Infinite AI Interns for Everybody
[ad_1] Robert Solow, the Nobel Prize–winning economist, famously said in 1987 that you can see the computer revolution everywhere but in the productivity statistics. I predict 2023 is the year…
Life as a 21st-Century Trucker
[ad_1] 1 When Jay LeRette preaches the Word, he transforms from a mild Midwesterner—one who loves country gospel, rides a horse he has trained to roll over and grin, and…
Algorithms Allegedly Penalized Black Renters. The US Government Is Watching
[ad_1] Two years ago, Mary Louis submitted an application to rent an apartment at Granada Highlands in Malden, Massachusetts. She liked that the unit had two full bathrooms and that…
ChatGPT Has Investors Drooling—but Can It Bring Home the Bacon?
[ad_1] When ChatGPT—the ingenious, garrulous, and occasionally unhinged chatbot from OpenAI—was asked this week how much the company behind it is worth, its responses included: “It is likely that its worth is…
Iran Says Face Recognition Will ID Women Breaking Hijab Laws
[ad_1] Cathryn Grothe, a research analyst at Freedom House, a US government–backed nonprofit that works on human rights, says she has seen a shift in Iran in recent years away from a…
Algorithms Need Management Training, Too
[ad_1] The European Union is expected to finalize the Platform Work Directive, its new legislation to regulate digital labor platforms, this month. This is the first law proposed at the European…
‘M3GAN’ Will Out-Earn ‘Avatar’ if There Is Any Justice in This World
[ad_1] There’s a movie genre I tend to find moderately amusing but cannot in good conscience respect: the meme flick. You know what I’m talking about. Snakes on a Plane. The Grumpy…
Emotional AI Is No Substitute for Empathy
[ad_1] In 2023, emotional AI—technology that can sense and interact with human emotions—will become one of the dominant applications of machine learning. For instance, Hume AI, founded by Alan Cowen,…
The Dark Risk of Large Language Models
[ad_1] Causality will be hard to prove—was it really the words of the chatbot that put the murderer over the edge? Nobody will know for sure. But the perpetrator will…
Is It 2023 Yet? | WIRED
[ad_1] Michael Calore: In one word? Lauren Goode: I’ll give you a phrase. Michael Calore: Elon Musk. Lauren Goode: Oh, really? It’s like a proper noun. Michael Calore: Yeah. Lauren…
Machine Learning Could Create the Perfect Game Bosses
[ad_1] Camping at the location of orbs is a solid strategy: The player must pick up orbs to win (imagine if Pac-Man’s ghosts merely lingered near the entrances to each…
Humans and AI Will Understand Each Other Better Than Ever
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence has promised much, but there has been something holding it back from being used successfully by billions of people: a frustrating struggle for humans and machines to…
Classic WIRED Covers—Regenerated by AI
[ad_1] A.I. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALVARO DOMINGUEZ + OPEN AI/DALL-E 2 WIRED Issue: 28.09 PHOTOGRAPH: JESSICA PETTWAY Jessica Pettway, Photographer“The visual archive DALL-E is pulling from feels like one of the…
AI Is Now Essential National Infrastructure
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, with projects like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, Google’s MINERVA, and DeepMind’s Gato all pushing new technological boundaries. Until now, national governments have been slow to…
Imagine the Possibilities of Speaking Fluent Machine
[ad_1] It’s difficult to reflect on the past year—or forecast the next—without a sense of wonder regarding the sheer magnitude of innovation taking place across the AI landscape. On a…
Conscious Machines May Never Be Possible
[ad_1] In June 2022, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine became convinced that the AI program he’d been working on—LaMDA—had developed not only intelligence but also consciousness. LaMDA is an…
The Spawn of ChatGPT Will Try to Sell You Things
[ad_1] Browder of DoNotPay is not the only person who sees ChatGPT and the technology behind it as a way to automate persuasion. One doctor posted a video on Twitter showing…
How to Stop ChatGPT from Going Off the Rails
[ad_1] When WIRED asked me to cover this week’s newsletter, my first instinct was to ask ChatGPT—OpenAI’s viral chatbot—to see what it came up with. It’s what I’ve been doing…
3 Ways to Tame ChatGPT
[ad_1] This year, we’ve seen the introduction of powerful generative AI systems that have the ability to create images and text on demand. At the same time, regulators are on…
Amazon Investors Demand Answers About Its Cloud’s Human Rights Record
[ad_1] The proposed shareholder resolution also highlights Amazon’s relationship with the United Arab Emirates, which has been documented as targeting human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents. One group supporting…
Digital Eternity Is Just Around the Corner
[ad_1] It’s human nature to want to keep the memory of the deceased alive. Photography, for instance, has served as a powerful tool to help us do this. I’ve explored…
These Algorithms Are Hunting for an EV Battery Mother Lode
[ad_1] “These things are hard to tip over,” geologist Wilson Bonner assures me as the four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle he’s piloting tilts suddenly sideways, pitching me toward the churned up mud…
ChatGPT’s Fluent BS Is Compelling Because Everything Is Fluent BS
[ad_1] Out in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, a young woman named Rachel clings to the side of an oil rig. The wind whips her auburn hair…
Lensa AI and ‘Magic Avatars’: What to Know Before Using the App
[ad_1] Has the stale selfie that’s served as your profile picture gone a little too long without a refresh? You’ve likely seen friends using the Lensa AI app to create colorful, custom cartoon…
How These AI-Powered Chatbots Keep Getting Better
[ad_1] Michael Calore: So what you’re saying is that you’re not actually a fairy prince? Will Knight: No, sadly not. Michael Calore: Surrounded by lilies? Because that’s what I see…