Leah Feiger: And it also just plays into the entire media is out to get us. David Gilbert: Absolutely, yeah. Leah Feiger: This is the end, yeah. So, that’s a fun one. David Gilbert: It reinforces the idea, which Trump has said that, “Oh, ABC are going to give Kamala the questions.” Leah Feiger: Right,… Continue reading Laura Loomer: The ‘Free Spirit’ Whispering in Trump’s Ear
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First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia
“They don’t trust their smartphones, so they reach back to these more archaic devices, and those blow up. What’s next?” says Schneier. “Everything becomes less efficient, because they can’t communicate well.” Schneier describes the paranoia-inducing effect of the operation as a kind of ongoing “tax” on Hezbollah as an organization. “There are a lot of… Continue reading First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia
US Senate Warns Big Tech to Act Fast Against Election Meddling
Andy Carvin, the managing editor and research director of the Digital Forensic Research Lab, tells WIRED that his organization, which conducts a vast amount of research into disinformation and other online harms, has been tracking Doppelganger for more than two years. The scope of the operation should surprise few, he says, given the fake news… Continue reading US Senate Warns Big Tech to Act Fast Against Election Meddling
Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI
It’s hard not to feel the ripple effect when big shifts happen. One such shift came Wednesday when Lionsgate—the studio responsible for the John Wick, Hunger Games, and Twilight franchises—announced it had teamed up with artificial intelligence firm Runway for a “first-of-its-kind partnership” that would give the AI firm access to the studio’s archives in… Continue reading Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI
I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App
The first time I used SocialAI, I was sure the app was performance art. That was the only logical explanation for why I would willingly sign up to have AI bots named Blaze Fury and Trollington Nefarious, well, troll me. Even the app’s creator, Michael Sayman, admits that the premise of SocialAI may confuse people.… Continue reading I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App
Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah
With Hezbollah and Lebanon still reeling from a coordinated wave of pager explosions on Tuesday that killed at least 12 people and injured thousands, another bombardment began on Wednesday, this time taking the form of exploding two-way radios. Footage of the explosions, which was not independently confirmed by WIRED, appears to show even larger blasts… Continue reading Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah
An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
Eli Collins, a vice president of product management at Google DeepMind, first demoed generative AI video tools for the company’s board of directors back in 2022. Despite the model’s slow speed, pricey cost to operate, and sometimes off-kilter outputs, he says it was an eye-opening moment for them to see fresh video clips generated from… Continue reading An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models
OpenAI truly does not want you to know what its latest AI model is “thinking.” Since the company launched its “Strawberry” AI model family last week, touting so-called reasoning abilities with o1-preview and o1-mini, OpenAI has been sending out warning emails and threats of bans to any user who tries to probe how the model… Continue reading OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models
The Trumps Have Gone Full Crypto With World Liberty Financial
As it turned out, Trump was readily convinced: Despite having previously dismissed bitcoin as a “scam,” Trump has recently taken to pitching himself as the crypto president. In July, speaking to thousands of bitcoiners at a conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump promised to turn the US into the “crypto capital of the planet” and establish… Continue reading The Trumps Have Gone Full Crypto With World Liberty Financial
‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies
The US Coast Guard’s Titan submersible hearing kicked off with a startling revelation. “I told him I’m not getting in it,” former OceanGate engineering director Tony Nissen said to a panel of Coast Guard investigators, referring to a 2018 conversation in which CEO Stockton Rush allegedly asked Nissen to act as a pilot in an… Continue reading ‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies