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Zoom Is Going After Google and Microsoft With AI-Driven Docs
The video-conferencing app is trying to create an "everything workplace" app in a crowded market.
https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-is-going-after-google-and-microsoft-with-ai-driven-docs/
A New Trick Could Block the Misuse of Open Source AI
Researchers have developed a way to tamperproof open source large language models to prevent them from being coaxed into, say, explaining how to make a bomb.
https://www.wired.com/story/center-for-ai-safety-open-source-llm-safeguards/
Intel Is Cutting More Than 15,000 Jobs Despite Getting Billions From the US Government
The chipmaker, which has fallen behind competitors, is slashing 15 percent of its workforce.
To Lead in AI, the US Needs a Silicon Revolution
US Commerce Department undersecretary Laurie E. Locascio says America needs to invent new chip manufacturing techniques.
https://www.wired.com/story/laurie-locascio-interview-ai-silicon-revolution/
Google Cracks Down on Explicit Deepfakes
Newly announced measures by the search giant aim to make AI-generated, or otherwise spoofed explicit content, more difficult to discover.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-tries-to-crack-down-on-explicit-deepfakes/
Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?
OpenAI’s newest model is “a data hoover on steroids,” says one expert—but there are still ways to use it while minimizing risk.
https://www.wired.com/story/can-chatgpt-4o-be-trusted-with-your-private-data/
Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn’t help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.
Instagram Will Let You Make Custom AI Chatbots—Even Ones Based on Yourself
Meta's AI Studio will let users build virtual characters, with a few limitations.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ai-studio-instagram-chatbots/
Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing
DC went to YC to talk OS.
Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It's Calling Again
In a recently uncovered 1983 speech, Steve Jobs predicted the ubiquity of personal computers. In 2024, AI has brought us to another inflection point.
https://www.wired.com/story/steve-jobs-speech-personal-computers-ai/
Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
The union representing the voice and motion-capture actors who work in video games authorized the strike after talks with gaming companies stalled over the use of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/video-game-voice-actors-are-going-on-strike-over-ai/
SearchGPT Is OpenAI's Direct Assault on Google
The company behind ChatGPT is expanding into search, and leaning heavily on its relationships with publishers.
https://www.wired.com/story/searchgpt-openai-search-engine-generative-ai/
New Jersey's $500 Million Bid to Become an AI Epicenter
The Garden State has enacted a hefty new tax credit specifically for AI businesses. But tax incentives—particularly around data centers—haven’t always created large numbers of jobs.
https://www.wired.com/story/new-jerseys-500-million-dollar-bid-to-become-an-ai-epicenter/
Google DeepMind’s Game-Playing AI Tackles a Chatbot Blind Spot
Google’s new advance combines a large language model with a self-learning AI. The technique could address some shortcomings with AI—although there’s a catch.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-alphaproof-ai-math/
At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You
A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.
https://www.wired.com/story/at-the-olympics-ai-algorithms-are-watching-you/
The ACLU Fights for Your Constitutional Right to Make Deepfakes
States across the US are seeking to criminalize certain uses of AI-generated content. Civil rights groups are pushing back, arguing that some of these new laws conflict with the First Amendment.
https://www.wired.com/story/aclu-artificial-intelligence-deepfakes-free-speech/
Meta's New Llama 3.1 AI Model Is Free, Powerful, and Risky
The newest version of Llama will make AI more accessible and customizable, but it will also stir up debate around the potential pitfalls of releasing AI without guardrails.
Toyota Pulls Off a Fast and Furious Demo With Dual Drifting AI-Powered Race Cars
Algorithms designed to handle a car after it loses traction could potentially intervene on behalf of human drivers.
https://www.wired.com/story/toyota-stanford-ai-tandem-drifting-cars/
AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry
A WIRED investigation finds that major players like Activision Blizzard, which recently laid off scores of workers, are using generative AI for game development.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-already-taking-jobs-in-the-video-game-industry/
For the Director of Wicked, There’s No Place Like Silicon Valley
Six years after Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu prepares to release his adaptation of one of Broadway’s biggest musicals. From a table at his family’s famous Chinese restaurant, he opens up about his childhood among the titans of tech—and why filmmakers shouldn’t be afraid of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/jon-chu-director-wicked-crazy-rich-asians-silicon-valley/