OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again

It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,”…

How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot

Last week, US regulators banned a wide variety of Chinese-made robots from being imported to the United States because of concerns about national security. Saurabh…

LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year

Unlike many other big tech platforms, LinkedIn has decided it won’t spend aggressively on expanding its AI data centers this fiscal year. Executives at the…

Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them

A decade ago, Ryan Carrier was a failed hedge fund manager watching as AI systems began to spin out of control. Facebook’s algorithms shook US…

Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak

Meta is pausing a divisive employee tracking program after an internal security issue exposed potentially sensitive data collected through the initiative to other workers. “We…

Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program

Meta left potentially sensitive information collected from employee laptops accessible to anyone inside the company, according to an internal security notice seen by WIRED and…

3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers

Earlier this month, five current Amazon employees publicly urged Seattle City Council to regulate data centers. It was an unprecedented act of advocacy by tech…

‘Pretty Crazy’ Token Usage Is Testing Bosses’ Bet on AI

At the software company 8×8, employees are using Anthropic’s Claude to draft emails, analyze customer feedback, and write code, but so far, their growing reliance…

Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s internal announcement on Friday about a “large” companywide AI hackathon next month quickly sparked frustration and disbelief among employees. In internal…

‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Someone interrupted a livestreamed, employee-only presentation at Meta earlier this week with an expletive-filled outburst about “being the company’s bitch,” according to a recording heard…