OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
Kevin Weil, OpenAI’s former chief product officer who was recently tapped to build a new AI workspace for scientists, Prism, is leaving the company, WIRED has confirmed. Weil was previously an…
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Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories
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Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
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‘Uncanny Valley’: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’
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Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
Researchers tasked people with solving various problems, including simple fractions and reading comprehension, through an online platform that paid them for their work. They conducted three experiments, each involving several hundred people…
Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist
…In September, Bloomberg reported that the US Federal Trade Commission was investigating Ticketmaster over whether it had done enough to keep bots off its platform. Anderson .Paak made a cameo at the…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
This week, a new company is being launched, claiming to resolve all those issues—except the last one. Onix, cofounded and led by a former WIRED contributor named David Bennahum, describes itself…
Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
…woke and sanctimonious AI.” “It's really easy to get distracted by the shiny IPO news. And I think that's what they're kind of hoping will happen,” the SAIN representative…
This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?
…McDermott and a team of five researchers across four universities in the US and Kyrgyzstan have released new research they believe proves the fears about YouTube’s influence are valid. The group…
The Best Browser Extensions to Get More Out of YouTube
…Other tweaks you can apply include new tabs for search results (so you can find new videos without losing your place in the current one), the option to hide YouTube Shorts, and…