AI Is Steeped in Big Tech’s ‘Digital Colonialism’
Artificial intelligence continues to be fed racist and sexist training materials and then distributed around the world. Source
‘Works for every single job’
She swears this hack works. Hanna Goefft, an NYC creator whose TikTok content highlights job opportunities and employment advice, is encouraging viewers to use ChatGPT to prepare for interviews. In...
‘There’s a non-zero chance’ of AI wiping out humanity
Billionaire Elon Musk and ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt are stepping up warnings about their concerns that rogue advanced artificial intelligence could one day have deadly consequences for humanity. Schmidt argued...
Generative AI Podcasts Are Here. Prepare to Be Bored
Here’s the thing about podcasts: There are too many of them. More than 4 million, to be precise, according to the database Podcast Index. In the past three days alone, nearly...
Chipotle founder Steve Ells eyes fast-food comeback with startup Kernel
Chipotle founder and ex-CEO Steve Ells is plotting a return to the fast-food scene — with a plant-based, robot-powered chain whose restaurants could operate with as few as three employees,...
Sam Altman’s World Tour Hopes to Reassure AI Doomers | WIRED
The excitement around the London arrival of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was palpable from the queue that snaked its way around the University College London building ahead of his speech on...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta starts final round of layoffs
Meta Platforms started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in March to...
Generative AI Systems Aren’t Just Open or Closed Source
Recently, a leaked document, allegedly from Google, claimed that open-source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI. The leak brought to the fore ongoing conversations in the AI community about how...
AI in cybersecurity: Yesterday’s promise, today’s reality
For years, we’ve debated the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) for society, but it wasn’t until now that people can finally see its daily impact. But why now? What changed...
Why Fake Drake and AI-Generated Music Are Here to Stay
Gideon: OK. Lauren: It’s time for a pop quiz. Gideon: Oh no. Lauren: So you are the editor in chief here at WIRED, and you’ve been talking a lot about...
Oracle has begun reviewing TikTok source code: Shou Zi Chew
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew asserted Tuesday that Oracle has already begun a review of its source code — despite reports suggesting the unprecedented partnership was “in limbo” as lawmakers...
Caroline Ellison’s ‘diary’ a key piece of evidence in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud case: report
A “diary” belonging to Caroline Ellison, the ex-Alameda Research CEO and former girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, has reportedly emerged as a vital piece of evidence in the disgraced FTX founder’s...
How to erase your embarrassing search history across the internet
If you feel comfortable with someone else looking through your search history, raise your hand. Yeah, I didn’t think so. Sometimes it’s as innocent as shopping for a gift and...
Does AI Have a Subconscious?
“There’s been a lot of speculation recently about the possibility of AI consciousness or self-awareness. But I wonder: Does AI have a subconscious?” —Psychobabble Dear Psychobabble, Sometime in the early...
Resolving code review comments with ML
Posted by Alexander Frömmgen, Staff Software Engineer, and Lera Kharatyan, Senior Software Engineer, Core Systems & Experiences Code-change reviews are a critical part of the software development process at scale,...
