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Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels
Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of...
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Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Crypto’s Role in Child Sexual Abuse
US senators have called for fresh scrutiny of crypto’s role in paying for child sexual abuse...
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Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram
WIRED found thousands of ads running on Meta’s social platforms promoting sexually explicit “AI girlfriend" apps....
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TikTok’s Creator Economy Stares Into the Abyss
The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year,...
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The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
Decades after her dad’s iconic sports car time-traveled into movie history, Kat DeLorean wants to build...
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Noncompetes Are Dead—and Tech Workers Are Free to Roam
A new rule from the US Federal Trade Commission invalidates most noncompete agreements, frequently used to...
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Tesla Promises ‘More Affordable Models’ and a ‘Cybercab’
Elon Musk’s automaker told investors Tuesday that sales and revenue are down but that new “more...
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A National Security Insider Does the Math on the Dangers of AI
Jason Matheny, CEO of the influential think tank Rand Corporation, says advances in AI are making...
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Semiconductor Giant ASML Has a New Boss, and a Big Problem
European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive...
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Bitcoin Miners Brace for the ‘Halving’—and Race to Cash In
The Bitcoin halving is imminent. Crypto mining companies are reaching for every trick in the book...
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A Wave of AI Tools Is Set to Transform Work Meetings
An AI-powered wearable from startup Limitless promises to make meetings more productive. It’s the beginning of...
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She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support Hell
A fashion influencer’s struggles to unblock her Instagram account highlight a long-standing problem with Meta’s lackluster...
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Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3
The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta today is just the start, according...
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Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains
The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out...
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What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You?
AngryGF offers a perpetually enraged chatbot intended to teach men better communication skills. WIRED took it...
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Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel
The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by police after occupying Google offices...
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Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline
Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals....
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Google Workers Detained by Police for Protesting Cloud Contract With Israel
Videos show nine Google workers being removed by police from offices in New York and Sunnyvale,...
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Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government
Google employees are staging sit-ins and protests at company offices in New York and California over...
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Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession
It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies....
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Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams
After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great...
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Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’
Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination.
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No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers....
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Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It
Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt's pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents...