This year, AI agents have been at the forefront of tech companies’ ambitions. OpenAI’s Sam Altman has often talked about a possible billion-dollar company being…
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Jon M. Chu Says AI Couldn’t Have Made One of Wicked’s Best Moments
If there’s anyone who understands the importance of viral marketing, it’s Wicked: For Good director Jon M. Chu. At WIRED’s Big Interview event in San…
AMD CEO Lisa Su Says Concerns About an AI Bubble Are Overblown
Earlier this year, WIRED said that AMD CEO Lisa Su was “out for Nvidia’s blood.” The American chipmaker is still small compared to the juggernaut…
ByteDance and DeepSeek Are Placing Very Different AI Bets
Go high or go wide? DeepSeek and ByteDance, the two leaders of China’s AI industry, are adopting vastly different strategies. On Monday, DeepSeek released DeepSeek…
A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy
A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI to find hidden geothermal resources deep underground, says…
An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design
The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s…
Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?
“I’ve tried different brands of hearing aids, and they’re good, but they’re not this good,” says Martin in a Zoom interview. He visited the team…
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
If you’re near Rochester, New York, the price for a carton of Target’s Good & Gather eggs is listed as $1.99 on its website. If…
AWS CEO Matt Garman Wants to Reassert Amazon’s Cloud Dominance in the AI Era
You might think Amazon’s biggest swing in the AI race was its $8 billion investment in Anthropic. But AWS has also been building in-house foundation…
Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—and a Way for Customers to Build Their Own
Amazon has announced a new family of frontier artificial intelligence models—and a new way for customers to build frontier models of their own. The ecommerce…