In November, venerable tech outlet CNET began publishing articles generated by artificial intelligence, on topics such as personal finance, that proved to be riddled with errors. Today the human members of its editorial staff have unionized, calling on their bosses to provide better conditions for workers and more transparency and accountability around the use of AI.… Continue reading CNET Published AI-Generated Stories. Then Its Staff Pushed Back
Author: Wired Magazine
The All-Clad Factory Seconds Kitchenware Sale Is Back
All-Clad cookware is popular among home chefs and professional reviewers alike. The company makes some of the best, most durable, most reliable, and most expensive pots and pans you can buy. The cost can be a barrier, but every so often, the All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale comes around. Right now is one of those times.… Continue reading The All-Clad Factory Seconds Kitchenware Sale Is Back
WhatsApp 2023: New Privacy Features, Settings, and More
While turning on disappearing messages will give you some more privacy, it’s worth remembering that whoever you message could still screenshot or take a photograph of what’s on the screen. In addition to disappearing messages, you can also set photos and views to View Once. This—rather unsurprisingly—behaves exactly how it is described: The message can… Continue reading WhatsApp 2023: New Privacy Features, Settings, and More
The First Crispr-Edited Salad Is Here
A gene-editing startup wants to help you eat healthier salads. This month, North Carolina–based Pairwise is rolling out a new type of mustard greens engineered to be less bitter than the original plant. The vegetable is the first Crispr-edited food to hit the US market. Mustard greens are packed with vitamins and minerals but have… Continue reading The First Crispr-Edited Salad Is Here
Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
Elmore says the goal is to force reform. “We can’t bring the victims of this lawsuit back, but we can make sure that no other families have to file this kind of lawsuit,” he says. No families deserve to be members of this unenviable club, Elmore says. The lawsuit essentially takes aim at the full… Continue reading Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
Unfair Automated Hiring Systems Are Everywhere
Earlier this month, Lina Khan, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), wrote an essay in The New York Times affirming the agency’s commitment to regulating AI. But there was one AI application Khan didn’t mention that the FTC urgently needs to regulate: automated hiring systems. These range in complexity from tools that merely parse… Continue reading Unfair Automated Hiring Systems Are Everywhere
Your Dog Is a Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Cancer
Jellybean continues to defy expectations. The 5-year-old Labrador retriever mix jumps up and down from her favorite spot on the couch and walks around the living room with such ease, it’s as if she hadn’t ever had metastatic cancer. Her owners, Patricia and Zach Mendonca, still can’t quite believe the miracle. “She’s got a little… Continue reading Your Dog Is a Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Cancer
The Boring Future of Generative AI
This week, at its annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Google showcased a head-spinning number of projects and products powered by or enhanced by AI. They included a new-and-improved version of its chatbot Bard, tools to help you write emails and documents or manipulate images, devices with AI baked in, and a chatbot-like experimental version of Google search.… Continue reading The Boring Future of Generative AI
Google Is Racing to Bring More AI to Android
“We’ve been doing things with AI for a long time as a company. And the advancements in generative AI are pretty exciting,” says Sameer Samat, vice president of product management for Android and the Google Play app store. “But these aren’t that old in terms of putting them into products. So when you talk about… Continue reading Google Is Racing to Bring More AI to Android
Google Pixel Fold Hands-On: A Pricey Folding Pixel
Smartphone sales have been declining lately, mostly because the smartphones themselves have not been changing drastically year over year. A slightly better camera here, a nicer screen there—the technology has plateaued. The solution, according to tech companies? Folding smartphones that cost $1,799. That’s what the Pixel Fold is. Google isn’t first to the folding phone… Continue reading Google Pixel Fold Hands-On: A Pricey Folding Pixel