The Last AI Boom Didn’t Kill Jobs. Feel Better?
If ChatGPT and generative AI live up to even a tenth of the hype surrounding them, wide-scale job losses might seem inevitable. But new economic data shows that the last...
Military AI’s Next Frontier: Your Work Computer
It’s probably hard to imagine that you are the target of spycraft, but spying on employees is the next frontier of military AI. Surveillance techniques familiar to authoritarian dictatorships have...
China’s ChatGPT Opportunists—and Grifters—Are Hard at Work | WIRED
Competition for jobs is fierce in China right now. After he graduated from college with a business major earlier this year, David struggled to find work. There were too many...
'Midjourney Magazine' Is Here—and It’s Soulless
Filled almost entirely with AI-generated images, this magazine embodies the threat artificial intelligence poses to journalism. Source
Better Government Tech Is Possible
Now with the explosion of interest in artificial intelligence, Congress is turning its attention to ensuring that those who work in government learn more about the technology. US senators Gary...
How Christopher Nolan Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
When wired heard that Christopher Nolan and his producer—and wife—Emma Thomas were coming out with a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we were perplexed. At least for a moment. It...
Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’
Artificial intelligence is arguably the most rapidly advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago you wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a regular conversation, but today it...
How to Live Well, Love AI, and Party Like a 6-Year-Old
Kevin Kelly had a birthday party earlier this month. It featured a giant bubble-maker, a magic show, an ice cream truck, a toy train demonstration, and a guy who made...
This Is the Worst Part of the AI Hype Cycle
Earlier this week, Paul McCartney sent the music-nerd internet ablaze with some news: Artificial intelligence had helped resurrect a bit of John Lennon’s voice for a new Beatles song, more...
