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Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’
Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination.
Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’
Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination.
No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-impact-on-work-mary-daly-interview/
Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It
Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt's pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest.
How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
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
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
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
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/
The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People
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
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.
OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—but Won’t Release the Tech Yet
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/