Tag Archives: Wired

Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They’re demanding higher standards for federal grants.

The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.

In response to new rules, the iPhone maker announced drastic changes for users in Europe. But criticism is mounting that Apple’s new system only recreates old problems.

Beloved women’s website The Hairpin shut down in 2018. This month it returned from the dead to churn out AI clickbait. Its fate is a warning to all digital publications.

Two fake-audio experts say that the deepfake robocall of President Biden received by some voters last week was likely created with technology from Silicon Valley’s favorite voice cloning startup.

In his new book Read Write Own, investor Chris Dixon mounts a defense of blockchain, arguing it can save society from the monopoly power of tech giants.

A law firm’s investigation of a gruesome crash in which a pedestrian was dragged under an autonomous vehicle says GM’s Cruise fixated on media reports and didn’t share all it knew with regulators.

As the US and other countries ponder how to prevent dangerous uses of AI, some researchers suggest building limitations into crucial chips like GPUs to cap the power of algorithms.

Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bots of potential matches.  We tested it out.

A low-cost model of Tesla will launch in 2024, CEO Elon Musk told investors. It could help the EV maker compete with BYD and other surging Chinese automakers.