The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants
…That partnership put Black Forest Labs on the map but generated a lot of controversy due to the chatbot’s limited safeguards. It ended months later when xAI developed an in-house…
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Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
… In at least some instances, the code was left in a fully reusable state on the legitimate websites that had been compromised by hackers to carry out DarkSword's intrusions, complete with helpful comments from its developer about how it worked, all making the tool easy to repurpose for any hacker th… …
Some Asexuals Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex
…But some figures in the asexual community tell WIRED that asexual people pairing with AI remains extremely fringe and that they are just as capable of forging and maintaining human relationships as…
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
… If all goes as intended come June, the conglomerate that now owns a rocket manufacturer, a social media app, and an AI chatbot developer will instantly rank among the world’s top 10 largest publicly-traded companies. …
AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body
…As one might expect, a lot of people were unhappy to read about this development, particularly those like me whose keyboards are dripping with blood. But the subjects of the stories aren…
Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain
… So internally, this was just not controversial. …
Meet the Gods of AI Warfare
In my yearslong effort to uncover the full story of Project Maven for my book, Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare, I learned that is exactly what happened, and that the undertaking was just as controversial inside the Pentagon. …
‘Uncanny Valley’: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’
… Zoë Schiffer: This week on the show, we're diving into Nvidia's annual developer conference, why some Tesla influencers are fleeing the brand, and why Meta has finally shut down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest. So to start us off, this week, Nvidia had its annual developer conference in San Jose. …
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
… The individuals below constitute a telling snapshot of where DOGE members have landed, and where they continue to exert influence. …
Snake Bros Keep Getting Bitten by Their Lethal Pets. Only Zoos Can Save Them
… Many of the most visible figures are also the most controversial, for their enthusiastic embrace of a practice known as “free handling”: holding and otherwise engaging with venomous species without the use of traditional tools like hooks. …