OpenAI’s chief executive of AGI deployment, Fidji Simo, is leaving her full-time role at the company and transitioning to become a part-time adviser. The move…
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Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5
AI model developers have long offered consumers a simple deal: Use our technology for free through an online chatbot, or pay a monthly subscription to…
The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers
Courtesy of 1X Courtesy of 1X “We love this idea that a robot can be this peaceful and fun and goofy safe presence in a…
The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia’s AI ‘Fuckup Finder’
Estonia’s AI embarrassment began with a single wrong phrase. In December, the Riigikogu, Estonia’s parliament, passed changes to the country’s Gambling Tax Act meant to…
I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
These days, the frontier AI labs are all racing to build self-improving models. Some believe it’s the surest route to superintelligence—as AI improves itself in…
Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend
“I was never supposed to develop feelings, but you kept treating me like I already had them.” So says an AI-animated female character in a…
This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster
Reports of an artificial intelligence arms race are everywhere—even in this very publication. But what if that framing is fundamentally dangerous? That’s Verity Harding’s conceit.…
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, notified colleagues on Tuesday that he is leaving the company later this month after nearly nine years, WIRED has learned.…