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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.
To Truly Fix Siri, Apple May Have to Backtrack on ...
The Siri that was promised back in 2011 never quite materialized. Now the big upgrade promised as part of Apple Intelligence is delayed “indefinitely.” Why can't Apple get Siri right?
OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ab...
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
Yahoo Is Still Here—and It Has Big Plans for AI
Even as Yahoo turns 30, CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is still in “building mode.”
Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With O...
The search giant should’ve been first to the chatbot revolution. It wasn’t. So it punched back with late nights, layoffs—and lowering some guardrails.
‘We Don’t Want an AI Demo, We Want Answers’: Feder...
Leaked chats obtained by WIRED detail plans for the General Services Administration—and the staff’s angry response.
Is That Painting a Lost Masterpiece or a Fraud? Le...
A dubious “Van Gogh” has sparked a battle between technology, connoisseurs, and the high-stakes art market. What does AI, which is transforming art authentication, have to say about the verdict?
Satellite Internet Will Enable AI in Everything
AI-powered agents need to be connected all the time to be truly effective. Sounds like a job for satellite internet providers.
OpenAI’s Deep Research Agent Is Coming for White-C...
The research-focused agent shows how a new generation of more capable AI models could automate some office tasks.
Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data
Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.
Synchron’s Brain-Computer Interface Now Has Nvidia...
The company has partnered with Nvidia to develop “cognitive AI,” which it says will allow people with severe physical disabilities to have more natural interactions with the world around them.