The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’

African workers who label AI data or screen social posts for US tech giants are calling on President Biden to raise their plight with Kenya's president, William Ruto, who visits the US this week.

https://www.wired.com/story/low-paid-humans-ai-biden-modern-day-slavery/

What Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI Could Look Like in Court

If Scarlett Johansson pursues legal action against OpenAI for giving ChatGPT a voice she calls “eerily similar to mine,” she might claim the company breached her right to publicity.

https://www.wired.com/story/scarlett-johansson-v-openai-could-look-like-in-court/

Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads

Google is set to start mixing ads into its new AI-generated search answers. It's a test of how the company's biggest revenue stream can adapt to the age of generative AI.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-search-ai-overviews-ads/

AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside

What goes on in artificial neural networks work is largely a mystery, even to their creators. But researchers from Anthropic have caught a glimpse.

https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-black-box-ai-research-neurons-features/

Adobe's AI-Powered Generative Remove Feature in Lightroom Erases Unsightly Objects in Seconds

Taking a cue from Google's Magic Eraser, Adobe's new trick improves on existing tools with the help of generative AI.

https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-lightroom-generative-remove/

The US Is Forming a Global AI Safety Network With Key Allies

US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo says the US is collaborating with other countries including the UK, Japan, and Canada to manage the risks posed by artificial intelligence.

https://www.wired.com/story/us-forming-global-ai-safety-network-key-allies/

Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Ripped Off Her Voice for ChatGPT

In a scorching statement, Scarlett Johansson claims that after she turned down an invitation to voice ChatGPT, OpenAI brazenly mimicked her distinctive tones anyway.

https://www.wired.com/story/scarlett-johansson-says-openai-ripped-off-her-voice-for-chatgpt/

I Make AI Models to Sell Real People Clothes

Working at an AI modeling agency means teaching pixels to smize—and filtering out the people with three heads.

https://www.wired.com/story/your-next-job-ai-modeling-agent/

Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve

India’s elections are a glimpse of the AI-driven future of democracy. Politicians are using audio and video deepfakes of themselves to reach voters—who may have no idea they’ve been talking to a clone.

https://www.wired.com/story/indian-elections-ai-deepfakes/

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

The entire OpenAI team focused on the existential dangers of AI has either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups, WIRED has confirmed.

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-superalignment-team-disbanded/

It’s Time to Believe the AI Hype

Some pundits suggest generative AI stopped getting smarter. The explosive demos from OpenAI and Google that started the week show there’s plenty more disruption to come.

https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-believe-the-ai-hype/

How Google's AI Overviews Work, and How to Turn Them Off (You Can't)

Google's new Gemini-powered search experience is rolling out to users in the US. Here's some advice on how to navigate it. And if you want to turn AI Overviews off, too bad.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-ai-overviews-how-to-use-how-to-turn-off/

Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress

Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep discussion.

https://www.wired.com/story/maven-social-network-that-eliminates-followers-and-stress/

Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots

The emotional mimicry of OpenAI’s new version of ChatGPT could lead AI assistants in some strange—even dangerous—directions.

https://www.wired.com/story/prepare-to-get-manipulated-by-emotionally-expressive-chatbots/

I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn't Pretty

Your online influencer girlfriend is actually a rotating cast of low-wage workers. I became one of them.

https://www.wired.com/story/i-went-undercover-secret-onlyfans-chatter-wasnt-pretty/

OpenAI's Chief AI Wizard Ilya Sutskever Is Leaving the Company

One day after OpenAI showed off an all-new, emotional, version of ChatGPT, the company announced that chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the company. He voted to fire CEO Sam Altman in November.

https://www.wired.com/story/openais-chief-ai-wizard-ilya-sutskever-is-leaving-the-company/

With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past

Google’s new upgrades to Gemini and Circle to Search offer a look at how the operating system might change and revolve around artificial intelligence.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-io-gemini-on-android-circle-to-search/

Generative AI Is Totally Shameless. I Want to Be It

The best thing about brain-melting software like ChatGPT? It doesn’t feel remorse.

https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-totally-shameless/

With OpenAI's Release of GPT-4o, Is ChatGPT Plus Still Worth It?

While the newest AI model from OpenAI, GPT-4o, is available to users for free, ChatGPT Plus subscribers still get access to more prompts and the newest features.

https://www.wired.com/story/with-gpt-4o-is-chatgpt-plus-still-worth-it/

I Am Once Again Asking Our Tech Overlords to Watch the Whole Movie

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has seemingly cited Her as an inspiration for ChatGPT’s conversational voice assistant update. Maybe don't!

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-4o-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-her-movie/