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Category Archives: Business
AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.
The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
Plagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.
Google Says It Won’t Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills
A day after Google announced its first model capable of reasoning over problems, OpenAI has upped the stakes with an improved version of its own.
I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping
Chatbots aren’t very good at picking gifts, but that didn’t stop me from burning the planet in a quest for the perfect baking equipment.
Generative AI Still Needs to Prove Its Usefulness
The hype is fading, and people are asking what generative artificial intelligence is really good for. So far, no one has a decent answer.
Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized
WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
Craig Wright Found in Contempt of Court Over Bitcoin Creation Claims
A UK judge has ruled that Craig Wright violated a court order preventing him from bringing lawsuits based on his spurious claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin.
Amazon Warehouse Workers Across US Strike Ahead of Holiday Rush
Thousands of workers are striking, as picket lines formed outside seven Amazon distribution centers from New York to California Thursday morning.
All of Our Hopes and Fears for Tech in 2025
To wrap up 2024, this week on Uncanny Valley we talk about the tech products we most fear and love.