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Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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/
Why Elon Musk Had to Open Source Grok, His Answer to ChatGPT
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
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.
Elon Musk Gave Himself No Choice but to Open Source His Chatbot Grok
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
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.
The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm
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
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/
Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better
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
Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they're recording, listening—and talking back.
Sam Altman Back on OpenAI's Board After He Is Cleared by Investigation
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/
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they're recording, listening—and talking back.
Sam Altman Is Reinstated to OpenAI’s Board
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
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/