Long confined to the lab, humanoids finally appear ready to work in manufacturing. There are just a few hurdles to get them to market.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Science / Robots, Shop Bots
2025 Is the Year of the Humanoid Robot Factory Worker Read Post »
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.
The Big Story, Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, secret agents
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
Politics, Takeover
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Read Post »
A new study found that code generated by AI is more likely to contain made-up information that can be used to trick software into interacting with malicious code.
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Bad Inventions
AI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ Attacks Read Post »
A new crowd-trained way to develop LLMs over the internet could shake up the AI industry with a giant 100 billion-parameter model later this year.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
These Startups Are Building Advanced AI Models Without Data Centers Read Post »
WhatsApp’s AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats. But experts still see risks.
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, AI Inside
WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy Read Post »
Liking features on social media can provide troves of data about human behavior to AI models. But as AI gets smarter, will it be able to know users’ preferences before they do?
Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Book Excerpt
Italian essayist Andrea Colamedici tells WIRED Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk, and the New Architecture of Reality was a “philosophical experiment and a performance.” The book’s Chinese author does not exist.
Culture, Culture / Books, Ghost Writer
An Acclaimed Book About Digital Manipulation Was Actually Written by AI Read Post »
Poorly maintained sewers can have disastrous consequences, but regular inspections can be time-consuming, expensive, and dangerous. The solution: subterranean dung drones.
Gear, Gear / Products
Poop Drones Are Keeping Sewers Running So Humans Don’t Have to Read Post »
Looking for the CliffsNotes of a lengthy YouTube video? This Gemini feature could be worth a try.
Gear, Gear / How To and Advice, Video Recap
How To Use Gemini AI To Summarize YouTube Videos Read Post »
Social Security workers are being asked to use an AI chatbot. An animated video on how to do so failed to mention that the chatbot can’t be trusted with personally identifiable information.
Politics, The Machines
Behold the Social Security Administration’s AI Training Video Read Post »
Perplexity? Gemini? Copilot? The Razr Ultra will have it all optimized for its flippy, folding screen.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Phones, Flippity Flip
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Behavior
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw Read Post »
Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Gear, AI Lab
AI Is Spreading Old Stereotypes to New Languages and Cultures Read Post »
Only four of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Droid Dash
Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing Read Post »
When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Chat Botched
An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess Read Post »
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, Politics / Policy, Business / Computers and Software, ICE’d Out
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform Read Post »
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
Security, Security / Security News, Honeypots
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops Read Post »
A new AI agent from the startup Simular switches between different AI models depending on the task at hand.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
AI tools have arrived in two of the most basic and long-serving Windows utilities. Here’s what they do and how you can turn them off if you prefer.
Gear, Gear / How To and Advice, Gear / Products / Apps, Gear / Products, Helping Hand
There’s AI Inside Windows Paint and Notepad Now. Here’s How to Use It Read Post »
