Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself
…Similar to other announcements from Google I/O surrounding Google Search, many of the new changes to Flow are part of the company’s larger attempt to make AI agents, essentially automated…
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ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance
These one-sided connections may become even more complicated, and potentially disastrous, when AI-generated erotica is added as an option. Carpenter is apprehensive about OpenAI’s upcoming plans to allow adults…
AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy
…A person sits in a wood-paneled podcast studio dealing out advice about respect or cheating. While wildly popular, the clips can reinforce traditional gender ideologies. AI podcaster Wisdom Uncle, whose brand…
We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well
…He said that WIRED’s generative AI policy is restrictive and hypothesized that our writers likely use AI in secret. He doubled down on his personal commitment to AI, noting that he…
Chris Hayes Has Some Advice for Keeping Up With the News
…Then of course, the big part of it is the AI bet. So that's the final component. I think they were kind of cooking their brains. They were personally getting radicalized…
The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children’s Deaths
…The defendants include OpenAI, Google, and Character.ai, a company that lets its users create chatbots with customized personalities. (Google is part of the case because it is connected with Character.ai…
The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
…start a visual search, much like Google Lens. You can even point the camera at a restaurant bill and Siri can split the tab. The assistant understands your personal context, so it…
Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
Google introduced a dramatic redesign of the Fitbit app last year in public beta, centered around a new AI-powered Health Coach chatbot that can provide guidance on anything and everything from…
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
…The best a person can do in a situation like Markey’s, where he suspected an AI system was picking up on specific language in his MSPE, is to test how an…
I Set Up My Own NAS Server, and It Was Surprisingly Easy
…Next up, I will test the Zettlab D4 AI NAS, which boasts built-in AI capabilities for conversational search, so you can upload disorganized text, audio, image, and video files, and use…