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Protesters Are Fighting to Stop AI, but They’re Split on How to Do It
PauseAI protests are underway in London, New York, San Francisco, and across the globe. Its members have wildly different opinions on what the group should do next.
OpenAI's GPT-4o Model Gives ChatGPT a Snappy, Flirty Upgrade
Prepare for ChatGPT to get more emotional. OpenAI demonstrated upgrades that make the chatbot capable of snappier conversations, and showed the AI helper picking up on and expressing emotional cues
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-4o-model-gives-chatgpt-a-snappy-flirty-upgrade/
Internal Emails Show How a Controversial Gun-Detection System Found Its Way to NYC
NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv’s gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment. Emails obtained by WIRED show how the company still found an in.
https://www.wired.com/story/evolv-gun-detection-nyc-subways-emails/
Generative AI Doesn’t Make Hardware Less Hard
Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-doesnt-make-hardware-less-hard/
6 Practical Tips for Using Anthropic's Claude Chatbot
Anthropic recently launched an iOS app for its Claude chatbot. We asked the company’s head of product design how to get the most out of the AI helper.
https://www.wired.com/story/six-practical-tips-for-using-anthropic-claude-chatbot/
OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn
OpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-is-exploring-how-to-responsibly-generate-ai-porn/
Google DeepMind’s Groundbreaking AI for Protein Structure Can Now Model DNA
Demis Hassabis, Google’s artificial intelligence chief, says the AlphaFold software that revolutionized the study of proteins has received a significant upgrade that will advance drug development.
https://www.wired.com/story/alphafold-3-google-deepmind-ai-protein-structure-dna/
Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know
People are using AI at work whether their bosses want them to or not, new data shows. But it’s desperation, not innovation, driving the change.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-workers-burnout-microsoft-linkedin/
OpenAI Offers an Olive Branch to Artists Wary of Feeding AI Algorithms
ChatGPT developer OpenAI says that artists and other content owners will be able to request that their work be excluded from use in AI development. Many details of the scheme remain unclear.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-olive-branch-artists-ai-algorithms/
Met Gala Deepfakes Are Flooding Social Media
AI-generated images of Katy Perry, Rihanna, and more celebrities in Met Gala refinement took over X and other platforms Monday night.
https://www.wired.com/story/met-gala-deepfakes-katy-perry-rihanna/
The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA
Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.
https://www.wired.com/story/synthetic-dna-us-biden-regulation/
The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA
Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.
https://www.wired.com/story/synthetic-dna-us-biden-regulation/
The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA
Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.
https://www.wired.com/story/synthetic-dna-us-biden-regulation/
A New Surveillance Tool Invades Border Towns
Plus: An assassination plot, an AI security bill, a Project Nimbus revelation, and more of the week’s top security news.
https://www.wired.com/story/border-surveillance-india-assassination-project-nimbus-security-roundup/
How Scrappy Cryptominer CoreWeave Transformed Into the Multibillion-Dollar Backbone of the AI Boom
CoreWeave, once a small player in crypto, is now a $19 billion unicorn that provides GPUs to AI developers. Its frenetic culture and rising competition now pose challenges, former employees say.
https://www.wired.com/story/coreweave-scrappy-cryptominer-multibillion-dollar-ai/
These Dangerous Scammers Don’t Even Bother to Hide Their Crimes
“Yahoo Boy” cybercriminals are openly running dozens of scams across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube, and more.
https://www.wired.com/story/yahoo-boys-scammers-facebook-telegram-tiktok-youtube/
Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?
Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem.
https://www.wired.com/story/nick-bostrom-fear-ai-fix-everything/
The Unsexy Future of Generative AI Is Enterprise Apps
Some startups that launched buzzy generative AI products are now narrowing their offerings to try to make them more useful to business clients.
https://www.wired.com/story/unsexy-future-generative-ai-enterprise-apps/
A Vast New Dataset Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering
Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM, have released a new AI detection model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of Bitcoin money laundering.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-crypto-tracing-model-money-laundering/
Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AI
Arati Prabhakar has the ear of the US president and a massive mission: help manage AI, revive the semiconductor industry, and pull off a cancer moonshot.
https://www.wired.com/story/arati-prabhakar-ostp-biden-science-tech-adviser/