The Boring Future of Generative AI
This week, at its annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Google showcased a head-spinning number of projects and products powered by or enhanced by AI. They included a new-and-improved version...
You’re Probably Underestimating AI Chatbots
In the spring of 2007, I was one of four journalists anointed by Steve Jobs to review the iPhone. This was probably the most anticipated product in the history of tech....
‘Elvis’ Director Baz Luhrmann Doesn’t Think AI Will Conquer Movies
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. Baz Luhrmann blends in well here. The...
The Curious Case of the Missing Google Assistant
Google executives hosted the company’s I/O developer conference this week, an annual ritual that has in recent years centered on artificial intelligence. With OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing chatbot seen as challenging Google’s search...
