Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents
Some up-and-comers are pushing to make agents that can actually place wagers instead of just supplying tips, but the field is off to a rough start. Tom Fleetham formerly worked as the head…
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Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America
Latam-GPT is new large language model being developed in and for Latin America. The project, led by the nonprofit Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), aims to help…
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we look back at the week's biggest stories—from the researchers leaving Meta's new superintelligence lab, to the dark money group funding Democratic…
The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived
While such activity so far does not appear to be the norm across the ransomware ecosystem, the findings represent a stark warning. “There are definitely some groups that are using AI to…
Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors
Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a major turn in one of the most significant ongoing AI copyright…
Researchers Are Already Leaving Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab
At least three artificial intelligence researchers have resigned from Meta’s new superintelligence lab, just two months after CEO Mark Zuckerberg first announced the initiative. Two of the…
Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole
In 2001, before he cofounded Reddit, before he married the world’s greatest tennis player, before he became the face of devoted fatherhood and a serial entrepreneur, Alexis Ohanian gave a…
AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers
Economists at Stanford University have found the strongest evidence yet that artificial intelligence is starting to eliminate certain jobs. But the story isn’t that simple: While younger…
Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings
Elon Musk’s xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the companies of behaving like monopolies and claiming Apple deprioritized ChatGPT rivals like Grok in the App…
Risking Its Market Position, California Takes Another Stab at AI Regulation
Legislators should start listening to the techno-optimists and focus on the benefits of rapid, unimpeded AI innovation, rather than just worrying about the risks. Source link
Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It?
Sitting a few feet away was Simon Last, one of Notion’s three cofounders. He is gangly and shy, an engineer who has relinquished management responsibilities to focus on being a “super…
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Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents?
During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter. What if AI could do the same? Bilt, a company that…
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts
The salesperson hawking Brother printers on Taobao works hard—like, really hard. At any time of the day, even when there’s no audience on the Chinese ecommerce platform, the same woman…
AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrived
Akkaraju and Parker wasted no time in taking over Stability, installing Akkaraju as CEO and Parker as chairman of the board. They never spoke to Mostaque, although the former CEO says he…
Meet Gensmo, an AI Stylist With a Playful Edge
Thirty years after “Clueless” imaged a digital closet, artificial intelligence is ready to deliver that vision, this time for the masses. AI agents — autonomous systems that perform tasks…
OpenAI Is Poised to Become the Most Valuable Startup Ever. Should It Be?
OpenAI is reportedly on the verge of a roughly $500 billion valuation, a figure that would make it the most valuable private company in the world—bigger than SpaceX, TikTok’s parent…
Democracy’s Machine Learning Problem
We can’t let either artificial intelligence or demagogic politicians tell us exactly what we want to hear. Source link
Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them
Jennifer Goodnow, who teaches English as a second language in New York, feels similarly. She now plugs complex readings, like essays or book excerpts, into ChatGPT and asks it to create…
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How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession
Elon Musk had a question: “Does anybody have any experience with first principles analysis?” He was speaking to a room full of kids, many of whom knew Musk as the CEO of companies that…
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
This week on Uncanny Valley, we talk about one of the most notorious American corporations. So what does Palantir actually do? Source link
Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag
Some developers say they’ve had largely positive experiences with GPT-5 so far. Jenny Wang, an engineer, investor, and creator of the personal styling agent Alta, told WIRED the model…
Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity
Never mind the GPT-5 complaints; Sam Altman says he believes ChatGPT is on track to have more conversations per day than all human beings combined. “If you project our growth forward,…
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
The tech industry is reeling from President Trump’s surprising new deal with Nvidia. Earlier this week, Trump said he would allow the company to continue selling its H20 chips to China in…
Inside the Biden Administration's Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
Then there were the specifics. How would the policy distinguish between equipment that really posed a risk, and products companies should still be able to sell? Estevez says he remembers…