Tag Archives: Wired

Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline

Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities.

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How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright

Elisa Shupe was initially rebuffed when she tried to copyright a book she wrote with help from ChatGPT. Now the US Copyright Office has changed course—but there’s a catch.

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Google Workers Detained By Police for Protesting Cloud Contract with Israel

Videos show nine Google workers being removed by police from offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, after occupying them in protest against a cloud deal with Israel’s government.

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Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel’s Government

Google employees are staging sit-ins and protests at company offices in New York and California over “Project Nimbus,” a cloud contract with Israel’s government, as the country’s war with Hamas continues.

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Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession

It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong?

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Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams

After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It’s working.

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Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’

Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination.

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No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs

Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky.

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Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It

Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt’s pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest.

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How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more.

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