In the year or so since large language models hit the big time, researchers have demonstrated numerous ways of tricking them into producing problematic outputs including hateful jokes, malicious code and phishing emails, or the personal information of users. It turns out that misbehavior can take place in the physical world, too: LLM-powered robots can… Continue reading AI-Powered Robots Can Be Tricked Into Acts of Violence
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A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that the malware is used in targeted attacks against an extremely small number of people. At the same time, though, it has been difficult to check devices for infection, leading individuals… Continue reading A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking
The senators also provide evidence in their letter that US telecoms have worked with third-party cybersecurity firms to conduct audits of their systems related to the telecom protocol known as SS7 but have declined to make the results of these evaluations available to the Defense Department. “The DOD has asked the carriers for copies of… Continue reading Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking
Brian Chesky Says Big Things Are Coming for Airbnb in 2025
Big changes could be coming to Airbnb next year. In a conversation at WIRED’s Big Interview even in San Francisco on Tuesday, the company’s cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky told global editorial director Katie Drummond that he hopes that, in 2025, “people say ‘that was one of the biggest reinventions of a company in recent… Continue reading Brian Chesky Says Big Things Are Coming for Airbnb in 2025
Jensen Huang Wants to Make AI the New World Infrastructure
In a world where people are increasingly doubting the potential of AI, you can count on Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, to be the last one hyping up how AI will be the fundamental force that changes society. Talking to WIRED senior writer Lauren Goode at The Big Interview event on Tuesday in San… Continue reading Jensen Huang Wants to Make AI the New World Infrastructure
OpenAI Poaches 3 Top Engineers From DeepMind
OpenAI announced today it has hired three senior computer vision and machine learning engineers from rival Google DeepMind, all of whom will work in a newly opened OpenAI office in Zurich, Switzerland. OpenAI executives told staff in an internal meme on Tuesday that Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai will be joining the company… Continue reading OpenAI Poaches 3 Top Engineers From DeepMind
Amazon Is Building a Mega AI Supercomputer With Anthropic
Garman told WIRED ahead of the event that Amazon will also introduce a range of tools to help customers wrangle generative AI models that he says are often too expensive, unreliable, and unpredictable. These include a way to boost the capabilities of smaller models using larger ones, a system for managing hundreds of different AI… Continue reading Amazon Is Building a Mega AI Supercomputer With Anthropic
Jaguar Type 00 EV: Price, Specs, Availability
One of the many criticisms leveled at Jaguar in the firestorm ignited by its rebrand last month was that while it revealed a new logotype and a short film of eight conspicuously diverse models clad in bright couture emerging from a yellow escalator into a lilac lunar landscape, it didn’t even hint at a car.… Continue reading Jaguar Type 00 EV: Price, Specs, Availability
22 Black Friday Deals on Apple iPads, MacBooks, More Still Available
if you’ve been eyeing a pricey MacBook recently, now is the time to hit that buy button. Apple Black Friday deals are already here and several WIRED-approved gadgets are on sale—from iPads and MacBooks to Apple Watches and AirPods. All of these deals are from third-party retailers like Amazon and Best Buy; Apple doesn’t have… Continue reading 22 Black Friday Deals on Apple iPads, MacBooks, More Still Available
17 Great Black Friday Soundbar Deals to Pump Up the Volume (2024)
You may not realize it, but your TV is sad. It’s sad because it wants to offer great sound to accompany its awesome picture, but it is woefully ill-equipped to do so. You could shop for a multi-component home theater system or a pair of bookshelves to remedy things, but if that sounds like too… Continue reading 17 Great Black Friday Soundbar Deals to Pump Up the Volume (2024)