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.
It’s about time for Meta Connect, the company’s annual product launch event. This year, given the company’s major focus on AI and wearables like smart glasses, it seems likely that we’ll…
AI NewsIt's time once again for Meta's annual September product launch event, and The Verge is on the ground in Menlo Park to cover the show live. Meta says that today's keynote by Mark Zuckerberg…
AI NewsAs the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.
AI NewsTrump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.
AI News$11M competition showed wildfire detection is still easier than stopping fires.
AI NewsYouTube's next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and livestreams.
AI NewsModern life comes with an unending, auto-populating to-do list. It never ceases to amaze me how I can be doing nothing at all, minding my own business, and suddenly something needs to be…
AI NewsA clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.
AI NewsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills on Monday that could finally give communities better data - and more say - on how data centers impact their electricity bills and water…
AI NewsPaolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.
AI NewsAnthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from Anthropic's…
AI News"So absurd and embarrassing ..."
AI NewsSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from developing artificial superintelligence - a technology the bill describes as…
AI NewsPart of the job of a content creator is to figure out how to get their work in front of the most people. Cracking - or fighting - the algorithm has historically been a frustration for…
AI NewsMeta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers.
AI NewsOpenAI has hired three former Patreon execs to anchor its product strategy for creators. After starting the creator subscription platform 13 years ago, cofounder and technology chief Sam…
AI NewsThe telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation.
AI NewsBrace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecurity test. Next, they solved a prestigious math…
AI NewsAfter turning a string of spectacular mathematical results into a reputational crisis, OpenAI is consulting human mathematicians to help it figure out a less disastrous path forward. On…
AI NewsThe frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.
AI NewsRabbit, the company behind the underwhelming R1 device, is rolling out a standalone AI agent that you don't need its hardware to use, as reported earlier by Wired. The startup says its new…
AI NewsEvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.
AI NewsBritish Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
AI NewsApple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have until December 21 to submit a claim.
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