Tag Archives: Wired

8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story

They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history.

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Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name

Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.

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Brace Yourself For the Comeback of Citizen Scientists

From water-testing polluted rivers to measuring radiation levels, ordinary people are taking environmental research into their own hands.

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A Crypto Company Thinks It Can Help Fight Climate Change

Toucan is leveraging blockchain to reinvent the carbon credit market. But thorny questions abound.

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How to Stay Cool Without Warming the Planet

The race is on to create climate-friendly air-con technology.

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The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, Fast

The shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes of spent batteries.

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Apple’s MM1 AI Model Shows a Sleeping Giant Is Waking Up

A research paper quietly released by Apple describes an AI model called MM1 that can answer questions and analyze images. It’s the biggest sign yet that Apple is developing generative AI capabilities.

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Google DeepMind’s New AI Model Can Help Soccer Teams Take the Perfect Corner

TacticAI, a soccer AI model created by Google DeepMind, makes predictions about where corners will go, and suggests tweaks to make goals more—or less—likely.

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Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules

YouTube now requires a label for some generative AI content. Animations made for kids are exempt.

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DeepMind Is Helping Soccer Teams Take the Perfect Corner

A soccer AI model created by Google DeepMind makes predictions about where corners will go, and suggests tweaks to make goals more or less likely.

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