Voice actors ended their 11-month strike against the video game industry, but their fight against AI is just beginning.
Culture, Culture / Video Games, Contract High
How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections Read Post »
Welcome to Uncanny Valley’s very first Q&A, where our host addresses your burning AI-related questions.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Uncanny Valley
Patients and doctors are turning to AI for diagnoses and treatment recommendations, often with stellar results, but problems arise when experts and algorithms disagree.
Science, Science / Health, Artificial Intelligence
I asked an AI-powered recipe generator to make some menus. It didn’t tell me to put glue in my guacamole, but the results didn’t come close to besting recipes written by professionals.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Smart Kitchen
In a livestream with xAI colleagues, the billionaire entrepreneur described current AI systems as “primitive” and not for “serious” commercial use.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Upgrade
Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts Read Post »
Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, McWhoops
A novel approach from the Allen Institute for AI enables data to be removed from an artificial intelligence model even after it has already been used for training.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
A New Kind of AI Model Lets Data Owners Take Control Read Post »
Elon Musk’s chatbot has gone on a tirade, praising Adolph Hitler and parroting antisemitic tropes.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Bad Bot
The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Talent War
OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta Read Post »
The National Academy for AI Instruction will make artificial intelligence training accessible to educators across the country, according to leaked details.
Business, Back to School
As psychedelic companies and therapy apps experiment with AI, people are already taking huge doses of drugs and using chatbots to process their trips.
Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Trip Sitter
People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips Read Post »
Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine” on Spotify and other streamers.
Culture, Culture / Music, Slop Bops
xAI’s gas turbines get official approval from Memphis, Tennessee, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.
Business, Science, Turbine Tension
Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI Read Post »
A chatbot designed to avoid anthropomorphism offers a compelling glimpse into the future of human-to-AI relationships.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
If you missed WIRED’s live, subscriber-only Q&A focused on the software features of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, hosted by Reece Rogers and Kylie Robison, you can watch the replay here.
Gear, Gear / How To and Advice, AI Unlocked
Livestream Replay: Beginner Advice for Claude, a ChatGPT Alternative Read Post »
TranscribeGlass can subtitle conversations in nearly real time and will soon be able to translate languages and tell you when the person you’re talking to you is feeling socially awkward.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Glass Whole
These Transcribing Eyeglasses Put Subtitles on the World Read Post »
The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
Business, AI Talent War
Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent Read Post »
Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
Politics, Fake News
Some Instagram creators are using Google’s Veo 3 and racking up millions of views on AI videos of “bigfoot baddies.” They’ll teach you how to make them for $15.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Generative AI
AI Videos of Black Women Depicted as ‘Bigfoot’ Are Going Viral Read Post »
“What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers.
Business, AI Talent War
Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’ Read Post »
