Jason Matheny, CEO of the influential think tank Rand Corporation, says advances in AI are making it easier to learn how to build biological weapons and other tools of destruction.| WIRED
A new version of Google’s flagship AI model shows how the company sees AI transforming personal computing, web search, and perhaps the way people interact with the physical world.| WIRED
Developed to boost productivity and operational readiness, the AI is now being used to “review” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies to align them with President Trump’s orders.| WIRED
She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?| WIRED
Sure, anyone can use OpenAI’s chatbot. But with smart engineering, you can get way more interesting results.| WIRED
Text-to-video AI generators are advancing rapidly—and capturing the internet’s attention. But don’t expect them to overtake Hollywood anytime soon.| WIRED
A new bot has entered the chat. But Google warns that, like its competitor, it will sometimes “hallucinate.”| WIRED
Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing.| WIRED
The CHIPS and Science Act wants to jump-start the domestic semiconductor industry, starting with manufacturing.| WIRED
At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced its first serious foray into generative AI, with a focus on app integrations and data privacy—and a ChatGPT integration.| WIRED
The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta today is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works.| WIRED
Fake listeners are flocking to AI-made songs on streaming platforms, taking much needed money away from human artists.| WIRED
Google’s new voice-operated AI assistant, called Astra, can make sense of what your phone’s camera sees. It was announced one day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT.| WIRED
Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bots of potential matches. We tested it out—and our chatbot tried to woo matches with talk of nuclear warfare.| WIRED
Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama 2.| WIRED
Tech companies can't get enough of Nvidia, the chipmaker powering the AI revolution. Meet the CEO charting the company's future—and the entire industry's along with it.| WIRED
Sam Altman says the research strategy that birthed ChatGPT is played out and future strides in artificial intelligence will require new ideas.| WIRED
A new version of the AI system that powers the popular chatbot has better language skills, but it is still biased and prone to fabrication, and it can be abused.| WIRED
A faction of scribes is putting guardrails around AI's encroachment on their work. The effects will echo in industries far beyond Hollywood.| WIRED
With ecosystems in crisis, engineers and scientists are teaming up to decipher what animals are saying. Their hope: By truly listening to nature, humans will decide to protect it.| WIRED
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.| WIRED
Students and professors can’t decide whether the AI chatbot is a research tool—or a cheating engine.| WIRED