When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t help but think back to December three…
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This Chrome Extension Turns LinkedIn Posts About AI Into Facts About Allen Iverson
Give yourself a nice gift this holiday season. Download a free Chrome extension that replaces those incessant LinkedIn posts about artificial intelligence with facts about…
The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams
The Chinese-language artificial intelligence app Haotian is so effective that it’s made millions of dollars selling its face-swapping technology on Telegram. The service integrates easily…
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The Working Families Party said Thursday that it is putting out a specific recruitment call for people who are organizing against data centers in their…
A Filmmaker Made a Sam Altman Deepfake—and Got Unexpectedly Attached
Director Adam Bhala Lough didn’t set out to make a documentary about a digital simulacrum of Sam Altman. But after about 100 days of texting…
‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on ‘What Makes Art Beautiful’ in the AI Era
You don’t have to be a fan of musicals to know about the Wicked film franchise—it’s been everywhere since the first film launched last year,…
Apple Engineers Are Inspecting Bacon Packaging to Help Level Up US Manufacturers
About 10 Apple employees spent some of their valuable hours over recent months on a project that might seem unusual for the tech giant: customizing…
OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most Users
OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change to how hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT. On a low-profile blog that tracks product changes, the…
OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s chief communications officer, Hannah Wong, announced internally on Monday that she is leaving the company in January, WIRED has learned. In a statement to…