranked AI Models Based on Risk—and Found a Wild Range
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Studies suggest that regulations could be tightened to head off AI misbehavior.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-risk-rank-studies/

2024-08-15 12:15:11

Your Photos Aren’t Real
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This week: Google’s new photo manipulation tools produce some convincing results, but how much of this unreality are we supposed to stomach?
https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-655/

2024-08-15 09:15:12

This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart’s Secret Rhythms
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Inspired by his expertise in breaking ancient codes, Roeland Decorte built a smartphone app that continuously listens for signs of disease hidden in our pulse.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-doctor-roeland-decorte-future-industries/

2024-08-14 12:15:11

Nascar Pit Crews Are Using AI for the Perfect Pit Stop
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In a sport where speed is everything, Richard Childress Racing has embraced artificial intelligence to time its refueling down to the millisecond.
https://www.wired.com/story/lenovo-has-built-richard-childress-racing-its-own-nascar-pit-stop-ai/

2024-08-13 23:30:14

ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode First Impressions: Fun, and Just a Bit Creepy
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The new voice feature from OpenAI for ChatGPT is often entertaining, and will even do a Trump impression. It likely rolls out to all paid users this fall.
https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-advanced-voice-mode-first-impressions/

2024-08-13 23:00:16

2024-08-13 17:15:11

Google Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 3, Pixel Buds Pro 2: Specs, Features, Release Date
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The Pixel 9 series now features four phones, including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, alongside the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2.
https://www.wired.com/story/made-by-google-pixel-9-phones-pixel-watch-3-pixel-buds-pro-2/

2024-08-12 18:45:13

He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He's Doing the Real Thing
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Mike Rianda’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a sci-fi comedy about a family fighting back against Silicon Valley tech. As animators gear up to battle Hollywood studios, it’s becoming a fable.
https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-animators-fight-artificial-intelligence-labor-mike-rianda/

2024-08-12 10:15:11

Flush With Cash, Tether Has Got Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in Its Crosshairs
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Under new CEO Paolo Ardoino, the crypto company is spending heavily in a bid to muscle into an AI market dominated by the world’s largest tech firms.
https://www.wired.com/story/tether-ceo-paolo-ardoino-crypto-ai-interview/

2024-08-08 18:30:14

Microsoft’s AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine
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Attacks on Microsoft’s Copilot AI allow for answers to be manipulated, data extracted, and security protections bypassed, new research shows.
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-copilot-phishing-data-extraction/

2024-08-08 17:15:11

OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode
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The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing—including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-voice-mode-emotional-attachment/

2024-08-08 12:15:11

Good Luck Selling Your AI Startup
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This week, we talk about the current trend of Big Tech acqui-hiring key talent from smaller AI companies.
https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-654/

2024-08-08 10:45:10

Generative AI Has a "Shoplifting" Problem. This Startup CEO Has a Plan to Fix It
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Bill Gross’ ProRata, which has struck deals with partners like Time and Universal Music Group, has a strategy for making AI powerhouses pay for content.
https://www.wired.com/story/bill-gross-prorata-generative-ai-business/

2024-08-08 04:15:09

Palmer Luckey’s Defense Startup, Anduril, Raises $1.5 Billion to Produce AI-Powered Weapons
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The company plans to build a Tesla-style, software-optimized factory to manufacture autonomous drones and other battlefield tech.
https://www.wired.com/story/anduril-palmer-luckey-funding-ai-drones-arsenal-factory/

2024-08-06 16:00:18

AI Is Heating the Olympic Pool
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A data center in Paris has been hooked up to the energy system heating the Olympic pool. But critics call projects recycling data centers’ excess heat as a distraction from the real environmental costs of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-heating-the-olympic-pool/

2024-08-05 13:15:11

Zoom Is Going After Google and Microsoft With AI-Driven Docs
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The video-conferencing app is trying to create an "everything workplace" app in a crowded market.
https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-is-going-after-google-and-microsoft-with-ai-driven-docs/

2024-08-02 16:00:17

A New Trick Could Block the Misuse of Open Source AI
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Researchers have developed a way to tamperproof open source large language models to prevent them from being coaxed into, say, explaining how to make a bomb.
https://www.wired.com/story/center-for-ai-safety-open-source-llm-safeguards/

2024-07-31 13:15:11

Google Cracks Down on Explicit Deepfakes
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Newly announced measures by the search giant aim to make AI-generated, or otherwise spoofed explicit content, more difficult to discover.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-tries-to-crack-down-on-explicit-deepfakes/

2024-07-26 13:15:11

Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It's Calling Again
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In a recently uncovered 1983 speech, Steve Jobs predicted the ubiquity of personal computers. In 2024, AI has brought us to another inflection point.
https://www.wired.com/story/steve-jobs-speech-personal-computers-ai/

2024-07-25 22:15:11

Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
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The union representing the voice and motion-capture actors who work in video games authorized the strike after talks with gaming companies stalled over the use of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/video-game-voice-actors-are-going-on-strike-over-ai/

2024-07-25 21:15:10

SearchGPT Is OpenAI's Direct Assault on Google
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The company behind ChatGPT is expanding into search, and leaning heavily on its relationships with publishers.
https://www.wired.com/story/searchgpt-openai-search-engine-generative-ai/

2024-07-25 19:15:11

New Jersey's $500 Million Bid to Become an AI Epicenter
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The Garden State has enacted a hefty new tax credit specifically for AI businesses. But tax incentives—particularly around data centers—haven’t always created large numbers of jobs.
https://www.wired.com/story/new-jerseys-500-million-dollar-bid-to-become-an-ai-epicenter/

2024-07-25 16:15:11

Google DeepMind’s Game-Playing AI Tackles a Chatbot Blind Spot
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Google’s new advance combines a large language model with a self-learning AI. The technique could address some shortcomings with AI—although there’s a catch.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-alphaproof-ai-math/

2024-07-23 16:00:15

Meta's New Llama 3.1 AI Model Is Free, Powerful, and Risky
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The newest version of Llama will make AI more accessible and customizable, but it will also stir up debate around the potential pitfalls of releasing AI without guardrails.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ai-llama-3/

2024-07-23 12:45:11

Toyota Pulls Off a Fast and Furious Demo With Dual Drifting AI-Powered Race Cars
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Algorithms designed to handle a car after it loses traction could potentially intervene on behalf of human drivers.
https://www.wired.com/story/toyota-stanford-ai-tandem-drifting-cars/

2024-07-23 10:45:09

For the Director of Wicked, There’s No Place Like Silicon Valley
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Six years after Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu prepares to release his adaptation of one of Broadway’s biggest musicals. From a table at his family’s famous Chinese restaurant, he opens up about his childhood among the titans of tech—and why filmmakers shouldn’t be afraid of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/jon-chu-director-wicked-crazy-rich-asians-silicon-valley/

2024-07-20 14:30:11

Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win
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From gymnast-tracking to pole vault measurements mid-jump, the watch brand’s Swiss Timing division has a whole host of new timing tech for Paris 2024.
https://www.wired.com/story/omegas-ai-will-map-how-olympic-athletes-win/

2024-07-18 16:15:07

The AI-Powered Future of Coding Is Near
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Tech companies—including OpenAI—are developing a new generation of AI assistants that can not only write code but debug, organize, and critique it, too.
https://www.wired.com/ai-powered-coding/

2024-07-18 15:15:07

OpenAI Slashes the Cost of Using Its AI With a “Mini” Model
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With competing models—including many free ones—flooding the market, OpenAI is announcing a cheaper way to use its AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-4o-mini/

2024-07-17 12:15:10

The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV
https://media.wired.com/photos/6696dc2b6a7bb10e67ef7e43/master/pass/This-Year's-Olympics-Broadcast-Will-Have-Crazy-Tech,-More-Drones,-and-Gobs-of-AI-GettyImages-2160036174.jpg
This summer’s Games are going to look bigger and better and louder than ever, thanks to key innovations in the broadcast booth and in the cloud.
https://www.wired.com/story/paris-olympics-broadcast-tech-ai/

2024-07-16 13:00:12

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI
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Creators claim their videos were used without their knowledge.
https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-training-data-apple-nvidia-anthropic/

2024-07-14 17:15:07

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look
https://media.wired.com/photos/668fae118600eafc56437efa/master/pass/FeelTheMachine-Lede-scaled.jpeg
Computer scientist Lance Fortnow writes that by embracing the computations that surround us, we can begin to understand and tame our seemingly random world.
https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-see-is-a-computational-process-if-you-know-how-to-look/

2024-07-08 11:30:09

His Galaxy Wolf Art Kept Getting Ripped Off. So He Sued—and Bought a Home
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When his galaxy wolf illustration was stolen by countless online stores, artist Jonas Jödicke decided to fight back.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-one-man-bought-a-home-by-suing-people-who-stole-his-galaxy-wolf-art/

2024-07-07 10:15:10

The Words That Give Away Generative AI Text
https://media.wired.com/photos/6688633d11fe42069b1bbd5e/master/pass/Generative-AI-Text-Ars-Business-1212105935.jpg
From “delves” to “showcasing,” certain words boomed in usage after LLMs became mainstream.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-common-words-study/

2024-07-04 12:00:16

The New ‘Ethical’ AI Music Generator Can’t Write a Halfway Decent Song
https://media.wired.com/photos/66859d613395b40612858af1/master/pass/Jen-AI-Culture-1305572154.jpg
Song generators are in hot water over alleged copyright infringement, but the AI tool Jen was trained on licensed material. We asked pro musicians to test it, and the results were uninspiring.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-new-ethical-ai-music-generator-cant-write-a-halfway-decent-song/

2024-07-02 18:15:10

Google Search Ranks AI Spam Above Original Reporting in News Results
https://media.wired.com/photos/6683394ad4eeb7156b02e62c/master/pass/An-AI-Spam-Blog-That's-Stealing-WIRED's-Work-Is-Outranking-Us-in-Google-News-GettyImages-1256204321.jpg
Google adjusted its policies to target AI spam earlier this year, but plagiarizing content still comes up higher in search results months later—and SEO experts aren’t sure why.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-search-ai-spam-original-reporting-news-results/

2024-06-28 13:30:13

He Helped Invent Generative AI. Now He Wants to Save It
https://media.wired.com/photos/667df62e23de7d260c47ef43/master/pass/GettyImages-1668149292.jpg
Illia Polosukhin doesn't want big companies to determine the future of artificial intelligence. His alternative vision for “user-owned AI” is already starting to take shape.
https://www.wired.com/story/user-owned-ai-illia-polosukhin-open-source-web3/

2024-06-27 23:30:12

Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse
https://media.wired.com/photos/667d785123de7d260c47ef3c/master/pass/Amazon-investigating-Perplexity-Security-2P61JF6.jpg
AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations.
https://www.wired.com/story/aws-perplexity-bot-scraping-investigation/

2024-06-27 17:15:10

OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI
https://media.wired.com/photos/667cad304bc3712ac851c117/master/pass/OpenAI-Reliable-Chatbot-Business-2017675393.jpg
Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-rlhf-ai-training/

2024-06-25 10:15:10

Deepfake Creators Are Revictimizing GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Survivors
https://media.wired.com/photos/6679ca898912e8d4dbbc079d/master/pass/062424-security-deepfakes-sex-trafficking-survivors.jpg
The most notorious deepfake sexual abuse website is hosting altered videos originally published as part of the GirlsDoPorn operation. Experts say this new low is only the beginning.
https://www.wired.com/story/girlsdoporn-deepfake-victim-videos/

2024-06-24 11:00:17

EU says Apple's App Store Is in Breach of Rules
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Apple has been warned that its App Store is in breach of EU rules, and has backtracked on plans to roll out AI tech in Europe over regulatory concerns.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-hits-a-major-roadblock-as-eu-targets-app-store/

2024-06-21 13:15:10

My Memories Are Just Meta's Training Data Now
https://media.wired.com/photos/6674bb54acbf0be0e0031ffe/master/pass/facebook%20AI-03%202.jpg
Meta’s plans to use personal content posted by Facebook and Instagram users to train algorithms suggest our digital histories are being repackaged to teach AI about—and how to mimic—humanity.
https://www.wired.com/story/my-memories-are-just-meta-training-data-now/

2024-06-20 12:15:10

Good Search Borrows, Great Search … Steals?
https://media.wired.com/photos/66722467c6b03c3f86b42ff3/master/pass/Ai-Overview-Journalism-Gadget-Lab-Gear-1411671615.jpg
This week, we talk about how content on the open web is being used to train AI-powered search tools, and how content publishers are fighting to reverse this trend.
https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-648/

2024-06-17 07:15:08

Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers
https://media.wired.com/photos/666c7ea52083e728578e8233/master/pass/GettyImages-1663545689.jpg
CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/

2024-06-16 13:15:10

Sorry, VR: The Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarers Are the Best Face Computer
https://media.wired.com/photos/666e00967a365359091d8b0b/master/pass/Meta-Ray-Ban-Wayfarers-collage-062024-SOURCE-Adrienne-So.jpg
Finally! An AI-enabled face computer that's comfortable, useful, attractive, and not completely humiliating to wear.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-ray-ban-meta-wayfarers-are-the-best-face-computer/

2024-06-16 11:30:10

Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI's Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy
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Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems. They also face major obstacles.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-needs-enormous-computing-power-could-light-based-chips-help/

2024-06-16 11:15:07

2024-06-16 09:15:06

Let Slip the Robot Dogs of War
https://media.wired.com/photos/666c751aec1ba26f82849e57/master/pass/Robot-Dogs-Security-6337679.jpg
The United States and China appear locked in a race to weaponize four-legged robots for military applications.
https://www.wired.com/story/let-slip-the-robot-dogs-of-war/

2024-06-15 11:45:07

Apple Intelligence Won’t Work on Hundreds of Millions of iPhones—but Maybe It Could
https://media.wired.com/photos/666cd17958fe2b39972373a9/master/pass/Apple-Intelligence-Won%E2%80%99t-Work-on-Hundreds-of-Millions-of-iPhones%E2%80%94but-Maybe-It-Could-Gear.jpg
Older iPhones might well be able to cope with Apple’s AI, so why won’t your $900 year-old model run it? Here’s why.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-intelligence-wont-work-on-100s-of-millions-of-iphones-but-maybe-it-could/

2024-06-14 09:15:09

As Google Targets Advertisers, It Could Learn a Lot From Bing
https://media.wired.com/photos/6668d2c81e6b62d7ba5b5387/master/pass/Ai-Overview-01.jpg
Microsoft and Google are bringing ads to their AI search experiences. But users don’t always find it helpful.
https://www.wired.com/story/as-google-ai-overview-targets-advertisers-it-could-learn-a-lot-from-bing/

2024-06-13 16:15:10

Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product
https://media.wired.com/photos/666a406ecd2db4ffb305956c/master/pass/WWDC-2024-AI-Fast-Forward-Business-2156971852.jpg
Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple’s demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-intelligence-ai-feature-not-product/

2024-06-13 14:15:11

LinkedIn’s AI Career Coaches Will See You Now
https://media.wired.com/photos/666a388bdd8c83831dde08a7/master/pass/LinkedIn-AI-Career-Coaches-Business-94119684.jpg
LinkedIn’s new generative AI features include chatbots based on popular career coaches and tools to rewrite résumés and cover letters.
https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-ai-features-career-coach-chatbot/

2024-06-13 13:15:10

2024-06-13 10:15:10

If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You’ll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud
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The famed futurist remains inhumanly optimistic about the world and his own fate—and thinks the singularity is minutes away.
https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-ray-kurzweil/

2024-06-12 21:00:15

Meet the Photographer Behind the Social Media App for Everyone Sick of Meta’s AI
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Artists are fleeing Meta’s platforms over fears their work will be used to train AI. Photographer Jingna Zhang’s Cara promises protection, but the influx of new users is taxing her niche portfolio app.
https://www.wired.com/story/cara-portfolio-app-artificial-intelligence-jingna-zhang/

2024-06-12 18:45:10

2024-06-12 15:00:16

An AI Bot Is (Sort of) Running for Mayor in Wyoming
https://media.wired.com/photos/6668d406aee9b92337513e8d/master/pass/politics_ai_chatbot_mayor_wyoming.jpg
Wyoming’s secretary of state wants the county to reject its candidacy, but the AI bot’s human “meat puppet” says everything is in order.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bot-running-for-mayor-wyoming/

2024-06-12 14:30:13

Worried About AI Killing Art? This App Offers a Refuge—If Its Founder Can Keep the Lights On
https://media.wired.com/photos/6668d66f53a4082e6b5d1d6d/master/pass/061124-culture-cara-app-artists-ai.jpg
Artists are fleeing Meta’s platforms over fears their work will be used to train AI. Photographer Jingna Zhang’s Cara promises protection, but the influx of new users is taxing her niche portfolio app.
https://www.wired.com/story/cara-portfolio-app-artificial-intelligence-jingna-zhang/

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