Tag Archives: Wired

Tesla’s Recall of Full Self-Driving Targets a ‘Fundamental’ Flaw

More than 360,000 vehicles will receive an over-the-air update after the US government said that Autopilot can be dangerous in some driving situations.

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What Chatbot Bloopers Reveal About the Future of AI

Microsoft’s new chatbot for Bing has displayed some strange behavior, proving that AI is more fallible than tech companies let on.

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Crypto Buyers Beware: 1 in 4 New Tokens of Any Value Is a Scam

And according to tracing firm Chainalysis, one very prolific scammer ran at least 264 of those scams in 2022 alone.

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AI Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger

Researchers have spent years warning that text-generation algorithms can spew bias and falsehoods. Tech giants are rushing them into products anyway.

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Elon Musk’s New Twitter Superpower Is Dangerous

Musk has given himself an even bigger bullhorn to annoy users and spread disinformation on the platform.

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Supersize Electric Cars Are Pushing Road Safety to the Limit

The immense weight of the electric Hummer prompted a crash test expert to stage a bizarre experiment—and wonder if EVs will make roads more dangerous.

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The Scramble to Save Twitter’s Research From Elon Musk

Fearing the company’s new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then rushed to publish them online.

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Audiobook Narrators Fear Spotify Used Their Voices to Train AI

After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files.

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Didi’s Revival Shows China Can’t Live Without Big Tech

The government has used fines, bans, and golden shares to control tech companies. Now it needs them to drive economic growth.

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Bitcoin Investors Are Plotting a Major Coup

A group of activist shareholders at the world’s largest bitcoin investment trust claim they lost billions as the market tanked. Now they want to take control.

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