Tag Archives: Wired

‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit

A week after Disney and Universal filed a landmark lawsuit against Midjourney, the generative AI startup’s new V1 video tool will make clips of Shrek, Deadpool, and other famous creations.

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Seriously, What Is ‘Superintelligence’?

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Meta’s recent investment in Scale AI and its move to build a superintelligence AI research lab. So we ask: What is superintelligence anyway?

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What Lt. Col. Boz and a Band of Tech Exec Brothers Will Do in the Army

Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth and leaders from OpenAI and Palantir have joined a detachment intended to make the US Armed Forces “force leaner, smarter, and more lethal.”

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A False Start on the Road to an All-American Bitcoin

Donald Trump pledged to cement the US as the bitcoin mining capital of the planet. The president’s sweeping tariffs stand to simultaneously undermine and advance that ambition in one swoop.

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This AI Model Never Stops Learning

Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a way for large language models to keep learning on the fly—a step toward building AI that continually improves itself.

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Those Creatine Gummies You Bought Online Might Not Contain Any Creatine

Sales of the workout supplement are skyrocketing. But some of the most popular gummies available online contain little to no creatine at all.

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How Private Equity Killed the American Dream

In her new book Bad Company, journalist Megan Greenwell chronicles how private equity upended industries from health care to local news—and the ways workers are fighting back.

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eBay and Vestiaire Collective Want an Exemption from Trump’s Tariffs

The ecommerce platforms argue that duties shouldn’t apply to secondhand items being given a new life.

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Complaints About Tariff Evasion Have Jumped 160 Percent Under Trump

As importers find creative ways to avoid paying Donald Trump’s tariffs, a flood of tipsters is coming forward to keep alleged troublemakers in check.

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Companies Warn SEC That Mass Deportations Pose Serious Business Risk

Since Trump took office, ICE arrests have more than doubled. Business throughout the US economy are sounding the alarm on the potential impact.

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