The Sony Afeela Was Doomed to Fail
…release was interminable. Sony first announced its precursor, then called the Vision-S, back in 2020. The Afeela itself was the star of the Sony-Honda show at CES four consecutive times…
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Mira Murati Wants Her AI to ‘Keep Humans in the Loop’
At a time of rising worry over AI eliminating jobs and increasing the power of few big companies, Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, offers a radically different vision of the technology…
This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order
…US government exclusive access for 30 days to give officials time to identify and address potential vulnerabilities before they are released publicly. The move also represents a victory for White House chief…
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
…That cryptographer team, including contributors from Harvard, Microsoft Research, and former developers of the end-to-end encrypted messenger Signal, today release a “preview” of Encrypted Spaces, an early version of a…
‘Pretty Crazy’ Token Usage Is Testing Bosses’ Bet on AI
…He discussed the idea for the first time recently with the CFO due to growing internal usage of the Claude Opus 4.8 model, which was released last month and costs nearly…
I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes
…OpenAI released its first “reasoning” model in 2024, where the chatbot needed “thinking” time. The company described this release at the time as “a new series of AI models designed to spend…
The Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons
…This was the latest of more than a dozen videos the pro-Iran group has released since the beginning of the war in February, many of which have racked up millions of…
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
…It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age Verification App The European Commission this week released its free, open source app for verifying the ages of visitors to social…
The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation
…to 90 days before public release, though several AI executives tell WIRED their companies may not be prepared to share models that far ahead of time. Some AI leaders and aides are…
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
…For the second time in just a few weeks, Apple is responding to the spread of a hacking tool by pushing out patches for older versions of iOS—and in the latest…