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04.19.2024
Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains
The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.18.2024
Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline
Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.17.2024
Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession
It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.16.2024
Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams
After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It's working. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.15.2024
Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Found Liable for Multi-Billion-Dollar Fraud
When Do Kwon’s crypto empire fell to pieces, tens of billions of dollars were wiped out. A civil jury in the US has found he lied to investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.12.2024
No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.11.2024
The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets
Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.10.2024
Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired
The app that turned green chat bubbles blue has been acquired by Automattic, the parent company of Wordpress and Tumblr. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.09.2024
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.08.2024
Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People
WIRED investigates how artificial intelligence tools, like OpenAI’s Sora, currently portray members of the LGBTQ community. Hint: It’s a lot of purple hair. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.05.2024
To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light
OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer hardware. One proposal involves connecting GPUs with light. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.04.2024
One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem
A rare case in Danish court shows how automated clicks and fake accounts can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on Apple Music and Spotify. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad...
04.03.2024
Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians
A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and fired an employee—for wearing pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh in support of Palestinian people. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.02.2024
TikTok Shop’s Era of Super Subsidies Is Ending
The app’s shopping features won over sellers and shoppers by offering deals that can seem too good to be true. Now TikTok is raising sellers fees, which may translate into higher prices. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices....
04.01.2024
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.29.2024
The Antitrust Case Against Apple Argues It Has a Stranglehold on the Future
The Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against Apple says the company's grip on iPhone users and developers is blocking future innovation in tech. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.28.2024
The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now
A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.27.2024
Here Comes the Flood of Plug-In Hybrids
New US emissions rules mean more plug-in hybrid cars are on the way. The electric vehicle tech is clean—but has a catch. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.26.2024
The EU Targets Apple, Meta, and Alphabet for Investigations Under New Tech Law
The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to Apple's mounting antitrust woes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.25.2024
The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino
The US government's antitrust suit argues that Apple's sticky ecosystem keeps hold of customers by penalizing those who leave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.22.2024
Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search
Aravind Srinivas grew up in the same city as Google’s CEO and developed an obsession with the company long before launching his own AI search startup. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.21.2024
Here's Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content
OpenAI claimed it's "impossible" to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” large language model and a giant AI dataset of public domain text suggest otherwise. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.20.2024
Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules
YouTube now requires a label for some generative AI content. Animations made for kids are exempt. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.19.2024
Reddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fears
WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO filings over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.18.2024
What’s Behind the Bitcoin Price Surge? Vibes, Mostly
The price of bitcoin has climbed to a new all-time high. But assigning the cryptocurrency a value is anything but trivial. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.15.2024
Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future
Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames. Read this story here. Learn more...
03.14.2024
Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play Goat Simulator 3
These AI agents can adapt to games they haven’t played before. Google made them by feeding data on how humans play different video games to a language model like those behind the latest chatbots. Read this story here. Learn more about your...
03.13.2024
Elon Musk Gave Himself No Choice but to Open Source His Chatbot Grok
Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.12.2024
Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras
Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.11.2024
5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance
On Tuesday the country’s techiest city backed a ballot proposition that tapped into concerns about crime, giving the police more freedom to use drones and other surveillance technology. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.08.2024
The Fear That Inspired the Creation of OpenAI
Emails released by OpenAI to refute a lawsuit from Elon Musk show how he, Sam Altman, and other cofounders were motivated by fears of Google's dominance. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.07.2024
The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators
Open source tools allow anyone to make AI art. They have also been used to produce nonconsensual deepfake porn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.06.2024
The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways
As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.05.2024
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Breach of Contract
In the lawsuit, Musk claims OpenAI has abandoned its mission to develop AI for the benefit humanity. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.04.2024
Here Come the AI Worms
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.01.2024
The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started
Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more capable. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.29.2024
Amazon Just Got Banned From the EU Parliament
In an interview with WIRED, the politician behind the ban hits out at Amazon for being evasive about working conditions in its warehouses. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.28.2024
The US Supreme Court Holds the Future of the Internet in Its Hands
If the court backs provocative laws from Texas and Florida that limit social platforms’ ability to moderate content online, life could become radically different. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.27.2024
He Helped Expose Wirecard's Fraud. Now His Startup Tries to Make Whistleblowing Safer
Pav Gill says he suffered retaliation after he raised the alarm about fraud at German payments giant Wirecard. His startup Confide aims to protect future whistleblowers from harm. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.26.2024
Reddit’s IPO Filing Is Missing Something: Cofounder Alexis Ohanian
Only one of Reddit's two cofounders is named in a new filing that puts the company weeks away from going public. Ohanian and Steve Huffman, now CEO, fell out in 2020. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
02.23.2024
OpenAI’s Sora Turns AI Prompts Into Photorealistic Videos
OpenAI's entry into generative AI video is an impressive first step. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.22.2024
Apple Pulls Popular Movie Piracy App Kimi From the App Store
Before it disappeared on Tuesday, Kimi enabled iPhone owners to stream illegal bootlegs of popular movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.21.2024
This Tiny Website Is Google’s First Line of Defense in the Patent Wars
TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.20.2024
Google’s Flagship AI Model Gets a Mighty Fast Upgrade
Just two months after Alphabet made its Gemini AI model public, it’s rolling out a new version that can handle several times as much audio, video, and text input as GPT-4. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
02.19.2024
The Puzzling Testimony of Craig Wright, Self-Styled Inventor of Bitcoin
In a lengthy cross-examination in the UK High Court, Craig Wright rejected all claims he had forged and manipulated evidence that indicate he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.16.2024
Some People Actually Kind of Love Deepfakes
AI fakes are a disinformation menace. But some politicians, executives, and academics see them as a way to extend their reach. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.15.2024
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory
ChatGPT is now like a first date who never forgets the details. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.14.2024
Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries
Roughly half of the world’s emissions currently can’t be reduced, yet green investment continues to avoid the sectors that need the most help—manufacturing, agriculture, and the built environment. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.13.2024
Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot
Self-righteous chatbot Goody-2 was built to take AI guardrails to an illogical extreme. The artists behind the project say there’s a serious point behind the gag. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.12.2024
How to Get Gemini Advanced, Google's Subscription-Only AI Chatbot
Google's answer to ChatGPT Plus gives you access to Gemini Advanced, its most powerful chatbot yet. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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WIRED Business episodes:

Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains

Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline

Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession

Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams

Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Found Liable for Multi-Billion-Dollar Fraud

No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs

The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets

Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired

The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island

Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People

To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light

One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem

Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians

TikTok Shop’s Era of Super Subsidies Is Ending

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

The Antitrust Case Against Apple Argues It Has a Stranglehold on the Future

The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now

Here Comes the Flood of Plug-In Hybrids

The EU Targets Apple, Meta, and Alphabet for Investigations Under New Tech Law

The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino

Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Here's Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content

Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules

Reddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fears

What’s Behind the Bitcoin Price Surge? Vibes, Mostly

Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future

Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play Goat Simulator 3

Elon Musk Gave Himself No Choice but to Open Source His Chatbot Grok

Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras

5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance

The Fear That Inspired the Creation of OpenAI

The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators

The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Breach of Contract

Here Come the AI Worms

The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started

Amazon Just Got Banned From the EU Parliament

The US Supreme Court Holds the Future of the Internet in Its Hands

He Helped Expose Wirecard's Fraud. Now His Startup Tries to Make Whistleblowing Safer

Reddit’s IPO Filing Is Missing Something: Cofounder Alexis Ohanian

OpenAI’s Sora Turns AI Prompts Into Photorealistic Videos

Apple Pulls Popular Movie Piracy App Kimi From the App Store

This Tiny Website Is Google’s First Line of Defense in the Patent Wars

Google’s Flagship AI Model Gets a Mighty Fast Upgrade

The Puzzling Testimony of Craig Wright, Self-Styled Inventor of Bitcoin

Some People Actually Kind of Love Deepfakes

OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory

Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries

Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot

How to Get Gemini Advanced, Google's Subscription-Only AI Chatbot