If someone ever makes an HBO Max series about the AI industry, the events of this week will make quite the episode. On Wednesday, OpenAI’s…
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Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.” The change…
OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs
On Thursday, OpenAI announced its investment in neurotech startup Merge Labs, cofounded by its CEO, billionaire Sam Altman. OpenAI will collaborate with the new venture…
Anthropic’s Claude Cowork Is an AI Agent That Actually Works
As a software reporter at WIRED, I’ve tested a lot of shitty agents over the past couple of years. These experiences expose a consistent pattern…
Former CISA Director Jen Easterly Will Lead RSA Conference
Jen Easterly, a longtime public- and private-sector cybersecurity practitioner who led the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for more than three years, has been…
Join Our Next Livestream: Welcome to the Chinese Century
Whether you realize it or not, you’re already living in the Chinese century. From batteries to milk to electric vehicles, China is undoubtably doing it…
The Real AI Talent War Is for Plumbers and Electricians
“We always have far more people applying than we actually accept into our apprenticeship programs,” Madello explains. How many trainees are admitted, he adds, depends…
Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever
In 2010, the FBI sent Wikipedia a letter that would be intimidating for any organization to receive. The missive demanded that the free online encyclopedia…
Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI
Thinking Machines cofounders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz are leaving the fledgling AI lab and rejoining OpenAI, the ChatGPT-maker announced on Thursday. OpenAI’s CEO of…
AI’s Hacking Skills Are Approaching an ‘Inflection Point’
Vlad Ionescu and Ariel Herbert-Voss, cofounders of the cybersecurity startup RunSybil, were momentarily confused when their AI tool, Sybil, alerted them to a weakness in…