[photo1]Khari JohnsonAfter years of anticipation and contributions from thousands of people, Apple Vision Pro made its debut yesterday, promising immersion in apps, games, movies, and the workplace. W...
[photo1]Paresh DaveInvestors were surprised when the online education company Chegg last month revealed that ChatGPT was hurting subscriber growth--the company lost half of its market value overnight....
[photo1]Hannah H. KimIn November 2018, an elementary school administrator named Akihiko Kondo married Miku Hatsune, a fictional pop singer. The couple's relationship had been aided by a hologram machi...
[photo1]Steven LevyThe invasion of chatbots has disrupted the plans of countless businesses, including some that had been working on that very technology for years (looking at you, Google). But not Ar...
Apple is calling on experts with backgrounds in generative AI to work with the company's "most advanced technologies," including augmented and virtual reality, according to new job listings posted by ...
[photo1]WIRED StaffThe idea that machine intelligence will one day take over the world has long been a staple of science fiction. But given the rapid advances in consumer-level artificial intelligence...
[photo1]Amanda HooverA nonprofit has suspended the use of a chatbot that was giving potentially damaging advice to people seeking help for eating disorders. Tessa, which was used by the National Eatin...
[photo1]Parker HallLike people in many fields, we here on the WIRED Gear desk are mildly concerned that ChatGPT is coming for our jobs. But we feel relatively safe because it's our job to test th...
Italy is the latest country looking to quickly shore up domestic development of an AI ecosystem. As part of its Strategic Program for Artificial Intelligence, the government will "soon" launch a EUR15...
A federal judge in Texas has a new rule for lawyers in his courtroom: No submissions written by artificial intelligence unless the AI's output is checked by a human. US District Judge Brantley Starr a...
[photo1]Steven LevyAs the artificial intelligence frenzy builds, a sudden consensus has formed. We should regulate it!While there's a very real question whether this is like closing the barn door afte...
[photo1]Will KnightEight years ago, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized a painful-to-watch contest that involved robots slowly struggling (and often failing) to perform ...
By Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode[photo1]It's our first-ever crossover episode! This week on Have a Nice Future, Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode sit down with Puja Patel, cohost of The Pitch...
[photo1]Kate KnibbsHere's the thing about podcasts: There are too many of them. More than 4 million, to be precise, according to the database Podcast Index. In the past three days alone, nearly 103,00...
[photo1]Meghan O'Gieblyn"There's been a lot of speculation recently about the possibility of AI consciousness or self-awareness. But I wonder: Does AI have a subconscious?"
--Psycho...
Walk into any hardware, big-box, or craft store, and you'll find an aisle (or at least part of an aisle) full of different types of adhesives. Having so many options can be overwhelming, and it may be...
[photo1]Paresh DaveWhen I asked Google's AI writing aid to draft a happy birthday email to a friend, it left my brain in the dust. I had taken about 90 seconds to craft a decent 81-word greeting. But ...
[photo1]Beth Simone NoveckAfter ChatGPT burst on the scene last November, some government officials raced to prohibit its use. Italy banned the chatbot. New York City, Los Angeles Unified, Seattle and...
[photo1]Lauren GoodeIf you've searched for "ChatGPT" in Apple's App Store since the chatbot launched six months ago, you may have discovered some of the dozens of apps with names like Genie, Genius, a...
By Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode[photo1]ON THIS WEEK'S episode of Have a Nice Future, Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Daron Acemoglu, institute professor at MIT, about h...