WIRED’s Gear Reviews team is one of the best in the game—reviewing products across various categories to help you shop for the best. These buying…
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I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often
OpenAI is starting to stuff the free version of ChatGPT with ads. So, I spent this week asking ChatGPT 500 questions on the mobile app…
I Tried DoorDash’s Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work
The flash from my iPhone camera illuminates my dirty socks and underwear as I hold each item up for the video recording to capture clearly.…
ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance
Julie Carpenter doesn’t blame human users at all for anthropomorphizing chatbots. The longtime human-AI interaction expert and author of The Naked Android sees generative AI…
Google's AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google
Google seems to have a Google addiction. If you click on a hyperlink in Google’s chatbot-style search tool, AI Mode, you are likely to be…
Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface
There’s a new button in Google Maps: “Ask Maps.” Google started rolling out this new generative AI feature today, a conversational, in-app tool that combines…
I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak
Google rolled out multiple new AI features today for its core Workspace products: Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. These apps now include additional tools…
Why Is Alexa+ So Bad?
When I first mounted Amazon’s new Echo Show 15 on my kitchen wall, I was enthusiastic about its potential as a hands-free entertainment device. I…
Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google’s AI Image Generator
Google just debuted Nano Banana 2, an updated version of its AI image generator. It combines the abilities of Google’s previous release, Nano Banana Pro—like…