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The Fear That Inspired Elon Musk and Sam Altman to Create OpenAI
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
This week, we talk about the rocky rollout of Google’s Gemini image generator, and some internal tensions recently reported by company employees.
Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination
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
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
Though AI companies said they put some guardrails in place, researchers were able to easily create images related to claims of election fraud.
The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators
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
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
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
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
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
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/
The Wild Claim at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit
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
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 Wild Claim at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit
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/
The Mindblowing Experience of a Chatbot That Answers Instantly
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
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
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.
Google’s Deal With StackOverflow Is the Latest Proof That AI Giants Will Pay for Data
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
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
This week we chart the rise of Nvidia, the company whose chips, servers, and data centers have fueled the growth of artificial intelligence.