Interesting essay on AI and consciousness but it ignores the fact that language models do not actually seem conscious if you take a closer, more scientific, look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is on Its Way to Something Even More Remarkable Than Intelligence
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Interesting essay on AI and consciousness but it ignores the fact that language models do not actually seem conscious if you take a closer, more scientific, look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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On an airstrip somewhere in Texas, a swarm of killer jets approaches—controlled by, of all things, a large language model.
This is the rise of the killer chatbots.
AI as weapon by @willknight.bsky.social
This is the rise of the killer chatbots.
AI as weapon by @willknight.bsky.social
Rise of the Killer Chatbots
On an airstrip somewhere in Texas, a swarm of killer jets approaches—controlled by, of all things, a large language model.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On an airstrip somewhere in Texas, a swarm of killer jets approaches—controlled by, of all things, a large language model.
This is the rise of the killer chatbots.
AI as weapon by @willknight.bsky.social
This is the rise of the killer chatbots.
AI as weapon by @willknight.bsky.social
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NEW: OpenAI is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids. Great piece from @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI
The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids.
www.wired.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: OpenAI is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids. Great piece from @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/openai...
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In this week's Made in China newsletter: at China's flagship AI summit WAIC, the vibe was totally different from Trump’s America-first, regulation-light vision for AI. Beijing is pitching itself as the world leader of AI safety regulation.
WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai:
WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai:
Inside the Summit Where China Pitched Its AI Agenda to the World
Behind closed doors, Chinese researchers are laying the groundwork for a new global AI agenda—without input from the US.
www.wired.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In this week's Made in China newsletter: at China's flagship AI summit WAIC, the vibe was totally different from Trump’s America-first, regulation-light vision for AI. Beijing is pitching itself as the world leader of AI safety regulation.
WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai:
WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai:
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today
The camera never lies but this AI model sure does, altering live video in dramatic ways. Given how quickly AI video has advanced, it may soon be difficult to believe anything you see on a livestream, TikTok, or video chat. www.wired.com/story/decart...
This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time
A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to take over streaming.
www.wired.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The camera never lies but this AI model sure does, altering live video in dramatic ways. Given how quickly AI video has advanced, it may soon be difficult to believe anything you see on a livestream, TikTok, or video chat. www.wired.com/story/decart...
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Elon Musk's lawyers claimed in a Sunday court filing that he "does not use a computer."
Here are the many, many times Musk has been seen using a computer or has talked about using a computer recently:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Here are the many, many times Musk has been seen using a computer or has talked about using a computer recently:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Lawyers Claim He 'Does Not Use a Computer'
The claim appeared in a court filing related to Elon Musk's ongoing lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The Tesla and xAI owner has posted about his laptop numerous times in the last year.
www.wired.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Elon Musk's lawyers claimed in a Sunday court filing that he "does not use a computer."
Here are the many, many times Musk has been seen using a computer or has talked about using a computer recently:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Here are the many, many times Musk has been seen using a computer or has talked about using a computer recently:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
There should be a word to describe the nauseating feeling that the message you are reading was AI-generated. "Generaphobia" perhaps. Also, PR people, please stop using AI to write pitches.
April 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There should be a word to describe the nauseating feeling that the message you are reading was AI-generated. "Generaphobia" perhaps. Also, PR people, please stop using AI to write pitches.
While the US puts up barriers to the rest of the world, the rest of the world shows it can offer increasingly competitive AI. If isolationism and attacks on higher-ed continue, the US might soon find itself playing catchup. www.wired.com/story/stanfo...
The AI Race Has Gotten Crowded—and China Is Closing In on the US
New research from Stanford suggests artificial intelligence isn’t ruled by just OpenAI and Google, as competition increases across the US, China, and France.
www.wired.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
While the US puts up barriers to the rest of the world, the rest of the world shows it can offer increasingly competitive AI. If isolationism and attacks on higher-ed continue, the US might soon find itself playing catchup. www.wired.com/story/stanfo...
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Think semiconductors are spared from the tariffs? Think again.
WIRED found that the list of exempted imports contains only a narrow range of items, omitting key products like GPUs, servers, lithography machines. It makes building data centers & chip plants harder.
from me & @willknight.bsky.social
WIRED found that the list of exempted imports contains only a narrow range of items, omitting key products like GPUs, servers, lithography machines. It makes building data centers & chip plants harder.
from me & @willknight.bsky.social
Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival
While the White House carved out a narrow exemption for some semiconductor imports, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs still apply to GPUs and chipmaking equipment.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Think semiconductors are spared from the tariffs? Think again.
WIRED found that the list of exempted imports contains only a narrow range of items, omitting key products like GPUs, servers, lithography machines. It makes building data centers & chip plants harder.
from me & @willknight.bsky.social
WIRED found that the list of exempted imports contains only a narrow range of items, omitting key products like GPUs, servers, lithography machines. It makes building data centers & chip plants harder.
from me & @willknight.bsky.social
Nice piece by @ethanz.bsky.social on DeepSeek and the perils of isolationism. If only someone in the administration might read it.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/column...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/column...
The AI race shows no country can go it alone
The rise of China’s DeepSeek reveals the weaknesses of isolationism as an economic policy
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nice piece by @ethanz.bsky.social on DeepSeek and the perils of isolationism. If only someone in the administration might read it.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/column...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/column...
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Backstabbing. Sabotage. Mutiny. And a piss-soaked alleyway in central London.
In my latest for @WIRED, I try to finesse my way to winning a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
www.wired.com/story/crypto...
In my latest for @WIRED, I try to finesse my way to winning a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
www.wired.com/story/crypto...
I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to ‘Squid Game.’ It Nearly Broke Me
I spent 10 days competing in Crypto: The Game, a winner-takes-all contest where hundreds of players try to finesse and backstab their way to claiming a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Backstabbing. Sabotage. Mutiny. And a piss-soaked alleyway in central London.
In my latest for @WIRED, I try to finesse my way to winning a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
www.wired.com/story/crypto...
In my latest for @WIRED, I try to finesse my way to winning a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
www.wired.com/story/crypto...
My latest for @wired.com; AI researchers propose a new way of reporting dangerous flaws in big AI morels: www.wired.com/story/ai-res...
Researchers Propose a Better Way to Report Dangerous AI Flaws
After identifying major flaws in popular AI models, researchers are pushing for a new system to identify and report bugs.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My latest for @wired.com; AI researchers propose a new way of reporting dangerous flaws in big AI morels: www.wired.com/story/ai-res...
Will all the money supposedly being saved be returned to taxpayers somehow? Or might it perhaps justify some wildly expensive new project like a manned mission to Mars?
February 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Will all the money supposedly being saved be returned to taxpayers somehow? Or might it perhaps justify some wildly expensive new project like a manned mission to Mars?
Thank you @knibbs.bsky.social for taking over WIRED's AI newsletter again this week. You can read her excellent dispatch, on an interesting new AI search tool featuring something called "humans", here: www.wired.com/story/this-n... (Also, please subscribe).
This New AI Search Engine Has a Gimmick: Humans Answering Questions
A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you @knibbs.bsky.social for taking over WIRED's AI newsletter again this week. You can read her excellent dispatch, on an interesting new AI search tool featuring something called "humans", here: www.wired.com/story/this-n... (Also, please subscribe).
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Very excited that @knightcolumbia.org used our AI Elections Project at @wired.com as the basis for their analysis.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-look...
You can check out the project here: www.wired.com/story/genera...
knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-look...
You can check out the project here: www.wired.com/story/genera...
We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation Is Not an AI Problem.
knightcolumbia.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Very excited that @knightcolumbia.org used our AI Elections Project at @wired.com as the basis for their analysis.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-look...
You can check out the project here: www.wired.com/story/genera...
knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-look...
You can check out the project here: www.wired.com/story/genera...
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every time i take over the AI newsletter from @willknight.bsky.social i defile it in some way...today's no different! www.wired.com/story/onlyfa...
OnlyFans Models Are Using AI Impersonators to Keep Up With Their DMs
AI is replacing the humans who pretend to be OnlyFans stars in online amorous messages.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:29 PM
every time i take over the AI newsletter from @willknight.bsky.social i defile it in some way...today's no different! www.wired.com/story/onlyfa...
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Hello new friends!! I'm Louise, I'm an editor @wired.com.
I have a scoop to share today from me and @willknight.bsky.social: The Biden administration is gonna announce a sweeping set of new export controls on Monday designed to strangle China's AI industry www.wired.com/story/memory...
I have a scoop to share today from me and @willknight.bsky.social: The Biden administration is gonna announce a sweeping set of new export controls on Monday designed to strangle China's AI industry www.wired.com/story/memory...
US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips
The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China's ability to build large and powerful AI models.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Hello new friends!! I'm Louise, I'm an editor @wired.com.
I have a scoop to share today from me and @willknight.bsky.social: The Biden administration is gonna announce a sweeping set of new export controls on Monday designed to strangle China's AI industry www.wired.com/story/memory...
I have a scoop to share today from me and @willknight.bsky.social: The Biden administration is gonna announce a sweeping set of new export controls on Monday designed to strangle China's AI industry www.wired.com/story/memory...
The video game Oasis (not sure if it's a nod to Ready Player One) is entirely generated by an AI model, which means you can explore by tricking the underlying model into hallucinating new scenes--a fevered kind of generative lucid-dreaming. www.wired.com/story/first-...
The First Entirely AI-Generated Video Game Is Insanely Weird and Fun
Generative AI may transform video game design, but the first playable title is just bizarre and fascinating.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:36 PM
The video game Oasis (not sure if it's a nod to Ready Player One) is entirely generated by an AI model, which means you can explore by tricking the underlying model into hallucinating new scenes--a fevered kind of generative lucid-dreaming. www.wired.com/story/first-...
Bluesky nuked an account that was impersonating this one within 24-hours. I'm impressed given how much traffic they are suddenly seeing.
November 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Bluesky nuked an account that was impersonating this one within 24-hours. I'm impressed given how much traffic they are suddenly seeing.
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Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team, @mcuban.bsky.social, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and more from the biggest names in technology, business, and science are joining us IRL at the #WIREDBigInterview event on Dec. 3 in San Francisco.
Join us!! www.wired.com/story/thebig...
Join us!! www.wired.com/story/thebig...
Join Us for the WIRED Big Interview Event
On December 3, WIRED will be sitting down with some of the biggest names in technology, business, science, and beyond for a full day packed with in-depth conversations.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team, @mcuban.bsky.social, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and more from the biggest names in technology, business, and science are joining us IRL at the #WIREDBigInterview event on Dec. 3 in San Francisco.
Join us!! www.wired.com/story/thebig...
Join us!! www.wired.com/story/thebig...
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Brad Porter, CEO of Cobot, announced their new wheeled warehouse robot Proxie today. As I am quoted near the end of this piece, wheels make so much more sense than legs for moving stuff any distance in a warehouse. Congratulations to Brad and Cobot. www.wired.com/story/robot-...
The Man Behind Amazon’s Robot Army Wants Everyone to Have an AI-Powered Helper
Brad Porter helped Amazon deploy an army of warehouse robots. His new creation—Proxie—could help other companies embrace more automation.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Brad Porter, CEO of Cobot, announced their new wheeled warehouse robot Proxie today. As I am quoted near the end of this piece, wheels make so much more sense than legs for moving stuff any distance in a warehouse. Congratulations to Brad and Cobot. www.wired.com/story/robot-...
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we've got our newsroom on bluesky skeeting. absolute skeeters out here. let's go:
November 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
we've got our newsroom on bluesky skeeting. absolute skeeters out here. let's go:
I recently visited Physical Intelligence, a $400 million funded startup that aims to bring artificial intelligence into the real world. The company is making progress towards a master algorithm for robot control and building some remarkable home robots. www.wired.com/story/physic...
November 14, 2024 at 4:50 PM
I recently visited Physical Intelligence, a $400 million funded startup that aims to bring artificial intelligence into the real world. The company is making progress towards a master algorithm for robot control and building some remarkable home robots. www.wired.com/story/physic...