Tag Archives: Wired

Mods Are Asleep. Quick, Everyone Release AI Products

In the five days between Sam Altman’s mysterious firing and rehiring as OpenAI’s CEO, multiple companies dropped new artificial intelligence tools.

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US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Launch Fraud Investigation Into Elon Musk

A letter members of Congress sent to the SEC claims that Musk misled Neuralink investors in a post on X about the fate of monkeys used to test a brain-chip interface.

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The Rise of AI in Alternative Browsers—and What’s Next

Developers at smaller companies have been adding new ways to experience the internet with AI assistance. Their visions for the future radically differ.

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Crypto Started With Grand Dreams, Then Backroom Deals. Now It’s Mired in Lawsuits

A self-described Ethereum pioneer says he’s suing his former colleagues over the origins of a piece of crypto infrastructure—and to show how “rotten” the industry has become.

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Sam Altman Reaches Agreement to Return to OpenAI

After days of chaos at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the company says it has “in principle” reached an agreement for ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to his post.

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OpenAI’s Boardroom Drama Could Mess Up Your Future

OpenAI’s board appears to have ejected Sam Altman in an attempt to preserve OpenAI’s mission of keeping AI development safe. The chaotic results have done the exact opposite.

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Elon Musk Trolls His Way Into the OpenAI Drama

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI but left after his own failed coup. Now he has shared an unsigned letter containing unverified accusations against the recently fired CEO Sam Altman.

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Quits, Pleads Guilty, and Must Pay $200 Million in Fines

Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, will step down and plead guilty to violating money-laundering requirements as part of a DOJ settlement. The company will also pay $4.3 billion in fines.

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DOJ Charges Binance With Vast Money-Laundering Scheme and Sanctions Violations

From Russia to Iran, the feds have charged Binance with allegedly conducting well over $1 billion in transactions with sanctioned countries and criminal actors.

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Elon Musk’s Media Matters Lawsuit Will Have a ‘Chilling Effect’

Musk has filed his “thermonuclear” suit against Media Matters for America at the same time the Texas Attorney General launched an investigation into the nonprofit.

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