Business, Spoken

Beloved alt-weeklies like the Village Voice have started publishing what appears to be AI-generated clickbait about OnlyFans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While a fight over betting on US elections plays out in court, the tech-savvy are gambling hundreds of millions of dollars on cryptocurrencies inspired by politicians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company behind ChatGPT is expanding into search, and leaning heavily on its relationships with publishers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phones are supported well beyond their average ownership lifetime. In stark contrast, automakers are struggling to work out how long their “smartphones on wheels” can be kept on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

System administrators and their teams sprang into action last Friday and worked tirelessly to get their companies back online amid one of the worst digital blackouts ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The newest version of Llama will make AI more accessible and customizable, but it will also stir up debate around the potential pitfalls of releasing AI without guardrails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The event caused chaos at airports, grocery stores, and Starbucks outlets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With competing models—including many free ones—flooding the market, OpenAI is announcing a cheaper way to use its AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech companies—including OpenAI—are developing a new generation of AI assistants that can not only write code but debug, organize, and critique it, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tech mogul cited California’s new transgender rights law as “the final straw” for moving out of the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By order of a UK judge, Craig Wright can no longer claim he is the creator of bitcoin and now faces the prospect of criminal charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a quarter century the community-driven site hasn’t changed much. And don’t ask it to license its archive to AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk's paid blue-check system on X deceives users and can be abused by malicious actors, the European Union said today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Altman is touting AI’s ability to sway people's behavior. His company is also wrestling with the risks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even techno-optimists hesitate to say teaching is best left to the bots, but there’s a debate about where to draw the line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reports of intimate images and video posted online without consent are growing, and deepfakes add a horrifying new dimension to the problem. Google insiders say they’ve struggled to get executives to act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US military has abandoned its half-century dream of a suit of powered armor in favor of a “hyper enabled operator,” a tactical AI assistant for special operations forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As fears of a pandemic mount, the biotech company’s mRNA vaccine trial is set to release Phase 1/2 results later this year, with a larger Phase 3 trial expected to begin in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Labour Party, which is leading in UK election polls, has proposed making it easier for companies to build new server farms—risking a new type of conflict in communities across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By shifting regulatory power away from government agencies and to the courts, recent SCOTUS rulings may be a boon for a tech industry under fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The group's new autonomous ride-hailing service has a 43-inch widescreen, 17-speaker audio system, and five-position reclining seats. But will it beat Tesla's rival coming in August? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Atlantic using Poe’s Assistant bot. One expert calls it “prima facie copyright infringement,” which Quora disputes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hany Farid, a leading expert on image and video manipulation, says that detecting deepfakes will take more than AI alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US government vowed to crack down on the sale of illegal nicotine vapes. They only got cheaper, fancier, and more potent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta’s plans to use personal content posted by Facebook and Instagram users to train algorithms suggest our digital histories are being repackaged to teach AI about—and how to mimic—humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An exegesis of the most ubiquitous piece of code on the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not too long ago, services like GOOG-411, 118 118 and AQA used actual humans to answer questions with witty responses and encyclopedic knowledge. Today’s search engines could learn something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthropic’s latest Claude AI model pulls ahead of rivals from OpenAI and Google. But advances in machine intelligence have lately been more incremental than revolutionary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a user backlash, Adobe has been forced to clarify how it will use creators’ work. But can it be trusted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paris officials have placed tough new restrictions on Airbnb rentals in recent years. The company is using the Olympics to try and win over locals and broaden its footprint in the iconic city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the mid-2000s, Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten’s self-titled social network briefly took the world by storm before disappearing. Now he’s back, with a plan for a happier social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple is eager to show us that its approach to artificial intelligence is safer, better, and more useful than the competition. Maybe that's just a hallucination, but it's working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LinkedIn’s new generative AI features include chatbots based on popular career coaches and tools to rewrite résumés and cover letters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla shareholders will decide whether to back Elon Musk’s leadership—and unprecedented 11-figure bonus—in a pivotal moment for the carmaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UN has released a draft of what might become a landmark agreement to protect human health and the environment. Emphasis on might. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Danish media outlets want a group deal with OpenAI amid fears that smaller countries will become marginalized as chatbots become prolific. If they don’t get one, they are threatening to sue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Influencer Keith Gill, known online as Roaring Kitty, became a Pied Piper for amateur stock traders after sparking a historic GameStop short squeeze. But his next move could land him in big trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Days after former employees said the company was being too reckless with its technology, OpenAI released a research paper on a method for reverse engineering the workings of AI models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hidden costs of the global food system are equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP, according to new analysis from the United Nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The medical community's leading authority on traumatic brain injuries wants to make contact sports—which she loves—safer for everyone.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New. Extreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants’ yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google’s AI feature bumped my article down on the results page, but the new AI Overview at the top still referenced it. What gives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Data on how often Google’s new AI Overviews feature appears on search results suggests that the company reduced its visibility even before recommendations like adding glue to pizza sauce went viral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there's concern about how provide them enough power to meet AI's demands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biotech giant Bayer plans to distribute mustard greens that have been genetically altered to make them less bitter to grocery stores across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken. Take a tour of a rooftop laboratory where scientists show how growing crops under solar panels can produce both food and clean energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Security, Spoken. Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—including their login details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The troubled company is back from the brink, but will emerge from bankruptcy to a world where coworking's long-term future is much less certain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New. The FDA has yet to approve any drugs for life extension. But biotech company Loyal is now a step closer to bringing one to market—for dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into it so you don’t have to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In London, Uber drivers are protesting a new payment system that they say makes it impossible to understand the algorithms that decide how much they get paid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US government has filed an antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for allegedly abusing their dominance in the ticketing market to extinguish healthy competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A disused church, a school, and a motorcycle garage are among the hyperlocal new coworking spaces cropping up to offer remote workers a place to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new breed of online ad allows brands to pay Google to offer shoppers AI-generated images that show how items of clothing would look on different skin tones and body types. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A UK judge has determined that Craig Wright forged evidence in a campaign to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, in a move that prevents him from bringing further lawsuits in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investors are interested in buying TikTok so that it can avoid a US ban. But even if ByteDance accepts, a takeover will be far from simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The EU has launched an investigation into Facebook and Instagram's child protection measures as part of mounting concerns around minors’ use of social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The future of once-beloved sports blog Deadspin has been murky since it was acquired by an unknown company called Lineup Publishing in March. The new ownership shared its plans with WIRED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google’s new voice-operated AI assistant, called Astra, can make sense of what your phone’s camera sees. It was announced one day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The carmaker’s only European gigafactory has become the target of increasingly radical protests since announcing expansion plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People are using AI at work whether their bosses want them to or not, new data shows. But it’s desperation, not innovation, driving the change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dynisma’s $2 million rig is state of the art. Just ask Ferrari, which has one for its F1 team. Now a consumer model is in development, we decided to test the ultimate driving simulator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FTX has a plan to repay its former crypto customers more than the billions of dollars they lost in the latest bankruptcy proposal. But some will reject it anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon’s newest delivery drones will take off from just outside Phoenix but don't count on rush ordering a fan on a hot day. The fleet can't fly when the temperature exceeds 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WeWork’s controversial former CEO tried to acquire the bankrupt company he left in crisis. After being rebuffed, Adam Neumann will have to pivot to something new. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Academic Ethan Zuckerman is suing Meta to win protections for add-ons that help researchers study the platform and give users more control over their feeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

European iPhone owners are being shown a new pop-up screen listing alternatives to the Safari browser. The developers of the browsers shown on that screen are torn about the user experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever feel like Instagram or TikTok algorithms know you a bit too well? The backlash against automated curation is building, and new algorithm-free platforms are springing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a chaotic housing market that has shut many buyers out, fractional home ownership and investing trends are taking off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive now faces a daunting political juggling act. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It's working. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Do Kwon’s crypto empire fell to pieces, tens of billions of dollars were wiped out. A civil jury in the US has found he lied to investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The app that turned green chat bubbles blue has been acquired by Automattic, the parent company of Wordpress and Tumblr. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WIRED investigates how artificial intelligence tools, like OpenAI’s Sora, currently portray members of the LGBTQ community. Hint: It’s a lot of purple hair. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer hardware. One proposal involves connecting GPUs with light. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rare case in Danish court shows how automated clicks and fake accounts can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on Apple Music and Spotify. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and fired an employee—for wearing pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh in support of Palestinian people. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The app’s shopping features won over sellers and shoppers by offering deals that can seem too good to be true. Now TikTok is raising sellers fees, which may translate into higher prices. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against Apple says the company's grip on iPhone users and developers is blocking future innovation in tech. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New US emissions rules mean more plug-in hybrid cars are on the way. The electric vehicle tech is clean—but has a catch. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to Apple's mounting antitrust woes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US government's antitrust suit argues that Apple's sticky ecosystem keeps hold of customers by penalizing those who leave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aravind Srinivas grew up in the same city as Google’s CEO and developed an obsession with the company long before launching his own AI search startup. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI claimed it's "impossible" to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” large language model and a giant AI dataset of public domain text suggest otherwise. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube now requires a label for some generative AI content. Animations made for kids are exempt. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO filings over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The price of bitcoin has climbed to a new all-time high. But assigning the cryptocurrency a value is anything but trivial. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These AI agents can adapt to games they haven’t played before. Google made them by feeding data on how humans play different video games to a language model like those behind the latest chatbots. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Tuesday the country’s techiest city backed a ballot proposition that tapped into concerns about crime, giving the police more freedom to use drones and other surveillance technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emails released by OpenAI to refute a lawsuit from Elon Musk show how he, Sam Altman, and other cofounders were motivated by fears of Google's dominance. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Open source tools allow anyone to make AI art. They have also been used to produce nonconsensual deepfake porn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the lawsuit, Musk claims OpenAI has abandoned its mission to develop AI for the benefit humanity. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more capable. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an interview with WIRED, the politician behind the ban hits out at Amazon for being evasive about working conditions in its warehouses. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If the court backs provocative laws from Texas and Florida that limit social platforms’ ability to moderate content online, life could become radically different. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pav Gill says he suffered retaliation after he raised the alarm about fraud at German payments giant Wirecard. His startup Confide aims to protect future whistleblowers from harm. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Only one of Reddit's two cofounders is named in a new filing that puts the company weeks away from going public. Ohanian and Steve Huffman, now CEO, fell out in 2020. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI's entry into generative AI video is an impressive first step. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before it disappeared on Tuesday, Kimi enabled iPhone owners to stream illegal bootlegs of popular movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just two months after Alphabet made its Gemini AI model public, it’s rolling out a new version that can handle several times as much audio, video, and text input as GPT-4. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a lengthy cross-examination in the UK High Court, Craig Wright rejected all claims he had forged and manipulated evidence that indicate he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI fakes are a disinformation menace. But some politicians, executives, and academics see them as a way to extend their reach. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ChatGPT is now like a first date who never forgets the details. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roughly half of the world’s emissions currently can’t be reduced, yet green investment continues to avoid the sectors that need the most help—manufacturing, agriculture, and the built environment. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Self-righteous chatbot Goody-2 was built to take AI guardrails to an illogical extreme. The artists behind the project say there’s a serious point behind the gag. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google's answer to ChatGPT Plus gives you access to Gemini Advanced, its most powerful chatbot yet. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon’s dominant cloud platform AWS, says generative AI is valuable but that the excitement around some AI companies is similar to when dotcom darlings were “dramatically overhyped.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chatbot interface on LinkedIn tries to speed up job searches by offering advice such as an assessment of how well a job opening matches a person's skills. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some AI-generated images posted to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will in future be labeled as artificial. But only if they are made using tools from companies willing to work with Meta. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The skyrocketing value of cryptocurrency is the center of a disagreement over the FTX bankruptcy. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As interest rates and antitrust pressure climbed in 2023, Alphabet made no major acquisitions for the first time in years. Apple, Amazon, and Meta also curbed dealmaking. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

X CEO Linda Yaccarino told US senators she’s hiring more trust and safety staffers. She didn’t mention that Elon Musk fired most people policing content on the platform when he acquired it in 2022. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A crucial team at Google that reviewed new AI products for compliance with its rules for responsible AI development faces an uncertain future after its leader departed this month. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They're demanding higher standards for federal grants. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his new book Read Write Own, investor Chris Dixon mounts a defense of blockchain, arguing it can save society from the monopoly power of tech giants. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the US and other countries ponder how to prevent dangerous uses of AI, some researchers suggest building limitations into crucial chips like GPUs to cap the power of algorithms. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From its founding, OpenAI said its governing documents were available to the public. When WIRED requested copies after the company’s boardroom drama, it declined to provide them. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of America’s largest internet providers may collect data about your political beliefs, race, and sexual orientation to serve personalized ads. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s latest series of Vision Pro demos carefully obscures one important hardware feature. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ed Newton-Rex quit his job at startup Stability AI over ethical concerns about its collection of training data. His nonprofit Fairly Trained aims to deter startups from scraping the web. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite expensive legal battles and regulatory pressure, Apple’s and Google’s mobile app stores are mostly unchanged. This week, Apple introduced a new fee on developers to protect its business. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can now publish a bespoke version of ChatGPT that you’ve trained yourself. The marketplace for these custom GPTs is open to the public and works in a way that’s similar to Apple’s App Store. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta earned over $200,000 from an ad campaign, seen by millions, that pushed pro-Kremlin talking points and undermined local elections in Moldova, according to new research. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The arrival of spot bitcoin ETFs in the US offers easy access to the masses. Purists will steer clear. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carmaker Toyota is developing robots capable of learning to do household chores by observing how humans take on the tasks. The project is an example of robotics getting a boost from generative AI. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new app store from the creator of ChatGPT invites companies to build custom “GPTs” that add functionality to the chatbot. OpenAI isn’t saying how app builders will get paid. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The SEC confirmed to WIRED that the financial regulator has launched an investigation involving Rumble, a “free speech” video platform. The nature of the probe remains unknown. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tech economy is all about getting those next 10,000 users. What if it maximized something else for a change? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Droughts, heat, and extreme weather are pushing crops to their limits. The race is on to innovate faster than the Earth warms. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autonomous vehicles are operating—and getting into crashes—in US cities. But state laws in Texas, California, Arizona, and other places prevent local governments from regulating the technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Automobiles have gotten much bigger in recent years, alarming road safety experts. The chief engineer at Chrysler’s owner Stellantis says the solution is offering drivers more choice and smarter software. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Generative AI companies’ struggles with content moderation, sketchy labor practices, and disinformation show them fighting the same problems that tripped up social platforms before them. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google’s new AI model Gemini launched inside the Bard chatbot. It could go on to advance robotics and other projects, says Demis Hassabis, the AI executive leading the project. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app's giveaways—but have questions about its future. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hotel prices and tourism numbers are up as New York City goes through its first holiday season with new rules that ban nearly all Airbnbs and other short-term rentals. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 217-mph, 1,001-hp electrified Lamborghini Revuelto is so much fun it will make you lose the ability to speak properly. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Raising a broad range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials also claimed graphic content of the Hamas attack on Israel had been allowed to spread widely. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Platforms will no longer be able to fire their workers automatically as part of new EU rules that will affect millions of people including Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millennials may have popularized Pinterest, but Gen Z is pushing the platform to new heights. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2021, more than 13,000 people died in US alcohol-related crashes. The top US road safety regulator is exploring tech in vehicles that could check whether a driver is drunk. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A company working with Tesla’s main US battery supplier has silicon-based tech that could soon give electric cars 500-mile ranges and charge refills in just 10 minutes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LinkedIn and OpenAI cofounder Reid Hoffman says he's glad Sam Altman is leading the AI company again. Hoffman and other AI experts discussed the perils and potential of AI at a WIRED event Tuesday. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new AI model from Google—called Gemini—is fresh competition for OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The AI rivals are now working on even more radical ideas. Read the full story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pilots for Amazon’s largest air freight provider voted to strike, complaining of low pay and high turnover. If a strike happens in the new year, Amazon deliveries could be impacted. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More US states are moving to bar companies from binding workers with noncompete agreements. Research shows the move could boost wages and innovation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After crashes, scandals, and SBF’s guilty verdict, many hoped the crypto industry would grow up. Speculation around the arrival of a spot bitcoin ETF shows old hype dies hard. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a rambling interview at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, Elon Musk suggested advertisers fleeing X were blackmailing him and could kill the platform. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new approach to geothermal energy makes it possible to tap the energy of hot rocks just about anywhere. A pilot plant in Nevada is now helping to power Google data centers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The terms the Screen Actors Guild negotiated with Hollywood studios put historic AI guardrails in place, but they may not be able to protect performers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China’s elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship. Many feel they have no choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US government is reportedly willing to suspend criminal charges against crypto exchange Binance, provided it steps into line—and pays $4 billion. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

EV production often relies on coal power and harmful labor practices. Climate activists in Squid Games costumes disrupted the LA Auto Show this weekend to demand urgent change. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Industry watchdog Check My Ads is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to investigate X for unlabeled—and potentially misleading—advertisements. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta, Google, Amazon, and other major tech firms have laid off thousands of people. The public sector has tried—and in some cases, succeeded—to lure them in. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of atmospheric measures more accurately than Europe’s top weather center. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six nuclear reactors just 9 feet across planned for Idaho were supposed to prove out the dream of cheap, small-scale nuclear energy. Now the project has been canceled. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cruise set out to win the autonomous car race by starting with urban driving. After a pedestrian was dragged under a robotaxi, the company and its parent GM are cutting jobs and making other changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An experimental AI helper attempts to operate a web browser in the same way a human does to take on office admin like processing invoices or screening job applicants. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI-powered services like LazyApply zip through the grunt work of job applications, helping one programmer apply for 5,000 jobs. But they can make mistakes, and some recruiters scorn the technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The troubled coworking company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. WeWork says locations will remain open. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

xAI, Elon Musk’s new company, claims to have built a powerful language model with cutting-edge performance in just two months. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement, health care, and other areas—and to shut down any algorithms doing harm. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US, China, and others signed a declaration coordinated by the UK warning AI could be “catastrophic.” Yet none seem to be suggesting development of the technology should slow down. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prior to his arrest, the FTX founder did a string of media interviews to tell his side of the story. In the courtroom, those comments came back to haunt him. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Biden’s new executive order is billed as the biggest governmental AI plan ever. Unless he can convince a dysfunctional US Congress and overseas rivals to play along, its effects will be limited. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ranks of doomsday preppers have swelled since the pandemic, with many stocking up on freeze-dried rations in case things go bad. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Popularity on GitHub can open valuable doors for developers and startups. Underground stores sell “stars” on the platform, offering coders a way to literally fake it till they make it. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Book publishers are experimenting with chatbot editions of new titles, providing "conversational companions" for readers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These five features of Instagram helped Meta deceptively hook teens and harm their mental health, allege lawsuits filed today by 42 US states. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon delivery drivers at hundreds of sites around the world will be asked to drive through camera-studded archways that log every dent, scratch, or damaged tire. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Congress won’t pass federal AI regulation anytime soon. NYC is forging ahead with an AI Action Plan and a proposal for a new Office of Algorithmic Data Integrity. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against crypto companies, including the Winkelvoss twins’ Gemini, alleging they misled investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The companies behind ChatGPT and other popular and powerful AI systems aren’t transparent enough about their training data and how they work, according to a new report from Stanford University. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

German startup Vay is pushing teledriving—in which cars are remotely operated by humans—as easier to achieve than fully autonomous driving. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The American government has tightened its restrictions on exports of chips and chipmaking equipment, closing loopholes that let Chinese companies access advanced technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ChatGPT-style chatbots that pretend to be people are being used to help companies develop new product and marketing ideas. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bandcamp workers say they are unable to do their jobs and keep the platform operating after being locked out of critical systems. They’re also expecting layoffs. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta’s Oversight Board is reviewing Facebook’s decision not to remove a manipulated video posted during the US midterms, in an attempt to get it to clarify its policies on election deepfakes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

British fact-checkers are racing to debunk a suspicious audio recording of UK opposition leader Keir Starmer. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ChatGPT-style AI can tackle the drudge work of responding to RFPs faster than humans. Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and others say productivity is spiking. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is adding AI capabilities from its chatbot Bard to the humble Google Assistant, allowing the virtual helper to make sense of images and draw on data in documents and emails. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Criminal defendants often decline to testify at trial for fear of incriminating themselves. For FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, that could be the best option. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The fringe idea that cities built for biking and walking are part of a government plot has been picked up by … the UK government. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is about to stand trial in the US. But many customers who lost big when the exchange collapsed are unlikely to get their money back. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FedEx handles over 15 million packages daily. A two-armed, AI-infused robot is now helping pack some of them into delivery vans with expert care. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During the crypto gold rush, Idris Elba says he turned down a lot of “mad opportunities.” Now he has partnered with the “crypto-for-good” Stellar Development Foundation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FBI makes heavy use of face recognition services like that of controversial startup Clearview AI, but 95 percent of the agents using them haven’t completed training on the technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ChatGPT inches closer to feature parity with the seductive AI assistant from Her, thanks to an upgrade that adds voice and image recognition to the chatbot. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Truck drivers, auto workers, and others are fighting for the greener, smarter era of transportation to also include better pay and more protections for humans. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sweeping upgrade to Amazon’s Alexa taps AI technology like that behind ChatGPT and also allows the virtual assistant to attempt to read body language. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok Shop, which launched in the US last week, is littered with impossibly cheap—and fake—products. Snail slime is just the beginning. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York joined a wave of states that require pay transparency in job ads. New data suggests most US postings now include a salary range, but they are sometimes laughably vague. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Surveys suggest teachers use generative AI more than students, to create lesson plans or more interesting word problems. Educators say it can save valuable time but must be used carefully. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of schools, hospitals, and other public buildings made from RAAC, a cheap, lightweight concrete, have to close—the victims of quick fixes and decades of cost-cutting. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple ignored the tech industry's obsession with generative AI at the new iPhone launch, offering subtler AI features that make everyday tasks like photography and phone calls better. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new US government body would force companies to seek a license before working on powerful AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4, under a bipartisan proposal by senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

European politicians are nervous about where TikTok’s data goes. The company is spending big on local data centers, but analysts say it’s not enough. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A law meant to crack down on short-term rentals in New York City took effect Tuesday. Thousands have dropped off the map, but there are still hosts offering bookings that may break the law. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UK government has admitted that the technology needed to securely scan encrypted messages sent on Signal and WhatsApp doesn’t exist, weakening its controversial Online Safety Bill. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can now set up alerts for whenever your home address, phone number, and email address appears in Search. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden administration has changed its mind about a Massachusetts state law giving mechanics and car owners access to more diagnostic data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Pew survey finds that a majority of Americans are more concerned than excited about the impact of artificial intelligence—adding weight to calls for more regulation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The European Union is desperate for its own artificial intelligence giant. German startup Aleph Alpha might be its best hope. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A developer used widely available AI tools to generate anti-Russian tweets and articles. The project is intended to highlight how cheap and easy it has become to create propaganda at scale. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teachers are caught between cracking down on cheating with generative AI and using it to help empower students. It’s going to be a challenging year. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The curvy translucent plastic design of the iMac was the test case for Steve Jobs' “whole-widget” strategy that led to the creation of the iPhone. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A botnet apparently connected to ChatGPT shows how easily, and effectively, artificial intelligence can be harnessed for disinformation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In March a viral letter called for a pause on AI development, warning that algorithms could outsmart humanity—but many experts who signed on did not believe the technology poses an existential risk. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gregor Dodson, a director of product management, shares why Samples is the music streaming app's newest video feature. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Controlled exposure to misinformation can help protect people from falling for it in the future, according to new research. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

San Francisco ride-hail drivers are about to share the roads with robot competitors. They say that the self-driving cabs need to work on their traffic skills—and watch out for bodily fluids. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UK unicorn Synthesia offers clients a menu of digital avatars, from suited execs to Santa Claus. But it has struggled to stop them being used to spread misinformation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The artificial intelligence gold rush has thrust services like ChatGPT into every aspect of our digital lives. That still won’t solve your email problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get it, relationships are hard. But asking ChatGPT how to do emotions is not going to work. Here are some better ideas. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the UK pushes for a law that threatens end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has given itself a starring role in a doc about a girls’ soccer team fleeing the Taliban. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that’s targeted at groups or even individuals. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The bird may be dead, but Twitter—er, X—is still alive for communities, news, and memes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers were given unprecedented access to Meta’s data during the 2020 elections. Meta says their results show its platforms don’t cause political polarization. That’s not entirely true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Generate your own text—but get help from the AI bot to make it stand out. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter’s rebrand to X is both a bad joke and an attempt by Elon Musk to realize his decades-long ambition for an all-conquering super app. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leading AI developers including Google and OpenAI promised the Biden administration to check for problems such as biased output. The agreement is not legally binding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With big names like Wendy’s and Netflix, brand-on-brand chatter is shaping Meta’s new social media app. That could leave little room for people. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta promised to make Threads compatible with the decentralized protocol underlying Mastodon. Proponents of interoperable social media can’t agree whether to welcome or fear it. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An auto industry pact claims to end the controversy over car data that has embroiled repair shops, parts manufacturers, and car owners. But many doubts remain. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Assistive technology services are integrating OpenAI's GPT-4, using artificial intelligence to help describe objects and people. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the war came to Kherson, a small group of scientists ventured into the ruined city to rescue a unique herbarium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People are still using short-term rentals to throw unruly parties—some of them deadly. Local communities are trying to fight back. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Wednesday, US senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand will unveil proposed legislation to decide once and for all how digital assets should be regulated. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to reconnect with people and grow your clout on Threads? Here are a few tips to help you get started. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Although some workers shun chatbot help, platforms are adopting policies or technology to deter use of AI—potentially making crowd work more difficult. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Berlin-based Open Funk is tackling throwaway culture with a blender that's as easy to fix as to replace. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chatbots are great for lots of things, but these ones may be unexpected. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Created in 2000 to halt urban decay in the Brazilian city of Recife, the initiative has brought thousands of tech jobs to the region. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telegram “war correspondents” have promoted the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, but many have also supported mercenaries who launched a failed coup. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite mass protests by users and moderators, Reddit's unique communities look likely to survive the rebellion over the company's new business strategy. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Swedish platform promises to help fund your favorite artists while making you rich and saving the music industry. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As artificial intelligence explodes, the field is expanding beyond the usual suspects—and the usual motivations. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Demis Hassabis says the company is working on a system called Gemini that will tap techniques that helped AlphaGo defeat a Go champion in 2016. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Environment-focused politicians are winning elections across Europe. Their idealism is crashing into reality, but pragmatism risks alienating supporters. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ChatGPT is stoking fears of mass layoffs, but a study of several EU countries found the deep-learning boom of the 2010s actually created job opportunities. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A landmark right-to-repair law in Massachusetts is great for car owners. The US government argues it’s also great for hackers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WIRED cofounder Kevin Kelly believes tech ultimately bends towards good—you just might have to wait a while. For now, he's got a book of life advice.   Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The iconic Alibaba founder disappeared from view after criticizing China's government. He returned to the country in March—as a teacher, not a businessman. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The search giant took $10 million in ads from, and gave grants to, “crisis pregnancy centers” that work to prevent women from accessing abortions. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ecommerce giant’s “delivery service partners” are under constant pressure to perform, but say they have little freedom to manage their own businesses. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh claims from a former US intelligence officer about an “intact” alien craft may get traction on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers want to believe. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deals to let GM and Ford EV owners use Tesla charging points show the EV maker turning its giant Supercharger network into a competitive advantage. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AlphaDev has made small but significant improvements to decades-old C++ algorithms. Its builders say that’s just the start. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A widely shared story highlights the need for greater transparency in the development and engineering of AI systems. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The SEC has launched two lawsuits in 24 hours, putting a huge question mark over the future of retail crypto trading in the US. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple unveiled the Vision Pro headset and a number of AI-powered features yesterday, but largely ignored generative AI applications embraced by Google and Microsoft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Criminals may use artificial intelligence to scam you. Companies, like Google, are looking for ways AI and machine learning can help prevent phishing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A young player hoping to be spotted by a Premier League club typically relies on luck as much as talent, but artificial intelligence could change all that. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A nonprofit that helps people with body image problems closed its human-run helpline. The chatbot that remained suggested things like losing weight. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new statement from industry leaders cautions that artificial intelligence poses a threat to humanity on par with nuclear war or a pandemic. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While other networks sputter, LinkedIn is growing. Here’s how to use the professional social network to highlight your accomplishments and skills. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The EV giant is under pressure to launch new products, but a huge dump of confidential files in Germany details a litany of technical failings. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers say Armenian government workers, journalists, and at least one United Nations official were targeted by the NSO tool. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Artificial intelligence continues to be fed racist and sexist training materials and then distributed around the world. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Advertisers can save money and perhaps make ads more clickable using ChatGPT-style tools to generate text and images. Meta is testing similar technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta's business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With iPhones getting harder and more expensive to repair, French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the scourge of planned obsolescence. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech regulation has often disappointed. Automation expert Missy Cummings hopes a course to teach policymakers about artificial intelligence can help. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a congressional hearing senators from both parties and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a new federal agency was needed to protect people from AI gone bad. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiplayer titles like Minecraft encourage creativity, but prototype games built on the blockchain claim to give players more meaningful independence. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google’s generative AI chatbot Bard took center stage at the company’s I/O conference. The company’s answer to Siri was left backstage. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To compete with American rivals, Eutelsat’s Eva Berneke first has to navigate Russia’s war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and jamming attacks by Iran. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Growing fleets, fancier sensors, and tighter budgets are forcing autonomous vehicle developers to get pickier about what stays on their servers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices