Earlier this month, WIRED published an excerpt from Steve Rosenbaum’s buzzy new book, The Future of Truth, which looks at how artificial intelligence warps people’s…
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The Vatican’s Man Inside Anthropic
The Catholic ethicists even had a say in Anthropic’s recent update to Claude’s constitution, which sets the behavioral parameters for the company’s AI model. Olah…
Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi
There’s a new autonomous vehicle in town, or at least in the towns of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. Starting in the next few…
New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI
As Danielle settled into the rhythms of new motherhood, her profession underwent a drastic reinvention. Danielle, who asked to use her first name to avoid…
Amazon Thinks the Future of Data Centers Depends on a Technical Problem It Just Solved
Over time, the tech industry has developed and deployed variations on the fat-tree architecture. But the design has room for improvement. It’s generally reliable, but…
Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday requiring frontier AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind to have their safety practices…
Huawei's ‘Chip Queen’ Throws Down the Gauntlet
The plot thickens in the great AI chip race. Tingbo He, president of Huawei’s chip-design subsidiary HiSilicon, says her company’s engineers have developed a novel…
Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop
A group of AI researchers who previously worked at Google DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta Superintelligence Labs announced on Wednesday they’re launching a new startup…
Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien
Nobody was surprised that Pope Leo XIV cited well-known saints and previous pontiffs in his first encyclical, or papal letter of spiritual guidance, Magnifica Humanitas,…
Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation
When Pope Leo XIV presented his first encyclical on artificial intelligence at the Vatican on Monday, he invited Christopher Olah, cofounder of Anthropic, to speak.…