Most mainstream social media platforms have strict guidelines preventing the dissemination of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII), or sexually explicit photos and videos. But a new…
Category: Primers
This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone
Gowanus the media puppet probably shouldn’t even be talking to me. Made of literal garbage—his origin story is that he was born in a dumpster…
The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT
In the 60 years that ELIZA has been influencing computation and culture, conventional accounts portray it as the earliest example of what we now call…
DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
Members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who were working at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) used artificial intelligence to…
Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool
Don’t want Siri to use your interactions with a specific app? In your phone’s Settings, go to the Siri AI section and scroll down to…
Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides
Scientists have successfully shown a quantum computer can improve the accuracy and reach of generative artificial intelligence drug discovery models. And they did it using…
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s head of safety systems Johannes Heidecke told staff this week that he’s leaving the company, WIRED has learned. Heidecke’s departure follows a reorganization that…
Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its hardware chief on Friday for allegedly stealing the iPhone-maker’s trade secrets, including unreleased parts and prototypes, confidential…
A New Experiential Gallery Just Might Change Your Mind About AI Art
“I think we are literally in a renaissance,” says the artist Refik Anadol, in a characteristically optimistic comment, when asked how he sees this moment…
Robot Dogs, Teslas, and Rescue Helicopters: The UN AI Summit Was a Lot
Dodge past the live onstage coding sessions, AI refresher courses, an obstacle course of gizmos, round people walking round with glowing green silent-disco-style headphones blaring…