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AI Needs to Be Both Trusted and Trustworthy
Through sensors, actuators, and IoT devices, AI is going to be interacting with the physical plane on a massive scale. The question is, how does one build trust in its actions?
The Creative’s Toolbox Gets an AI Upgrade
It’s easy to accuse algorithms of stifling creativity, but designers of every stripe should be embracing their multidisciplinary abilities.
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In Defense of AI Hallucinations
Chatbots’ habit of spewing untruths is a big problem—but we should also celebrate these hallucinations as prompts for human creativity and a barrier to machines taking over.
The Man Who Made Robots Dance Now Wants Them to Think for Themselves
Boston Dynamic's legged robots won the internet by doing parkour and dancing to classic R&B. The company's founder Marc Raibert now leads an institute trying to make the machines more independent.
AI agents help explain other AI systems
MIT researchers introduce a method that uses artificial intelligence to automate the explanation of complex neural networks.
Complex, unfamiliar sentences make the brain’s language network work harder
A new study finds that language regions in the left hemisphere light up when reading uncommon sentences, while straightforward sentences elicit little response.
Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse
The Steamboat Willie version of Disney icon Mickey Mouse just entered the public domain, and there's already an explosion of related AI-generated art. We talked to some of the creators behind it.
To Own the Future, Read Shakespeare
Tech and the liberal arts have always been at war. Don’t assume Silicon Valley will win.
AI May Not Steal Your Job, but It Could Stop You Getting Hired
In her new book The Algorithm, journalist Hilke Schellmann investigates software that automates résumé screening and promotion recommendations, raising concerns about discrimination.
CES 2024 Preview: Get Ready for a ‘Tsunami’ of AI
CES, which kicks off January 9 in Las Vegas, will feature the usual assortment of new consumer tech products. This year, even more of that stuff will be empowered by machine intelligence.
WIRED’s 2023 Year-in-Review Quiz
From OpenAI to Ozempic, test your knowledge about some of the biggest science and technology stories from this year.
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023
From Sam Altman and Elon Musk to ransomware gangs and state-backed hackers, these are the individuals and groups that spent this year disrupting the world we know it.
Generative AI is repeating all of Web 2.0’s mistakes
From content moderation and disinformation to non-English languages, GenAI is facing problems that social platforms failed to solve.
Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0
Generative AI companies’ struggles with content moderation, sketchy labor practices, and disinformation show them fighting the same problems that tripped up social platforms before them.
How to Use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Create Your Own Custom GPT
I created an experimental chatbot with 50 of my WIRED articles. Try it out for yourself.
The Hollywood Strikes Stopped AI From Taking Your Job. But for How Long?
The year was dominated by talk of what artificial intelligence could do—and what it could do better than most humans.
AI Is Telling Bedtime Stories to Your Kids Now
Artificial intelligence can now tell tales featuring your kids’ favorite characters. It’s copyright chaos—and a major headache for parents and guardians.
Leveraging language to understand machines
Master’s students Irene Terpstra ’23 and Rujul Gandhi ’22 use language to design new integrated circuits and make it understandable to robots.
How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun
It’ll take over the world. It won’t subjugate humans. For Meta’s chief AI scientist, both things are true.
