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This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in ...
A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots.
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet Wit...
The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Release an ‘Open Weigh...
The news follows the breakout success of DeepSeek and growing pressure from rivals like Meta.
Amazon's AGI Lab Reveals Its First Work: Advanced ...
Led by a former OpenAI executive, Amazon’s AI lab focuses on the decisionmaking capabilities of next-generation software agents—and borrows insights from physical robots.
ChatGPT’s Projects Feature Brings Order to Your AI...
Subscribers can now organize their conversations with the AI assistant into neat little folders.
An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals W...
An unsecured database used by a generative AI app revealed prompts and tens of thousands of explicit images—some of which are likely illegal. The company deleted its websites after WIRED reached out.
Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the N...
Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.
Elon Musk’s xAI Acquires X, Because of Course
Social platform X struggled after Elon Musk took over, but its fortunes improved dramatically after US President Donald Trump won reelection. Now it will be become part of Musk's AI startup xAI.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Ris...
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
Anthropic's Claude Is Good at Poetry—and Bullshitt...
Researchers looked inside the chatbot’s “brain.” The results were surprisingly chilling.
If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI G...
The brother goes on vision quests. The sister is a former English major. Together, they defected from OpenAI, started Anthropic, and built (they say) AI’s most upstanding citizen, Claude.
I Opted Out of AI Training. Does This Reduce My Fu...
WIRED’s advice columnist considers whether trying to remove your data and information from generative AI tools could lessen your impact on the technology.
How Extropic Plans to Unseat Nvidia
Challenging the world's most successful chipmaker with an entirely new type of computer chip may seem absurd—but it is no more ridiculous than the AI race itself.
Databricks Has a Trick That Lets AI Models Improve...
Using several recent innovations, the company Databricks will let customers boost the IQ of their AI models even if they don’t have squeaky clean data.
Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical ...
Guillaume Verdon is building a new kind of chip to accelerate AI. His alter ego wants to accelerate humanity itself.
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
How Software Engineers Actually Use AI
We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.
How to Use Apple’s Image Playground to Generate AI...
Create pictures from text prompts with iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.