Author: Wired Magazine

The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

This has done little to deter a growing list of other business moguls who have also expressed interest in acquiring the app, which has been under government scrutiny in the US for four years over alleged national security concerns stemming from its Chinese ownership. One of them is former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said… Continue reading The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist and one of the company’s cofounders, was named as the colead of this new team. OpenAI said the team would… Continue reading OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections

Leah Feiger: Yes, the royals are globalist, conspiracy is well trodden, but always good. Makena Kelly: Yeah. Haunted portrait. Leah Feiger: Haunted portrait, OK, that’s actually a really good one. I didn’t even think about that one as related to conspiracies. Hasan Piker: Yeah, it wasn’t bad at all. Leah Feiger: I like that one.… Continue reading How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections

Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister

Russia Today’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan went further in a comment on her Telegram channel, blaming Ukraine for the attack: “The Slovak Prime Minister is injured. The one who said that the war began as a result of rampant Ukrainian neo-Nazis and Putin had no other choice. That’s how they work.” Logically, a company that tracks… Continue reading Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister

RFK Jr. Is Priming His Audience for Election Denialism

The idea of “rigged polling methodologies” is obviously self-serving—Kennedy argues that in a poll he commissioned, he comes out ahead of Biden and scarcely behind Trump. But it’s also fundamentally a complaint about not being portrayed as a serious candidate, despite his having been featured in countless articles, podcasts, and interviews with outlets both fringe… Continue reading RFK Jr. Is Priming His Audience for Election Denialism

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

“The premise of this is great,” says Earric Lee, a physiologist with the Montreal Heart Institute, who was not involved in the study but has led sauna studies since completing his doctoral research in Finland. “Trying to move away from pharmacology is a good thing.” More than 250 million people worldwide have major depressive disorder,… Continue reading Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Android 15 Theft Detection Lock Knows When Your Phone Is Stolen

Android’s new Theft Detection Lock uses Google’s AI to determine when your phone has been snatched from your hand. If it detects this, the phone’s screen will automatically be locked. Using smartphone sensors, such as the accelerometer and gyroscope, Google trained its algorithms to detect sudden changes in the phone’s positioning and the motions that… Continue reading Android 15 Theft Detection Lock Knows When Your Phone Is Stolen

OpenAI’s Chief AI Wizard, Ilya Sutskever, Is Leaving the Company

Ilya Sutskever, cofounder and chief scientist at OpenAI, has left the company. The former Google AI researcher was one of the four board members who voted in November to fire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, triggering days of chaos that saw staff threaten to quit en masse and Altman ultimately restored. Altman confirmed Sutskever’s departure Tuesday… Continue reading OpenAI’s Chief AI Wizard, Ilya Sutskever, Is Leaving the Company