Tag Archives: Wired

Generative AI is repeating all of Web 2.0’s mistakes

From content moderation and disinformation to non-English languages, GenAI is facing problems that social platforms failed to solve.

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Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?

Automobiles have gotten much bigger in recent years, alarming road safety experts. The chief engineer at Chrysler’s owner Stellantis says the solution is offering drivers more choice and smarter software.

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How to Use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Create Your Own Custom GPT

I created an experimental chatbot with 50 of my WIRED articles. Try it out for yourself.

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How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun

It’ll take over the world. It won’t subjugate humans. For Meta’s chief AI scientist, both things are true.

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Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff

Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app’s giveaways—but have questions about its future.

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America’s Big AI Safety Plan Faces a Budget Crunch

NIST, the US agency Joe Biden tasked with curbing the risks of AI, lacks the necessary resources. Lawmakers are concerned it could be forced to rely on private companies developing the technology.

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The Race to Fill Crypto’s FTX-Shaped Hole

When crypto exchange FTX collapsed, it left behind a hole in the market. From Backpack to OPNX, faces new and old are vying to fill it.

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Apple’s Tight Grip on iMessage Spurs Fresh Calls for an Antitrust Probe

More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more.

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Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird

Bird was once valued at more than $2 billion—now it has filed for bankruptcy. This is the untold story of the contractors who risked it all to try to make the micromobility dream a reality.

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Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat

As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing “ejiao,” which is made with donkey skin.

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