A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
Efforts to gut regulation across the US government using AI are well underway.On Wednesday, the Office of the Chief Information...
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.One company that was supposed to be part of...
Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself
When something goes wrong with an AI assistant, our instinct is to ask it directly: “What happened?” or “Why did...
The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale
Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos, an outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have...
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments...
GPT-5 Doesn’t Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence
Since the all-new ChatGPT launched on Thursday, some users have mourned the disappearance of a peppy and encouraging personality in...
Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories
“AI is expensive. Let's be honest about that,” Anand says.Growth vs. SafetyIn October 2024, the mother of a teen who...
Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals
“A year ago, when they were talking about Apple Intelligence, it struck me how they were doing an ‘all of...
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt
OpenAI’s GPT-5 model was meant to be a world-changing upgrade to its wildly popular and precocious chatbot. But for some...
WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week’s news, from bitcoin miners trying to beat Trump’s tariffs to...
