The plan, which builds on a broader AI policy framework Steyer released in March, promises to make California “the first major economy in the world” to ensure “good-paying” jobs to workers impacted by AI. …
… It's this incredible, organic kind of transfer of Apple’s values.” Tim Cook did a fantastic job as Apple’s CEO, but left hanging how the company would dominate in the AI era. That’s John Ternus’s job. …
… A veteran game developer at Xbox says layoffs and fewer job postings have disproportionately impacted junior staffers, and now “everyone is just having seniors do the work.” That work is often supplemented with AI. “There was this myth” the developer tells me, that AI is “going to allow devs to foc… …
… AI Panic Meta is not alone in cutting jobs while spending lavishly on AI services and infrastructure. Block, Coinbase, and Cloudflare have all laid off thousands of employees, citing AI as a catalyst for the restructuring. …
… But even though the latest round is smaller than a couple of those, it is drawing widespread scrutiny because it comes at a time of societal anxiety about AI’s impact on jobs. …
… And WIRED reviewed dozens of Telegram channels containing job listings for “AI face models.” The people who land the jobs are mostly women and are likely being used as the face of AI scams to steal victims’ money. …
… Koval says Storm Radar is taking a science-first approach to AI in its app. “If the NWS issues a warning, the AI isn't going to guess the risk,” Koval says. “It's going to cross-reference that official warning with your specific calendar at your location to tell you how it impacts your plan.” Storm… …
… Experts told WIRED that the agreement signed at the White House was largely symbolic, and that some of the key aims of the agreement—including having data centers absorb any additional costs to customers’ bills—are largely out of both the White House and tech companies’ hands. “A moratorium would l… …
… The CEO of a hiring platform said last fall that his industry is in “an AI doom loop”: HR departments complain of a wave of AI-generated job applications, prompting the need for more AI filters. Applicants complain they’re getting unfairly filtered out. …
… Collier says that so far, among the lower-level cybercriminals that his study tracked—not sophisticated or nation-state-backed hackers—there hasn’t been any obvious signs of “real disruption” caused by AI. “It has not significantly reduced the skill barrier to entry, nor has it led to serious disru… …