AI Hits the Campaign Trail

This week, we discuss how generative artificial intelligence will affect the 2024 US elections. We also consider the ways regulators, social platforms, and the voting public are dealing with it.

https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-629/

An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists

Ed Newton-Rex quit his job at startup Stability AI over ethical concerns about its collection of training data. His nonprofit Fairly Trained aims to deter startups from scraping the web.

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-executive-ed-newton-rex-turns-crusader-stand-up-for-artists/

Google Circle to Search and AI-Powered Multi-Search Coming to Mobile

Two new enhancements coming to Google’s search tools on phones use machine intelligence to make the search experience more efficient.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-circle-to-search-ai-powered-multi-search/

A Flaw in Millions of Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs Could Expose AI Data

Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.

https://www.wired.com/story/leftoverlocals-gpu-vulnerability-generative-ai/

How to Launch a Custom Chatbot on OpenAI’s GPT Store

You can now publish a bespoke version of ChatGPT that you’ve trained yourself. The marketplace for these custom GPTs is open to the public and works in a way that's similar to Apple’s App Store.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-launch-custom-chatbot-openai-gpt-store/

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech

The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.

https://www.wired.com/story/regulators-are-finally-catching-up-with-big-tech/

Toyota's Robots Are Learning to Do Housework—By Copying Humans

Carmaker Toyota is developing robots capable of learning to do household chores by observing how humans take on the tasks. The project is an example of robotics getting a boost from generative AI.

https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-toyota-robots-learning-housework/

Toyota's Robots Are Learning to Do Housework—By Copying Humans

Carmaker Toyota is developing robots capable of learning to do household chores by observing how humans take on the tasks. The project is an example of robotics getting a boost from generative AI.

https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-toyota-robots-learning-housework/

Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data

At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms.

https://www.wired.com/story/congress-senate-tech-companies-pay-ai-training-data/

OpenAI’s New App Store Could Turn ChatGPT Into an Everything App

A new app store from the creator of ChatGPT invites companies to build custom “GPTs” that add functionality to the chatbot. OpenAI isn’t saying how app builders will get paid.

https://www.wired.com/story/openais-app-store-chatgpt-everything-app/

Get Ready for the Great AI Disappointment

Rose-tinted predictions for artificial intelligence’s grand achievements will be swept aside by underwhelming performance and dangerous results.

https://www.wired.com/story/get-ready-for-the-great-ai-disappointment/

Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date

The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute: a handheld device you use to issue voice commands to your bot army.

https://www.wired.com/story/rabbit-r1/

It’s No Wonder People Are Getting Emotionally Attached to Chatbots

AI chatbots can be friendly and responsive—even sexy. It’s time to take these fundamentally human behaviors more seriously.

https://www.wired.com/story/its-no-wonder-people-are-getting-emotionally-attached-to-chatbots/

CES 2024 Preview: Get Ready for a ‘Tsunami’ of AI

CES, which kicks off January 9 in Las Vegas, will feature the usual assortment of new consumer tech products. This year, even more of that stuff will be empowered by machine intelligence.

https://www.wired.com/story/ces-2024-preview-a-tsunami-of-ai/

In Defense of AI Hallucinations

​​Chatbots’ habit of spewing untruths is a big problem—but we should also celebrate these hallucinations as prompts for human creativity and a barrier to machines taking over.

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-in-defense-of-ai-hallucinations-chatgpt/

The Man Who Made Robots Dance Now Wants Them to Think for Themselves

Boston Dynamic's legged robots won the internet by doing parkour and dancing to classic R&B. The company's founder Marc Raibert now leads an institute trying to make the machines more independent.

https://www.wired.com/story/boston-dynamics-institute-robots-marc-raibert/

Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse

The Steamboat Willie version of Disney icon Mickey Mouse just entered the public domain, and there's already an explosion of related AI-generated art. We talked to some of the creators behind it.

https://www.wired.com/story/mickey-mouse-steamboat-willie-public-domain-artificial-intelligence/

To Own the Future, Read Shakespeare

Tech and the liberal arts have always been at war. Don’t assume Silicon Valley will win.

https://www.wired.com/story/own-future-artificial-intelligence-read-shakespeare/

AI May Not Steal Your Job, but It Could Stop You Getting Hired

In her new book The Algorithm, journalist Hilke Schellmann investigates software that automates résumé screening and promotion recommendations, raising concerns about discrimination.

https://www.wired.com/story/hilke-schellmann-algorithm-book-ai-jobs-hiring/

CES 2024 Preview: Get Ready for a ‘Tsunami’ of AI

CES, which kicks off January 9 in Las Vegas, will feature the usual assortment of new consumer tech products. This year, even more of that stuff will be empowered by machine intelligence.

https://www.wired.com/story/ces-2024-preview-a-tsunami-of-ai/