Nvidia is investing $5 billion in Intel. The news comes after the US government took a roughly 10 percent equity stake in the struggling chipmaker.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Fab Friends
Today on Uncanny Valley, we talk about why the AI industry is investing in the development of humanoid robots, and what that means for us non-robots.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Uncanny Valley
As Washington pushes for a TikTok deal, Beijing is countering with probes into American chipmakers.
Business, Made in China
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.
Science, Science / Health, Mental Health
The Nvidia CEO reveals his consuming love for Google’s image generator, the artsy side of Grok, and what exactly he uses Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT for right now.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Tech Culture, Model Behavior
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Is Bananas for Google Gemini’s AI Image Generator Read Post »
CEO Sam Altman announced an age-prediction system and new parental controls in a blog post on Tuesday.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Behavior
OpenAI Rolls Out Teen Safety Features Amid Growing Scrutiny Read Post »
Microsoft and Nvidia unveiled plans to invest up to $45 billion in the UK during US President Donald Trump’s state visit.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Tech on Tour
US Tech Giants Race to Spend Billions in UK AI Push Read Post »
The Cloudflare CEO joined The Big Interview to talk about standing up to content scraping, the internet’s potential futures, and his company’s relationship to Trump.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech, Big Interview
Matthew Prince Wants AI Companies to Pay for Their Sins Read Post »
At WIRED’s AI Power Summit on Monday, industry executives and officials discussed the impact artificial intelligence is having on every corner of society—and where it goes from here.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Events
How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More Read Post »
Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources say. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech, Rough Cuts
Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions Read Post »
DeeperDive, a new tool that converses with readers, is an effort to beat the AI industry at its own game.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Deeper Dive
The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Getting Physical
OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI Read Post »
Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement for authors whose books were used to train its AI model. As an author who fits that description, I’ve come around to the idea.
Business, Business / Tech Culture, Backchannel
I Wasn’t Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Read Post »
Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.”
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an ‘Illusion’ Read Post »
The ever elusive first lady has emerged with a brief to exert thought leadership over AI, for the children. Some insiders are excited; others won’t touch the subject with a 10-foot pole.
Politics, Politics / Politics News, Inner Loop
In her new book, feminist author Laura Bates explores how sexbots, AI assistants, and deepfakes are reinventing misogyny and harming women.
Culture, Culture / Books, WIRED Q&A
At a weekend hackathon in San Francisco, more than 100 coders gathered to test whether they could beat AI—and win a $12,500 cash prize.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Behavior
K2 Think compares well with reasoning models from OpenAI and DeepSeek but is smaller and more efficient, say researchers based in Abu Dhabi.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Climbing K2
The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model Read Post »
Researchers convinced large language model chatbots to comply with “forbidden” requests using a variety of conversational tactics.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Flatter Bots
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Read Post »
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we break down the role of AI in the online gambling scene.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Uncanny Valley
