Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain
…That’ll probably be a nice company, but it will not be as big as one that has a billion active users. So I claim that what I'm doing really is…
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The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
After limiting the release of its new Mythos-class AI model over concerns about its potential impacts on cybersecurity, Anthropic announced a model upgrade for partners in its limited-access group this…
I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend. Its Answers Were All Wrong
…OpenAI claims to be improving its product discovery tools. But in my tests, if you want to know what WIRED reviews actually say about a product, visiting the darn website is still…
Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
…Palantir says the Claude integration can help analysts uncover “data-driven insights,” identify patterns, and support making “informed decisions in time-sensitive situations.” However, Palantir and Anthropic have shared few details about…
US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it arrested Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an enlisted member of the US Army’s special forces, for allegedly using “classified, nonpublic” information about the capture…
I Let Siri AI Show Me Around San Francisco
…As part of the company’s Private Cloud Compute, Apple claims it doesn’t store data from users and only pulls from it when you ask Siri a question. Similar to the…
One of These Second Screens Will Drastically Enhance Your Remote Work
…Espresso Lite 15 for $249 - What’s great about this monitor isn’t its portability or its price but rather its unique stand, which attaches magnetically to the back of the screen…
‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess
…Three current employees tell WIRED there is widespread dissatisfaction with how Meta assembled the unit of about 6,500 engineers and product managers and the drudgework they allege they have been assigned…
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…Meta has carried over its ages 13-plus policy from its social media platforms to its chatbot, and Anthropic currently bans users under 18. So, what about 5-year-olds? In March…
These Fender Mix Headphones Come With Modular Parts for Easy Repairs
…I don’t game, but if Fender’s claim of sub-20-millisecond performance for the low-latency mode is accurate, that should satisfy all but the most diehard, fast-action game…