How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but also startled...
As Windows 10 Support Ends, Microsoft Is ‘Rewriting’ Windows 11 Around AI
Microsoft saved its most powerful AI tools for paying customers in the first phase of its AI evolution. Now, the...
The AI Industry’s Scaling Obsession Is Headed for a Cliff
A new study from MIT suggests the biggest and most computationally intensive AI models may soon offer diminishing returns compared...
When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face
“If you don’t include people with disabilities or people with facial differences in the development of these processes, no one’s...
‘Sovereign AI’ Has Become a New Front in the US-China Tech War
OpenAI has announced a number of projects this year with foreign governments to help build out what it has called...
WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about one author's journey to flee the US, social media surveillance, chatbots...
Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’
A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to...
The AI Slur ‘Clanker’ Has Become a Cover for Racist TikTok Skits
In July, just after receiving an email pitch about the “perfect” AI girlfriend, content creator Harrison Stewart made a TikTok...
Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos
“We are very much losing this battle against common sense when it comes to using generative AI,” Schnitt says, adding...
This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment
Ever since DeepSeek burst onto the scene in January, momentum has grown around open source Chinese artificial intelligence models. Some...
