San Francisco’s city attorney has hit Meta with a cease-and-desist letter telling the company to stop “allowing” paid advertisements that include AI-generated child sexual abuse…
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I Let an AI Agent Hack All My Gadgets—and I’d Do It Again
As the author of a newsletter about artificial intelligence, I consider it my duty to experience the bleeding edge of this technology firsthand. This week,…
A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage
Kepler also says it has improved the density of SRAM using ferroelectrics, which can read and write data at lower voltages than the mechanisms typically…
Whispering Complaints Into Your Phone May Be the Future of Customer Feedback
Some of the hottest software this year revolves around capturing voices. Whether it’s the sharp dictations of Wispr or the always-listening ears of Granola, voice-centered…
My Brief Summer Fling With Siri AI
When I first tested the developer beta of Apple’s Siri AI by taking it as my tour guide around San Francisco, I was convinced the…
Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quit
Welcome to the first edition of Power Play! From now until the midterms, senior writer Molly Taft will be sharing their thoughts every Sunday on…
OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website
After reporting last week that the surveillance company Flock Safety is building an AI search tool for law enforcement, WIRED reconstructed Flock’s latest search tool…
Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It’s Basically Alive
I spent the waning days of summer grinding away at columns and working on a feature. But I missed a chance at a striking change…