How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI https://media.wired.com/photos/6615d5c0dc52e8ec9fd84d8f/master/pass/Opt-Out-of-AI-Security-GettyImages-1354144857.jpg Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-your-data-from-being-used-to-train-ai/
Humans Forget. AI Assistants Will Remember Everything https://media.wired.com/photos/6615ce940c6db4dd19af9561/master/pass/GettyImages-1311580320.jpg Digital assistants with access to everything you do on your phone can use that knowledge to remember the life details you’d otherwise forget. But with that great power comes great responsibility. https://www.wired.com/story/humans-forget-ai-assistants-remember-everything/
Election Workers Are Drowning in Records Requests. AI Chatbots Could Make It Worse https://media.wired.com/photos/6615d6a73e1d8b9ed727dbb3/master/pass/politics_election_record_requests_ai_chatbots.jpg Experts worry that election deniers could weaponize chatbots to overwhelm and slow down local officials. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-chatbots-foia-requests-election-workers/
The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets https://media.wired.com/photos/660c89720232b09d9b888de1/master/pass/WI0524_STPollenize_02_1.jpg Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders. https://www.wired.com/story/bees-hornets-pollenize-invasive-species-united-kingdom/
Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI https://media.wired.com/photos/661473f5b245b7d58be13a83/master/pass/business_students_writing_ai_turnitin.jpg Turnitin, a service that checks papers for plagiarism, says its detection tool found millions of papers that may have a significant amount of AI-generated content. https://www.wired.com/story/student-papers-generative-ai-turnitin/
AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect https://media.wired.com/photos/661076ef36eb33ece4690cb6/master/pass/040524-GEAR-AI-fake-calls-2x1.jpg AI tools are getting better at cloning people's voices, and scammers are using these new capabilities to commit fraud. Avoid getting swindled by following these expert tips. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-ai-scam-calls-detect/
This AI Startup Wants You to Talk to Houses, Cars, and Factories https://media.wired.com/photos/660f3a09ccb062d3754f6ab7/master/pass/Working%20Team.jpg Archetype builds AI models that act as a translation layer between humans and complex sensors, using plain language to help people understand what’s happening in a building, car, or human body https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-ai-startup-archetype-talk-to-houses-cars-and-factories/
To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light https://media.wired.com/photos/660dc43a105395c0307dc1e3/master/pass/040324-fast-forward-ai-hardware-light-chips.jpg OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer hardware. One proposal involves connecting GPUs with light. https://www.wired.com/story/build-a-better-ai-supercomputer-let-there-be-light/
OpenAI’s GPT Store Is Triggering Copyright Complaints https://media.wired.com/photos/660defa4e8b5288cb169a194/master/pass/business_openai_gpt_store_copyright.jpg A publisher says some chatbots in OpenAI's GPT Store were created using its copyrighted textbooks. OpenAI has taken down some of the bots but could face more complaints from rights holders. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-store-triggering-copyright-complaints/
AI-Generated Spoofs of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok https://media.wired.com/photos/66045467d2678e79cd1599ef/master/pass/culture_ai_drag_race_instagram.jpg The next Drag Race Ru-volution doesn't involve Ru at all. https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-drag-race-instagram-tiktok/
Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People https://media.wired.com/photos/6607265ad9c60a02147ceb50/master/pass/A%20Front-Facing%20Photo%20of%20a%20Nonbinary%20Person.jpg WIRED investigates how artificial intelligence tools, like OpenAI’s Sora, currently portray members of the LGBTQ community. Hint: It’s a lot of purple hair. https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-lgbtq-representation-openai-sora/
How an iPhone Powered by Google’s Gemini AI Might Work https://media.wired.com/photos/660724a05190682e25a9a479/master/pass/gear_apple_iphone_google_gemini_ai.jpg Supercharged Siri. AI image editing. Smart “snapshots” of your day. We asked some experts to forecast how Apple might use Google’s Gemini platform to enable new AI-powered applications in iOS. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-gemini-iphone/
OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—but Won’t Release the Tech Yet https://media.wired.com/photos/660720e96613ba456fff2485/master/pass/Open-AI-Voice.gif Voice Engine is a new text-to-speech AI model for creating synthetic voices. OpenAI has said a wide release would be too risky. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-voice-engine-artificial-intelligence-release/
How to Resist the Temptation of AI When Writing https://media.wired.com/photos/6606fc51dcd91cef4992c4c9/master/pass/How-to-Write-Quickly-and-Accurately-Without-the-Temptation-of-AI-Gear-GettyImages-1817371213.jpg Follow these tips to produce stronger writing that stands out on the web even in the age of AI and ChatGPT. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-resist-ai-temptation-writing/
Here’s Proof the AI Boom Is Real: More People Are Tapping ChatGPT at Work https://media.wired.com/photos/6605f660be73bb3f3fb352f5/master/pass/280324-business-plaintext-chatgpt-workplace.jpg Despite recent warnings that generative AI is overhyped, new data from Pew Research Center shows a rapid increase in the number of people who have used ChatGPT at work. https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-proof-the-ai-boom-is-people-tapping-chatgpt-at-work/
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI https://media.wired.com/photos/6604bb1ae608ba8ede7a3487/master/pass/Kamala-Harris-AI-Guidelines-Business-1448849141.jpg Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms are checked for bias, will “put the public interest first.” https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-new-guardrails-government-use-of-ai/
Inside the Creation of DBRX, the World's Most Powerful Open Source AI Model https://media.wired.com/photos/660359d1c5394d5463ec7d5f/master/pass/2024_03_25_Databricks_%20164.jpg Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama 2. https://www.wired.com/story/dbrx-inside-the-creation-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-open-source-ai-model/
Elie Hassenfeld Q&A: ‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’ https://media.wired.com/photos/65ef718d1db878541c5dee05/master/pass/Hassenfeld_jchou_wired_7916_fnl_web.jpg Here’s Elie Hassenfeld, your high school EA crush. As effective altruism spirals into self-doubt, the idealist quant is still at it, helping Silicon Valley richies give away hundreds of millions each year. https://www.wired.com/story/elie-hassenfeld-givewell-ea/
Is AI the Future of NPCs? https://media.wired.com/photos/65fa2f8f028190c6f7adc87e/master/pass/AI-NPCs-Ubisoft-Culture-Bloom_Welcome.jpg Artificial intelligence is poised to have a massive impact on video games in the next few years, something that excites and worries developers. Some think non-player characters might be AI's killer app. https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-ai-non-player-characters-npcs-future/
A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims https://media.wired.com/photos/65fdeeb0a2eb37a9facd50b6/master/pass/032224-business-nudifying-app.jpg WIRED reporting uncovered a site that “nudifies” photos for a fee—and posts a feed appearing to show user uploads. They included photos of young girls and images seemingly taken of strangers. https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nude-generator-chilling-look-at-its-victims/
Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage https://media.wired.com/photos/65fcb020abfbcf31f180cf6d/master/pass/AbilitiesJumpMirage-byKristinaArmitage-Lede-scaled.jpg A new study suggests that sudden jumps in LLMs’ abilities are neither surprising nor unpredictable, but are actually the consequence of how we measure ability in AI. https://www.wired.com/story/how-quickly-do-large-language-models-learn-unexpected-skills/
The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge https://media.wired.com/photos/65fb842a293f54ea2900acb6/master/pass/NSA-Gilbert-Herrera-Q&A-Business-1041680672.jpg Gilbert Herrera, who leads research at the National Security Agency, says large language models are incredibly useful—and a bit of a headache—for America’s intelligence machine. https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-nsa-warns-us-adversaries-private-data-ai-edge/
Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search https://media.wired.com/photos/65fb5c8f533ebef87abcb35c/master/pass/business_perplexity_ceo_Aravind_Srinivas.jpg Aravind Srinivas grew up in the same city as Google’s CEO and developed an obsession with the company long before launching his own AI search startup. https://www.wired.com/story/founder-perplexity-ai-sundar-pichai-competing-to-reinvent-search/
The Filmmaker Who Says AI Is Reparations https://media.wired.com/photos/65fa185e403017fced9519dd/master/pass/031924-culture-ai-filmamker.jpg Before he used AI tools to make his movies, Willonius Hatcher couldn’t get noticed. Now his AI-generated shorts are going viral and Hollywood is calling. https://www.wired.com/story/willonius-hatcher-the-filmmaker-who-says-ai-is-reparations/
Here's Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content https://media.wired.com/photos/65fa3a8eb60e315d4b0e1366/master/pass/business_ethical_LLM_ai_copyright.jpg OpenAI claimed it's "impossible" to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” large language model and a giant AI dataset of public domain text suggest otherwise. https://www.wired.com/story/proof-you-can-train-ai-without-slurping-copyrighted-content/
8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story https://media.wired.com/photos/65f358f83a89f2ba3d4f478a/master/pass/WIRED_Transformers_Magda-Antoik.gif They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. https://www.wired.com/story/eight-google-employees-invented-modern-ai-transformers-paper/
Apple's MM1 AI Model Shows a Sleeping Giant Is Waking Up https://media.wired.com/photos/65f9d62b874aa893d485456c/master/pass/Apple-MM1-Gen-AI-Business-1387683212.jpg A research paper quietly released by Apple describes an AI model called MM1 that can answer questions and analyze images. It's the biggest sign yet that Apple is developing generative AI capabilities. https://www.wired.com/story/apples-mm1-ai-model-sleeping-giant-waking-up/
Google DeepMind's New AI Model Can Help Soccer Teams Take the Perfect Corner https://media.wired.com/photos/65f8e6fdee339cc0dcbc5f8d/master/pass/Google-Deepmind-Soccer-AI-Science-103967517.jpg TacticAI, a soccer AI model created by Google DeepMind, makes predictions about where corners will go, and suggests tweaks to make goals more—or less—likely. https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-is-helping-soccer-teams-take-the-perfect-corner/
What Happens When a Guy and His AI Girlfriend Go to Therapy https://media.wired.com/photos/65f8e1426df859fc09efc7ab/master/pass/culture_excerpt_ai_girlfriend_therapy.jpg In Sierra Greer's new novel, Annie Bot, a man named Doug finds out what it means to have the “perfect” girlfriend. https://www.wired.com/story/annie-bot-sierra-greer-book-excerpt/
Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules https://media.wired.com/photos/65f8a268c918853de73feebc/master/pass/Youtube-AI-Gen-Kids-Content-Business-Alamy-2RMM5R3.jpg YouTube now requires a label for some generative AI content. Animations made for kids are exempt. https://www.wired.com/story/kids-cartoons-free-pass-youtube-deepfake-disclosure-rules/
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry https://media.wired.com/photos/65f4c15023b4313d476b7a44/master/pass/Reddit-FTC-Questioning-Business-1636801576.jpg The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions. https://www.wired.com/story/reddits-sale-user-data-ai-training-draws-ftc-investigation/
DeepMind Is Helping Soccer Teams Take the Perfect Corner A soccer AI model created by Google DeepMind makes predictions about where corners will go, and suggests tweaks to make goals more or less likely. https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-is-helping-soccer-teams-take-the-perfect-corner/
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation https://media.wired.com/photos/65f4c15023b4313d476b7a44/master/pass/Reddit-FTC-Questioning-Business-1636801576.jpg The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions. https://www.wired.com/story/reddits-sale-user-data-ai-training-draws-ftc-investigation/
Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future https://media.wired.com/photos/65f2441e53ab6e682724d356/master/pass/AI-Agents-Fast-Forward-Business-1435756748.jpg Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames. https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-forget-chatbots-ai-agents-are-the-future/
Regulators Need AI Expertise. They Can't Afford It https://media.wired.com/photos/65f247576bd16176fb12e246/master/pass/business_ai_regulators_expertise_money.jpg The European AI Office and the UK government are trying to hire experts to study and regulate the AI boom—but are offering salaries far short of industry compensation. https://www.wired.com/story/regulators-need-ai-expertise-cant-afford-it/
Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play 'Goat Simulator 3' https://media.wired.com/photos/65f0d482f02589469abef794/master/pass/Google-Deepmind-Video-Game-AI-Business.jpg These AI agents can adapt to games they haven't played before. Google made them by feeding data on how humans play different video games to a language model like those behind the latest chatbots. https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-ai-agent-learned-to-play-goat-simulator-3/
The Kate Middleton Photo’s Most Glaring Photoshop Mistakes https://media.wired.com/photos/65ef38784ae4096f15093b04/master/pass/Kate-Middleton-Photoshopped-Photo-Site-Culture.jpg Blurry hair, meandering zippers—we asked WIRED’s design department to explain the editing errors in Kate Middleton’s controversial Mother’s Day photo. https://www.wired.com/story/kate-middleton-photoshop-mistakes/
Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube https://media.wired.com/photos/65efa678e98f35c0803de967/master/pass/AI-Gen-Youtube-Videos-Business-1215392421.jpg Get-rich-quick hustlers say it’s a great time to push AI-generated kids videos on YouTube. WIRED found some channels targeting children that appear to be already embracing the technology. https://www.wired.com/story/your-kid-may-be-watching-ai-generated-videos-on-youtube/
The Kate Middleton Photo's Most Glaring Photoshop Mistakes https://media.wired.com/photos/65ef38784ae4096f15093b04/master/pass/Kate-Middleton-Photoshopped-Photo-Site-Culture.jpg Blurry hair, meandering zippers—we asked WIRED’s design department to explain the editing errors in Kate Middleton's controversial Mother's Day photo. https://www.wired.com/story/kate-middleton-photoshop-mistakes/
Why Elon Musk Had to Open Source Grok, His Answer to ChatGPT https://media.wired.com/photos/65ef41a343088cbf6e525d33/master/pass/Musk-Makes-Grok-Open-Source-Business-1695944855.jpg Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-no-choice-open-chatbot-grok/
An AI-Altered Hitler Speech Is Going Viral On X https://media.wired.com/photos/65eb95dcba9d8d594d1b660a/master/pass/politics_ai_hitler_video_x.jpg Two AI-altered clips of Hitler’s 1939 Reichstag speech have racked up millions of views on X after being shared by a far-right troll. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-altered-hitler-speech-viral/
Elon Musk Gave Himself No Choice but to Open Source His Chatbot Grok https://media.wired.com/photos/65ef41a343088cbf6e525d33/master/pass/Musk-Makes-Grok-Open-Source-Business-1695944855.jpg Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-no-choice-open-chatbot-grok/
The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm https://media.wired.com/photos/65ebacde91c12aaaf0612059/master/pass/Induction_Apparel_OttoGroup_B-Business.jpg Robotics startup Covariant is experimenting with a ChatGPT-style chatbot that can control a robotic arm, as a way to create machines that can be more helpful in the physical world. https://www.wired.com/story/quest-ai-chatbots-a-hand-arm-robots/
Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better https://media.wired.com/photos/65eb6c969bce7f2401b59460/master/pass/AiPlasticity-byValentinTkach-Lede-Quanta-Science.jpg Erasing key information during training allows machine learning models to learn new languages faster and more easily. https://www.wired.com/story/how-selective-forgetting-can-help-ai-learn-better/
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls https://media.wired.com/photos/65eb4f1df0b575321bdc1cf1/master/pass/AI-Dolls-Featured-Gear.jpg Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they're recording, listening—and talking back. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-dolls-for-older-adults/
Sam Altman Back on OpenAI's Board After He Is Cleared by Investigation https://media.wired.com/photos/65eb92d5ba9d8d594d1b6608/master/pass/Sam-Altman-Reinstated-OpenAI-Board-Business-1255249281.jpg OpenAI named Sam Altman, its fired-then-rehired CEO, to its board of directors Friday. It also added three women with executive experience at Sony, Meta, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-is-reinstated-to-openais-board/
Sam Altman Is Reinstated to OpenAI’s Board https://media.wired.com/photos/65eb92d5ba9d8d594d1b6608/master/pass/Sam-Altman-Reinstated-OpenAI-Board-Business-1255249281.jpg OpenAI named Sam Altman, its fired-then-rehired CEO, to its board of directors Friday. It also added three women with executive experience at Sony, Meta, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-is-reinstated-to-openais-board/
Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates https://media.wired.com/photos/65ea433de0038c22b89c1999/master/pass/business_teens_generative_ai_nudes.jpg In what appears to be the first criminal case of its kind, two teenage boys were charged under a 2022 Florida law for allegedly creating AI-generated images depicting middle school classmates. https://www.wired.com/story/florida-teens-arrested-deepfake-nudes-classmates/
The Fear That Inspired Elon Musk and Sam Altman to Create OpenAI https://media.wired.com/photos/65e8ec96f5111e7969cf259d/master/pass/030624-business-elon-musk-open-ai-emails.jpg Emails released by OpenAI to refute a lawsuit from Elon Musk show how he, Sam Altman, and other cofounders were motivated by fears of Google's dominance. https://www.wired.com/story/the-fear-that-inspired-elon-musk-sam-altman-openai/
Google’s GenAI Bots Are Struggling. But so Are Its Humans https://media.wired.com/photos/65e8f9fbb6e3664565f3c00d/master/pass/Google%E2%80%99s-GenAI-Bots-Are-Struggling.-But-so-Are-Its-Humans-Gear-GettyImages-1829286546.jpg This week, we talk about the rocky rollout of Google’s Gemini image generator, and some internal tensions recently reported by company employees. https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-635/
Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination https://media.wired.com/photos/65e8f0cd601c7a6db4c8a6a0/master/pass/business_google_black_deaf_employee.jpg Jalon Hall was featured on Google’s corporate social media accounts “for making #LifeAtGoogle more inclusive!” She says the company discriminated against her on the basis of her disability and race. https://www.wired.com/story/google-black-deaf-worker-diversity-suing-discrimination/
5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance https://media.wired.com/photos/65e8d5adf50e43ba3169369b/master/pass/facialrecognition-SF_biz_GettyImages-1215395483.jpg On Tuesday the country’s techiest city backed a ballot proposition that tapped into concerns about crime, giving the police more freedom to use drones and other surveillance technology. https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-banned-face-recognition-voters-ask-for-more-surveillance/
AI Tools Are Still Generating Misleading Election Images https://media.wired.com/photos/65e87e45daf1eaef272e8b20/master/pass/GettyImages-1228795132.jpg Though AI companies said they put some guardrails in place, researchers were able to easily create images related to claims of election fraud. https://www.wired.com/story/genai-images-election-fraud/
The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators https://media.wired.com/photos/65e278b5eb7679cff4f5d086/master/pass/business_deepfake_porn_open_source_ai.jpg Open source tools allow anyone to make AI art. They have also been used to produce nonconsensual deepfake porn. https://www.wired.com/story/dark-side-open-source-ai-image-generators/
Google Is Finally Trying to Kill AI Clickbait https://media.wired.com/photos/65e75bc356e85b67104a62e9/master/pass/Google-Search-Weed-Out-AI-Spam-Business-1782552231.jpg On Tuesday, Google announced changes to combat AI spam in search. An SEO expert says these new rules could “change everything.” https://www.wired.com/story/google-search-artificial-intelligence-clickbait-spam-crackdown/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Microsoft-Powered Chatbot Is Back Online https://media.wired.com/photos/65e0a2270a712b35e09d135a/master/pass/rfk-jr's-chatbot-runs-afoul-of-openai-policy-Politics-GettyImages-1993689517.jpg The RFK Jr. campaign’s chatbot had previously affirmed Kennedy’s promotion of conspiracy theories, and appeared to circumvent OpenAI’s ban on political use. https://www.wired.com/story/robert-f-kennedy-jr-chatbot-microsoft-openai-disappeared/
What Is OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus? Here’s What You Should Know https://media.wired.com/photos/641cf5a980545eda57eee5fc/master/pass/New-GPT-4-Features-Business-1291963891.jpg OpenAI’s subscription-only service costs $20 a month and includes access to the GPT-4 model. We signed up and tried it out. https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-chatgpt-plus-gpt4-openai/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Microsoft-Powered Chatbot Just Disappeared https://media.wired.com/photos/65e0a2270a712b35e09d135a/master/pass/rfk-jr's-chatbot-runs-afoul-of-openai-policy-Politics-GettyImages-1993689517.jpg The RFK Jr. campaign's chatbot had previously affirmed Kennedy's promotion of conspiracy theories, and appeared to circumvent OpenAI's ban on political use. https://www.wired.com/story/robert-f-kennedy-jr-chatbot-microsoft-openai-disappeared/
The Wild Claim at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit https://media.wired.com/photos/65e23950aa28795d9218b146/master/pass/Musk-Altman-Bizarre-Lawsuit-Claims-Business-1258197415.jpg Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI hinges on a dubious claim that the company has already developed ‘artificial general intelligence’—and handed it over to Microsoft. https://www.wired.com/story/wild-claim-at-the-heart-of-elon-musks-openai-lawsuit/
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for ‘Flagrant Breaches’ of Contract https://media.wired.com/photos/65e1c83387582c48b61cdc45/master/pass/GettyImages-1490684182.jpg In the lawsuit, Musk claims OpenAI has abandoned its mission to develop AI for the benefit of humanity. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-sues-sam-altman-openai/
The Mindblowing Experience of a Chatbot That Answers Instantly https://media.wired.com/photos/65e110d19addb0324b7920f3/master/pass/Faster-Chatbots-Groq-Plaintext-Business-1223649990-screenshot-site.jpg AI chips from startup Groq allow chatbots to answer queries almost instantly. That could open up whole new use cases for generative AI helpers. https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-groq-mindblowing-chatbot-answers-instantly/
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Breach of Contract https://media.wired.com/photos/65e1c83387582c48b61cdc45/master/pass/GettyImages-1490684182.jpg In the lawsuit, Musk claims OpenAI has abandoned its mission to develop AI for the benefit humanity. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-sues-sam-altman-openai/
Here Come the AI Worms https://media.wired.com/photos/65e0e13fef1050f96f06c160/master/pass/security_ai_worm_email_spam.jpg Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way. https://www.wired.com/story/here-come-the-ai-worms/
Google’s Deal With StackOverflow Is the Latest Proof That AI Giants Will Pay for Data https://media.wired.com/photos/65dfe32682529b73aa50823d/master/pass/Stack-Overflow-Google-Cloud-Partnership-Business-1435756741.jpg StackOverflow’s programming community will power a version of Google’s Gemini chatbot. It’s part of a new breed of AI data licensing deals with websites seeking a cut of the generative AI boom. https://www.wired.com/story/google-deal-stackoverflow-ai-giants-pay-for-data/
The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started https://media.wired.com/photos/65dfa35b0a712b35e09d1358/master/pass/AI-Chatbot-Culture-Wars-Business-1696009579.jpg Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more capable. https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-ai-culture-wars-just-getting-started/
How Nvidia Came to Rule AI https://media.wired.com/photos/65dfba3e82529b73aa508215/master/pass/Gadget-Lab-Jensen-Huang-Gear-GettyImages-1730512657.jpg This week we chart the rise of Nvidia, the company whose chips, servers, and data centers have fueled the growth of artificial intelligence. https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-634/
How to Use ChatGPT’s Memory Feature https://media.wired.com/photos/65d8e4cbf620a7044c2de43e/master/pass/ChatGPT-Memory-Gear-GettyImages-1471278441.jpg The latest update to OpenAI’s chatbot improves the AI’s ability to remember user details, but the feature is not yet available for all ChatGPT accounts. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-chatgpt-memory-feature/
How a Small Iowa Newspaper's Website Became an AI-Generated Clickbait Factory https://media.wired.com/photos/65d9153fa068349256683566/master/pass/business_ai_clickbait_slime_networks.jpg When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa's Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks, they uncovered a network of sites slinging seemingly AI-made content. https://www.wired.com/story/iowa-newspaper-website-ai-generated-clickbait-factory/
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Is Powering the AI Revolution https://media.wired.com/photos/65d7b085c348b293fddd1bb5/master/pass/JensenHuang_BigInterview_Lede.jpg Tech companies can’t get enough of this tech company. Earnings are off the charts. WIRED probes the mind of its CEO, Jensen Huang. https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-hardware-is-eating-the-world-jensen-huang/
Intel’s CEO Says AI Is the Key to the Company’s Comeback https://media.wired.com/photos/65d679d633ef175be68cdac6/master/pass/Pat-Glesinger-Intel-CEO-Q&A-Business-1767731700.jpg Pat Gelsinger says that Intel’s renewed investment in cutting-edge manufacturing technology will allow it to become a leading supplier of AI chips. Microsoft is already onboard. https://www.wired.com/story/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-ai-comeback/
There's No AI Without Nvidia. Meet the CEO Powering the Future https://media.wired.com/photos/65d7b085c348b293fddd1bb5/master/pass/JensenHuang_BigInterview_Lede.jpg Tech companies can’t get enough of this tech company. Earnings are off the charts. WIRED probes the mind of its CEO, Jensen Huang. https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-hardware-is-eating-the-world-jensen-huang/
Google’s ‘Woke’ Image Generator Shows the Limitations of AI https://media.wired.com/photos/65d751646c4c44b799e7b31a/master/pass/GettyImages-1998834670.jpg Google has hit pause on Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after a far-right backlash to its historical depictions. https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-woke-ai-image-generation/
Google’s ‘Woke’ Image Generator Shows the Limitations of AI https://media.wired.com/photos/65d751646c4c44b799e7b31a/master/pass/GettyImages-1998834670.jpg Google has hit pause on Gemini's ability to generate images of people after a far-right backlash to its historical depictions. https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-woke-ai-image-generation/
17 Tips to Take Your ChatGPT Prompts to the Next Level https://media.wired.com/photos/641df3ef11b9b75446f8f278/master/pass/11-Creative-ChatGPT-Prompts-Gear-GettyImages-1433912783.jpg Sure, anyone can use OpenAI’s chatbot. But with smart engineering, you can get way more interesting results. https://www.wired.com/story/17-tips-better-chatgpt-prompts/
Intel's AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking https://media.wired.com/photos/65d62f95066f146a7e696898/master/pass/Intel-Chip-Biz-GettyImages-1251437157.jpg The biggest chipmaker in the US is hoping that generative AI—and US government concern about China's tech ambitions—will revitalize its business. https://www.wired.com/story/intel-ai-reboot-future-us-chipmaking/
Gab’s Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust https://media.wired.com/photos/65d512ac5503edf560835d2c/master/pass/politics_gab_chatbot_extreme_racist.jpg The proliferation of generative AI chatbots on extremist platforms could lead to increased radicalization, experts warn. https://www.wired.com/story/gab-ai-chatbot-racist-holocaust/
Help, My Friend Got Me a Dumb AI-Generated Present https://media.wired.com/photos/65cf9c76b7cea01662f679e3/master/pass/WIRED_Cloud_Support_01_24_FINAL_WEB.jpg WIRED’s advice columnist on the true purpose of gift giving. https://www.wired.com/story/help-my-friend-got-me-a-dumb-ai-generated-present/
AI Is Coming for the Experts. First, It Needs Their Help https://media.wired.com/photos/65cfc8cec687ac71b2c9b1c7/master/pass/business_ai_experts_training_jobs.jpg A new workforce of language experts, creative writers, and nuclear physicists are turning to data labor—and potentially making their future jobs obsolete in the process. https://www.wired.com/story/remotasks-ai-expert-data-labor/
Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far https://media.wired.com/photos/65cff9cd4172e5e20e48edbb/master/pass/Demis-Hassabis-Q&A-Business-1487212367.jpg In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips. https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-interview-artificial-intelligence-scale/
Google’s Chess Experiments Reveal How to Boost the Power of AI https://media.wired.com/photos/65cf8b0dbdfe2a615c153428/master/pass/Quanta-CreativeChess-byNashWeerasekera-Lede-scaled.jpg By rewarding computers that combined different approaches to solve chess puzzles, Google created an enhanced AI that could defeat its existing champion, AlphaZero. https://www.wired.com/story/google-artificial-intelligence-chess/
Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up https://media.wired.com/photos/65cfe6adf944584f3e5997df/master/pass/Air-Canada-AI-Chatbot-Refund-Business-1741637452.jpg The airline tried to argue that it shouldn't be liable for anything its chatbot says. https://www.wired.com/story/air-canada-chatbot-refund-policy/
Sierra Says Conversational AI Will Kill Apps and Websites https://media.wired.com/photos/65ce8e802d03fe069d2dde96/master/pass/Sierra-AI-Plaintext-Business-CCarlos_Chavarria_Sierra_AI_Bret_Taylor_&_Clay_Bavor_091_296.jpg Sierra hopes every company will use its empathetic AI chatbots for customer interactions. https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-sierra-conversational-ai-will-kill-apps-and-websites/
OpenAI’s Sora Turns AI Prompts Into Photorealistic Videos https://media.wired.com/photos/65ce4db5f6a6fe51748b141f/master/pass/021524-business-open-ai-sora-text-to-video.jpg OpenAI's entry into generative AI video is an impressive first step. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sora-generative-ai-video/
Some People Actually Kind of Love Deepfakes https://media.wired.com/photos/65ce3e93097d35736af4fbf0/master/pass/will-fastforward-deepfakes-bisiness-GettyImages-846144506.jpg AI fakes are a disinformation menace. But some politicians, executives, and academics see them as a way to extend their reach. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-deepfakes-companies-executives-academics/
Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade https://media.wired.com/photos/65cd787e5cf740439249b2fb/master/pass/Google-Deepmind-Business-1353069623.jpg Just two months after Alphabet made its Gemini AI model public, it’s rolling out a new version that can handle several times as much audio, video, and text input as GPT-4. https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-gemini-pro-ai-upgrade/
Here Comes the Flood of AI-Generated Clickbait https://media.wired.com/photos/65cd3772a32e47d8ddff193b/master/pass/Gadget-Lab-AI-Kingpin-Gear-GettyImages-82248008.jpg This week, we look at how domain squatters are using generative AI tools to crank out clickbait, and ask what Google is doing about it. https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-632/
‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare https://media.wired.com/photos/65cbc66ab0ff8b95cb358d5c/master/pass/security_ai_girlfriends_privacy_data.jpg Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-girlfriends-privacy-nightmare/
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory https://media.wired.com/photos/65cba6d327674f4c0ea1abcf/master/pass/OpenAI-ChatGPT-Memory-Business-1778591614.jpg ChatGPT is now like a first date who never forgets the details. https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-memory-openai/
The One Internet Hack That Could Save Everything https://media.wired.com/photos/65cab367fba39b01a4f4c12f/master/pass/021224-internet-section-230.jpg It’s so simple: Axe 26 words from the Communications Decency Act. Welcome to a world without Section 230. https://www.wired.com/story/the-one-internet-hack-that-could-save-everything-section-230/
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