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People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psyche...
As psychedelic companies and therapy apps experiment with AI, people are already taking huge doses of drugs and using chatbots to process their trips.
From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Ha...
Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine” on Spotify and other streamers.
Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for...
xAI’s gas turbines get official approval from Memphis, Tennessee, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.
What Could a Healthy AI Companion Look Like?
A chatbot designed to avoid anthropomorphism offers a compelling glimpse into the future of human-to-AI relationships.
These Transcribing Eyeglasses Put Subtitles on the...
TranscribeGlass can subtitle conversations in nearly real time and will soon be able to translate languages and tell you when the person you’re talking to you is feeling socially awkward.
Livestream Replay: Beginner Advice for Claude, a C...
If you missed WIRED’s live, subscriber-only Q&A focused on the software features of Anthropic's Claude chatbot, hosted by Reece Rogers and Kylie Robison, you can watch the replay here.
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free...
Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Tal...
The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ...
“What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers.
AI Videos of Black Women Depicted as ‘Bigfoot’ Are...
Some Instagram creators are using Google’s Veo 3 and racking up millions of views on AI videos of “bigfoot baddies.” They’ll teach you how to make them for $15.
Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default
The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.
Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium ...
After critics called the bill a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise.
Here Is Everyone Mark Zuckerberg Has Hired So Far ...
After a poaching frenzy that’s brought in talent from rival firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, Zuckerberg announced a team of nearly two dozen researchers in an internal memo.
Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patient...
The tech giant poached several top Google researchers to help build a powerful AI tool that can diagnose patients and potentially cut health care costs.
OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someon...
As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're “recalibrating comp,” according to an internal memo.
I Let AI Agents Plan My Vacation—and It Wasn't Ter...
The latest wave of AI tools claim to take the pain out of booking your next trip. From transport and accommodation to restaurants and attractions, we let AI take the reins to put this to the test.
OpenAI Loses 4 Key Researchers to Meta
Mark Zuckerberg has been working to poach talent from rival labs for his new superintelligence team.
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.