Tag Archives: Wired

X CEO Linda Yaccarino told US senators she’s hiring more trust and safety staffers. She didn’t mention that Elon Musk fired most people policing content on the platform when he acquired it in 2022.

A crucial team at Google that reviewed new AI products for compliance with its rules for responsible AI development faces an uncertain future after its leader departed this month.

The ad, which appears to be made using generative AI, shows how the technology can be used not just to mislead, but to more subtly influence.

Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They’re demanding higher standards for federal grants.

The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.

In response to new rules, the iPhone maker announced drastic changes for users in Europe. But criticism is mounting that Apple’s new system only recreates old problems.

Beloved women’s website The Hairpin shut down in 2018. This month it returned from the dead to churn out AI clickbait. Its fate is a warning to all digital publications.

Two fake-audio experts say that the deepfake robocall of President Biden received by some voters last week was likely created with technology from Silicon Valley’s favorite voice cloning startup.

In his new book Read Write Own, investor Chris Dixon mounts a defense of blockchain, arguing it can save society from the monopoly power of tech giants.

A law firm’s investigation of a gruesome crash in which a pedestrian was dragged under an autonomous vehicle says GM’s Cruise fixated on media reports and didn’t share all it knew with regulators.