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How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More

In an increasingly divided world, one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that artificial intelligence is a hugely disruptive—and sometimes downright destructive—phenomenon.At WIRED’s AI Power Summit in New York on...

USA Today Enters Its Gen AI Era With a Chatbot

The publishing company behind USA Today and 220 other publications is today rolling out a chatbot-like tool called DeeperDive that can converse with readers, summarize insights from its journalism, and suggest new...

OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

OpenAI appears to be ramping up its efforts in robotics, hiring researchers who work on humanoid systems as it explores new ways to advance artificial intelligence.The company has recently recruited a number...

Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an ‘Illusion’

Mustafa Suleyman is not your average big tech executive. He dropped out of Oxford university as an undergrad to create the Muslim Youth Helpline, before teaming up with friends to cofound DeepMind,...

The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model

The United Arab Emirates has released an open source model that performs advanced reasoning as well as the best offerings from both the United States and China—one of the strongest signs so...

This Robot Only Needs a Single AI Model to Master Humanlike Movements

Atlas, the humanoid robot famous for its parkour and dance routines, has recently begun demonstrating something altogether more subtle but also a lot more significant: It has learned to both walk and...

AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers

Economists at Stanford University have found the strongest evidence yet that artificial intelligence is starting to eliminate certain jobs. But the story isn’t that simple: While younger workers are being replaced by...

Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents?

During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter. What if AI could do the same?Bilt, a company that offers local shopping and...

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