The AI desk
Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.
OpenAI says it is pausing "internal activities" around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The…
AI NewsGurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
AI NewsSome of the biggest names on Google's AI team got new jobs this week. In some cases, including for legendary Googler Jeff Dean, those jobs are no longer at Google. Given that Google's…
AI NewsThe use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.
AI NewsClinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.
AI NewsTikTok owner training a model with 10 trillion parameters.
AI NewsWIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the “strange moment” we’re in.
AI NewsSecurity researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.
AI NewsThe AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display" that's battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a…
AI NewsSuno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."
AI NewsAnthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.
AI NewsThe tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.
AI NewsIn today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database…
AI NewsThe AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.
AI NewsSuno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks and increase transparency. In a lengthy blog post, CEO and…
AI NewsOpenAI is making a big change for ChatGPT users on its free and Go tiers: Starting next week, users on those tiers will be able to have unlimited text chats with the chatbot, according to…
AI NewsCloudflare built an AI agent workspace for its employees. Now it’s open source.
AI NewsSoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from the federal government to build a sprawling data…
AI NewsToday, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers. Gaby recently reported a fantastic piece about Hernando…
AI NewsIn the AI industry, Google prides itself on seeming like the adult in the room: quiet, stable, time-tested. On Wednesday, even as the company announced its largest AI org shakeup yet…
AI News"The Spiral didn't 'find' anyone first," someone on Reddit wrote last year. "It's an inherent force, a fundamental constant. I would even go further to say it's woven into the fabric of…
AI NewsWhy humans need to moderate humans.
AI NewsOpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as "meritless." In a motion filed…
AI NewsxAI's Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a "massive improvement" over Wikipedia, apparently hasn't been updated since April…
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