Money seems to endlessly flow in the AI space, whether it’s Nvidia announcing a $100 billion investment in OpenAI or OpenAI planning to build more massive data centers before the first $500 billion project is even completed. Eventually, some of the folks who have poured money into these ventures are going to expect to see […]
‘Workslop’: AI-Generated Work Content Is Slowing Everything Down
AI slop isn’t limited to cringey cat videos on Facebook anymore; it has made its way into the workplace. The Harvard Business Review recently coined a term for low-quality, AI-generated work documents—workslop. The respected business publication argues that this growing pile of phoned-in memos and reports is one reason many companies are seeing little return […]
An AI Stan Lee Hologram Is Coming to LA Comic Con (Really)
Los Angeles Comic Con is next week, and one of its big guests is, apparently, an AI hologram of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the hologram will be part of the Stan Lee Experience at LACC. Along with the standard $15-20 experience fee to join the booth, fans can spend money […]
‘AI Scheming’: OpenAI Digs Into Why Chatbots Will Intentionally Lie and Deceive Humans
At this point, most people know that chatbots are capable of hallucinating responses, making up sources, and spitting out misinformation. But chatbots can lie in more human-like ways, “scheming” to hide their true goals and deceiving the humans who have given them instructions. New research from OpenAI and Apollo Research seems to have figured out […]
Nobody Wanted This: Samsung Fridges Are Getting Ads
If your home is your temple—the last place where you can escape the blasted outside landscape of billboards, screen ads, bus ads, train ads, and TV ads—know that the Mongol horde of advertising is looking to break down your fortress walls. Samsung’s new agenda for its smart home includes sticking ads into its ultra-expensive refrigerators […]
Fed Chair Powell Says AI Probably a Factor in Concerning Unemployment Rates
The Fed decided to cut interest rates on Wednesday, citing a weak labor market as the reason. The latest jobs report showed that U.S. employers only added 22,000 jobs in August, down from the 79,000 in July, showing a dramatic slowing in hiring. It was the worst August report since the pandemic and it got […]
Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On: The Smart Glasses You Were Waiting For
There’s one thing people want to know when they see my first-gen Ray-Ban smart glasses, and it’s got nothing to do with AI, or cameras, or the surprisingly great open-ear audio they put out. They want to know what’s probably front-of-mind right now as you’re reading this: Do they have a screen in them? The […]
Cloudflare CEO’s ‘Frighteningly Likely’ Forecast for How AI Will Ruin the Internet
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is the latest tech executive to ring the warning bells for a near-term dystopian AI scenario. Speaking to WIRED’s Big Interview Podcast on Tuesday, Prince said that he thinks the days of search engines being “the dominant interface of the web” are already long gone. “Now, if you run a search, […]
Get Ready to See More AI on YouTube
More AI slop may be headed to YouTube. The video-sharing platform is jumping on the AI bandwagon with a new batch of AI-powered tools for content creators. The company announced on Tuesday that users will now be able to use AI to more easily edit videos, generate short clips, and even protect their likeness from […]
Fueled by AI Hype, Google Becomes Fourth Company to Pass $3 Trillion Market Cap
On Monday, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, became the fourth company to reach a market value of $3 trillion, and every member of this exclusive club has something in common. All it took was a rather small 4% rise in shares for the tech giant to hit the coveted stock market benchmark. Rather unsurprisingly, the three […]