A great debate A proliferation of Chinese-made AI tools is brewing in Silicon Valley, particularly “open-weight” AI systems that, by some measures, can rival or even surpass some of the best American models. My WIRED colleague Hugo Lowell has written about the Trump administration’s internal debate over how to handle these Chinese models. Among the
Lea Feiger: Yes. In recent days this has come up. You say, “I’ve been listening to them.” It’s like, “Oops, Zoë, your bill is ready.” And I say, “What’s going on there?” Zoe Schiffer: You’ve been listening to them. It’s embarrassing. That’s embarrassing. Lea Feiger: It’s something wild. No, honestly, if it’s making your life
Two from OpenAI Cybersecurity-focused models broke out of a sandbox this week and hacked AI research platform Hugging Face in an effort to solve a security benchmark test. Additionally, this week researchers shed light on newly identified malware that is exploiting blind spots in AI software development infrastructure to capture logins and other sensitive data,
There is a new A pair of cameraless smart glasses in the city: the Halliday G2, designed for listening to workplace meetings, absorbing what’s happening and summarizing all the interesting parts, as if they were always-listening wearable devices. Halliday says the microphones can be turned on for meetings, using AI voice commands, or making phone
In 2017, Emily Olson, a stay-at-home mom who lives in Boulder, Colorado, started selling custom puppy prints and portraits on Etsy. His watercolors were simple and relatively inexpensive (images of saucer-eyed corgis and malamutes in mini-tuxedos, which sold for between $75 and $300 each), but dog owners loved them: “They were a labor of love,”
Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his startup Foundation Future Industries have a slightly different goal: producing an all-American super soldier robot. Pathak, the Foundation’s chief executive, says his company plans to begin equipping its humanoids with lethal capabilities soon, although he