Tag Archives: Wired

The Only Thing Standing Between Humanity and AI Apocalypse Is … Claude?

As AI systems grow more powerful, Anthropic’s resident philosopher says the startup is betting Claude itself can learn the wisdom needed to avoid disaster.

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More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP

The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

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Arguments in a Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Start Next Week. This Is What’s at Stake

Juries will soon hear arguments in a case against Meta and Google that could reshape social media protections for kids.

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‘Uncanny Valley’: Tech Elites in the Epstein Files, Musk’s Mega Merger, and a Crypto Scam Compound

Several big names in tech turned up in the Epstein files. In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts break down what it all means, plus catch you up on other big stories of the week.

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Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley

Founders used to be wedded to their companies. Now, anyone can be lured away for the right price.

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The Rise and Fall of the World’s Largest Gay Dating App

The new book The Wall Dancers explores the uneasy relationship between Chinese internet users and a government that is always watching.

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How iPhones Made a Surprising Comeback in China

Huawei’s and Xiaomi’s flagship devices are packed with impressive features, but Apple is dominating the Chinese smartphone market again—for now.

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A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

Axiom says its AI found solutions to several long-standing math problems, a sign of the technology’s steadily advancing reasoning capabilities.

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Mistral’s New Ultra-Fast Translation Model Gives Big AI Labs a Run for Their Money

“Too many GPUs makes you lazy,” says the French startup’s vice president of science operations, as the company carves out a different path than the major US AI companies.

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AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic

New data shows AI bots pushing deeper into the web, prompting publishers to roll out more aggressive defenses.

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