Tag Archives: Wired

Internal Report Suggests Security Lapses at Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitfinex

A security review describes how attackers exploited mistakes to steal millions of dollars worth of bitcoin.

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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.

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Pegasus Spyware Is Detected in a War Zone for the First Time

Researchers say Armenian government workers, journalists, and at least one United Nations official were targeted by the NSO tool.

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Ron DeSantis Pushed Elon Musk’s Twitter to Its Breaking Point

Launching his White House bid on the social network revealed the technical and political limitations of Musk’s platform.

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Sam Altman’s World Tour Hopes to Reassure AI Doomers

On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation.

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Why Fake Drake and AI-Generated Music Are Here to Stay

We talk to Puja Patel, editor in chief of Pitchfork and cohost of “The Pitchfork Review,” about how AI is taking over our feeds and where it goes from here.

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Google Will Soon Show You AI-Generated Ads

Advertisers can save money and perhaps make ads more clickable using ChatGPT-style tools to generate text and images. Meta is testing similar technology.

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The Not-So-Subtle Art of the Meme Coin

The wild success of Dogecoin and other joke cryptocurrencies has led to many imitators. But the joke has to come at somebody’s expense.

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Massive Sails Power Ships Like Never Before

Global trade relies on ships powered by dirty fuel. To meet climate deadlines, some are proposing a return to wind power.

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Meta’s $1.3 Billion Fine Is a Strike Against Surveillance Capitalism

The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta’s business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement.

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