Tag Archives: Wired

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI

Creators claim their videos were used without their knowledge.

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A Tiny Texas Village Is About To Annex a Gigantic Bitcoin Mine

In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas.

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The Architect of Russia’s Google Is Back

Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh fought off sanctions and kicked anti-war squatters out of his Amsterdam townhouse. Now he is ready to reveal his new AI company in the Netherlands. But can Europe forget his past?

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The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military

A WIRED investigation found public statements from officials detail a much closer link between Project Nimbus and Israel Defense Forces than previously reported.

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The Metaverse Was Supposed to Be Your New Office. You’re Still on Zoom

Tech founders painted a vision of employees clocking into virtual workplaces. But the adoption of VR at work has been slow.

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The EU Is Coming for X’s Paid Blue Checks

Elon Musk’s paid blue-check system on X deceives users and can be abused by malicious actors, the European Union said today.

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At 25, Metafilter Feels Like a Time Capsule From Another Internet

After a quarter century the community-driven site hasn’t changed much. And don’t ask it to license its archive to AI.

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Google DeepMind’s Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution

Robotics researchers are exploring how large language models can give physical machines more smarts.

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Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage

A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.

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How Watermelon Cupcakes Kicked Off an Internal Storm at Meta

Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.

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