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Meta Connect 2024: How to Watch and What to Expect
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage Wednesday morning to deliver a keynote address about all things AR and VR, chatbots, headsets, smart glasses, and generative AI. Here’s a preview.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-connect-2024-what-to-expect/
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-boom-is-raising-hopes-of-a-nuclear-comeback/
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-boom-is-raising-hopes-of-a-nuclear-comeback/
Use Zoom’s AI Companion to Take Notes and Summarize Meetings
The videoconferencing app has an AI-powered agent built in. It can generate summaries, tell you who talked the most, and even gauge what the emotional tone of the meeting was.
https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-ai-companion-take-notes-summarize-meetings/
I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus
Neurable’s MW75 Neuro is an everyday brain-computer interface that aims to boost your productivity. It also raises questions about data privacy.
https://www.wired.com/story/this-brain-tracking-device-wants-to-help-you-work-smarter/
Generative AI Hype Feels Inescapable. Tackle It Head On With Education
In their book AI Snake Oil, two Princeton researchers pinpoint the culprits of the AI hype cycle and advocate for a more critical, holistic understanding of artificial intelligence.
https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-hype-ai-snake-oil/
New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free
“The path we’re on isn’t sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping. Here’s his plan to course-correct.
https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-tools-detect-block-ai-bots/
Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’
AI has scrambled our ability to tell what’s real and what’s synthetic. But there are tools and techniques to help stay grounded in truth.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfakes-deep-doubt-era-artificial-intelligence/
When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting With an AI Host
Restaurants field a high volume of phone calls from inquisitive tourists or diners running late. Increasingly, voice chatbots are picking up on the other end of the line.
Meta Connect 2024: How to Watch and What to Expect
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage on September 25 to deliver a keynote address about all things AR and VR, chatbots, headsets, smart glasses, and generative AI. Here’s a preview.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-connect-2024-what-to-expect/
Xavier Niel, a Driving Force of French AI, Is Now Shaping TikTok
The TikTok owner’s newest board member revels in challenging the establishment.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-xavier-niel-can-do-for-tiktok/
Content Creators in the Adult Industry Want a Say in AI Rules
A group that includes sex workers, sex tech businesses, and sex educators has demanded a seat at the table to shape AI regulations that they say could lead to discrimination against them.
https://www.wired.com/story/content-creators-in-the-adult-industry-want-a-say-in-ai-rules/
The United Nations Wants to Treat AI With the Same Urgency as Climate Change
A UN report proposes that the organization take a much more active role in the monitoring and oversight of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-report/
The United Nations Wants to Treat AI With the Same Urgency as Climate Change
A UN report proposes that the organization take a much more active role in the monitoring and oversight of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-report/
Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI
The studio behind the John Wick, Hunger Games, and Twilight franchises just made a deal with an artificial intelligence startup to use its back catalog to build a custom AI model. It could be a tipping point.
https://www.wired.com/story/lionsgates-new-deal-is-a-test-of-hollywoods-relationship-with-ai/
I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App
SocialAI is an online universe where everyone you interact with is a bot—for better or worse.
https://www.wired.com/story/socialai-app-ai-chatbots-chatgpt/
An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
Google plans to add an AI feature next year inside of the YouTube app for creators to generate 6-second clips using the company’s Veo model.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-tools-youtube-shorts-veo/
Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don't Know
A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in recent months, as educators and parents struggle to keep up.
https://www.wired.com/story/teens-generative-ai-use-schools-parents/
Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don't Know
A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in recent months, as educators and parents struggle to keep up.
https://www.wired.com/story/teens-generative-ai-use-schools-parents/
OpenAI Threatens Bans as Users Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models
If you try to figure out how OpenAI’s o1 models solve problems, you might get a nastygram.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-threatens-bans-as-users-probe-o1-model/