The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Red Alert
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’ Read Post »
Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they’ve made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Mousecapades
The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War Read Post »
The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Aesthetic Vibes
The two chip companies have signed a term sheet, according to sources with direct knowledge of the agreement.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Semi-Charmed
Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to Acquire Chip Startup SambaNova Read Post »
A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser’s departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Money Moves
OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer Read Post »
American AI giants are backing a new effort to establish open standards for building agentic software and tools.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice Read Post »
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Behavior
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy Read Post »
FixBot can check on the health of your devices and talk you through necessary repairs. You can even point your phone’s camera at broken gear to get started.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Repairs
In the face of a profitability crisis, industrial-scale bitcoin miners are transforming their data centers into AI factories.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Coining It
America’s Biggest Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI Read Post »
From “cameo” to “io,” OpenAI keeps trying to call its new and upcoming releases by names that resemble existing trademarks.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Say My Name
OpenAI Should Stop Naming Its Creations After Products That Already Exist Read Post »
The V-JEPA system uses ordinary videos to understand the physics of the real world.
Science, Artificial Intelligence
This AI Model Can Intuit How the Physical World Works Read Post »
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we bring you the news of the week, then dive into how some DOGE operatives are still at work in the federal government—despite reports claiming otherwise.
Politics, Politics / Politics News, Uncanny Valley
WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions Read Post »
AI startups say the promise of turning dazzling models into useful products is harder than anyone expected. Three founders discuss what it takes.
Business, Business / Tech Culture, Backchannel
Here’s What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup Read Post »
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Unreal
An AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.”
Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Explicit Problems
Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database Read Post »
The author of Super Agers believes AI could bring big changes to the world of medicine.
Science, Science / Health, The Big Interview
Can AI Look at Your Retina and Diagnose Alzheimer’s? Eric Topol Hopes So Read Post »
The Trump administration might think regulation is killing the AI industry, but Anthropic president Daniela Amodei disagrees.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech, Business / Regulation, Business / Tech Culture, The Big Interview
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Believes the Market Will Reward Safe AI Read Post »
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk to writer Evan Ratliff about how he created a small startup made entirely of AI employees—and what his findings reveal about the reality of an agentic future.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Uncanny Valley
The Wicked: For Good director says being able to improvise on set allows for the kind of moments that are hard for machines to make.
Culture, Culture / Movies, The Big Interview
Jon M. Chu Says AI Couldn’t Have Made One of Wicked’s Best Moments Read Post »
Lisa Su leads Nvidia’s biggest rival in the AI chip market. When asked at WIRED’s Big Interview event if AI is a bubble, company said “Emphatically, from my perspective, no.”
Business, Business / Big Tech, Business / Computers and Software, Business / Tech Culture, The Big Interview
AMD CEO Lisa Su Says Concerns About an AI Bubble Are Overblown Read Post »
