3 Questions: Jacob Andreas on large language models
Words, data, and algorithms combine, An article about LLMs, so divine. A glimpse into a linguistic world, Where language machines are unfurled. It was a natural inclination to task a...
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...
‘Friends’ characters transformed into toddlers with AI: ‘Adorable’
No one told them life was gonna be this way. An Italian couple has used artificial intelligence to imagine “Friends” characters as toddlers. Luca and Anna Allievi, both 33, said...
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....
Ozy Media stiffs ‘Genius Award’ recipients out of $10K grants after Carlos Watson arrest
Ozy Media has stiffed a dozen college kids out of their $10,000 “Genius Awards” after the troubled news site’s disgraced founder Carlos Watson was arrested on federal fraud charges, The...
‘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...
How to find out if your car is collecting your personal information
New cars are computers on wheels. The average vehicle nowadays has over 1,400 microchips in it. Because your car is connected, it can also collect a lot of data about...
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...
How to check what’s on your wireless network
Think twice before you log on to public Wi-Fi. It’s temping at the coffee shop or airport, but you never know who else is parked on the network. What about...
