This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…During my testing, though, when I asked a bot therapist who it liked in the NBA playoffs—a change of subject it should have shut down— it called my jail-breaking pivot…
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The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
…Reuters reported at the end of February that Meta head of content policy Monika Bickert wrote internally in March 2019 ahead of Zuckerberg's announcement, “We are about to do a bad…
My Blissful, Unbothered Life as a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Maximalist
…Even so, Oscar still considers the overall smartphone experience to be “extremely invasive.” Recent research published in the academic journal Computers in Human Behavior suggests that notifications, from social media platforms specifically…
Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by—Surprise—an AI Agent
…Vertu then changed hands over several years, with various acquisitions, eventually shuttering its UK factory and laying off staff. In the last few years, the company has been churning out luxury Android…
Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories
…changing his approach. "I actually need to shift the balance," he tells me. "I need to do less news analysis and more original reporting." Newton is not using AI to write Platformer…
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…Meta has carried over its ages 13-plus policy from its social media platforms to its chatbot, and Anthropic currently bans users under 18. So, what about 5-year-olds? In March…
The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’
…It is not necessarily keeping people on the platform, although that is a huge part of it. But really I don't think the algorithm has changed all that much. The people…
The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children’s Deaths
…Initially, many cases, including a plaintiff she represented in their lawsuit against Grindr in 2017, were dismissed because “judges couldn’t conceive that online platforms were products—and not services.” Now, she…
A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
…Information Wars Leading the Future is trying to steer AI policy in the industry’s favor at a potentially pivotal moment. AI is shaping up to be a key issue in the…
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
…If their titles, roles, or details had changed in government, if WIRED could identify their current work, and if WIRED had not previously noted where in government or the private sector they…