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WIRED
5 days ago
âThe Amazing Digital Circusâ finale will hit more than 4,000 theaters around the world Thursday. Two weeks later itâll be on YouTube, bucking Hollywood trends and testing the power of online fandom.
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A Viral YouTube Show About an Unhinged AI Is Hitting Theaters. Itâs a Big Test for Hollywood
âThe Amazing Digital Circusâ finale will hit more than 4,000 theaters around the world Thursday. Two weeks later itâll be on YouTube, bucking Hollywood trends and testing the power of online fandom.
https://wrd.cm/4x5f6YN
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11 days ago
Love it or hate it, AI has been embraced by corporate America. You might not be able to stop your boss from demanding that you use it, but you can try to understand its promise and its limitations. As we like to say here at WIRED: AI or Die Trying!
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12 days ago
đNew package! We know you are confused, angry, invigorated or maybe paralyzed by corporate America's embrace of AI. So we wrote a bunch of stories, made a bunch of videos, added quizzes and made a whole mandatory AI training
www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...
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Take This Mandatory AI Workplace Training Right Nowâor Else
AI could make you redundant. Hereâs what you need to know.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-or-die-trying/
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Katie Drummond
19 days ago
For the @wired.com Big Interview this week, I interviewed California gubernatorial hopeful and billionaire Tom Steyer. It was a tough hang for many reasons, but particularly because he didn't know who he was talking to.
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Tom Steyer Wants to Save California From Billionaires. But Also Doesnât Want Them to Leave
The hedge fund billionaire turned gubernatorial candidate wants to tax Californiaâs ultrawealthy, regulate AI, and keep Silicon Valley happy at the same time. Good luck with that.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-tom-steyer/
19 days ago
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james factora
29 days ago
hi, as some of you know Them was sold last month and i was laid off as a result. this is a gofundme for myself and my colleagues who have been impacted, pls share and donate if you feel called <3
www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...
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Donate to Support Laid-Off Them Staff, CondĂ© Nastâs Former LGBTQ Pub, organized by Catherine Mhloyi
On April 15, Them officially was officially sold by our paren⊠Catherine Mhloyi needs your support for Support Laid-Off Them Staff, CondĂ© Nastâs Former LGBTQ Pub
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-laidoff-them-staff-conde-nasts-former-lgbtq-pub
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NEW: Huge thanks to
@regret.bsky.social
who did an ASAP analysis of the FCC complaints I FOIAâd about Bad Bunnyâs Super Bowl halftime show.
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The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunnyâs âVulgarâ Super Bowl Performance
The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunnyâs performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish.
https://www.wired.com/story/bad-bunny-super-bowl-fcc-complaints/
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Manisha Krishnan
26 days ago
Hundreds of people complained to the FCC that Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was too horny, including people who admitted they had to look up translations of the lyrics in order to be upset. via FOIA and
@waterslicer.bsky.social
and
@regret.bsky.social
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The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunnyâs âVulgarâ Super Bowl Performance
The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunnyâs performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish.
https://www.wired.com/story/bad-bunny-super-bowl-fcc-complaints/
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DJ Jackson
29 days ago
BTS photos I took during our @wired shoot with Billie Eilish. You can read the story by
@waterslicer.bsky.social
here:
www.wired.com/story/billie...
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about 1 month ago
New: After banning its content from new users in the UK, Pornhub is restoring access to adults there who age verify via Appleâthe company has long been pushing for device-based age verification:
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Pornhub Restores Access for UK Adults Who Use Appleâs Age Verification
The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure than third-party sites.
https://www.wired.com/story/pornhub-restores-access-for-uk-adults-who-use-apples-age-verification/
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âLooksmaxxing is out. Being hot is a state of mind.â
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The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenbergâs Online Superstardom? Control
The host of âChicken Shop Dateâ joined WIREDâs âBig Interviewâ podcast to talk about turning down bad deals, beating the algorithm, and the importance of being over-prepared.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-amelia-dimoldenberg/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
âIâve worked on Wall Street. Iâve worked in the government. Iâve worked at a nonprofit trying to pass tougher rules on banks and Big Tech. I joke that Iâve cased the joint, and now Iâm ready for the heistâexcept itâs not a heist, because itâs our money. They stole it first.â
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A Federal Worker Was Fired for Filming DOGE. Now Sheâs Running for Congress
Alexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGEâs incursion into the agency.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-federal-worker-was-fired-for-filming-doge-now-shes-running-for-congress/
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Cyberdecks!
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The Hottest Anti-AI Gadget Is a Cyberdeck
On TikTok, young women are going viral for crafting whimsical homemade computers inside purses.
https://www.wired.com/story/cyberdecks-tiktok-ube-boobey-diy-computer-gadget/
about 1 month ago
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TIRED: Cocaine Bear WIRED:
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Scientists Gave Cocaine to Salmon and You Will Absolutely Believe What Happened Next
After scientists exposed wild fish to cocaine and a cocaine metabolite, they observed that, as in the lab, fish on cocaine do not act like normal fish.
https://www.wired.com/story/cocaine-fueled-wild-salmon-swam-twice-as-far-as-sober-ones/
about 1 month ago
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If you, like me, have been following the D4vd story rapt, you need to read this
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They Made D4vd a Star. Now They Want Him Convicted of Murder
A legion of young fans propelled the singer D4vd to viral fame. Now that heâs been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, they say the clues were in their Discord all along.
https://www.wired.com/d4vd-david-burke-celeste-rivas-hernandez-murder/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_042326_UNPAID&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_042326_UNPAID&bxid=5db6fe9a3f92a422ead391ae&cndid=13869573&hasha=0157ef536464ad774e968db4941ce396&hashc=8e3a71512d7b6e8af93d02929a2c2b874f88eeacfdb7fa6a9a7b7310ce4e270c&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_DAILY_UNPAID
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Parker Molloy
about 2 months ago
This story is crazy! The Jim Dolan had a Knicks fan obsessively monitored at games just because she was trans.
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Absolutely monster story here from
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
and
@robertsilverman.bsky.social
on the surveillance tactics used at MSG.
www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/
about 2 months ago
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Rarely does
@wired.com
solve mysteries with book excerpts. This one, which reveals how a disguised man with a mysterious buzzing bulge calling himself âJohn von Neumannâ played a grandmaster to a draw, is an exception. It was fun to edit. Hope you enjoy reading it.
www.wired.com/story/book-e...
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The Gamblers Behind One of the Weirdest Cheating Mysteries in Chess Have Been Unmasked
In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician who died in 1957. His real identity remained unknownâuntil now.
https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-lucky-devils-1993-chess-mystery-solved/
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the countryâs toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valleyâs biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.
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Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the countryâs toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valleyâs biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-new-york-state-representative-alex-bores/
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âThis kind of marketing seems to be what it takes to cut through the algorithmic noise.â
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about 2 months ago
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Really smart piece from Kate here on prediction markets and tax season
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2 months ago
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âAnd how did I feel, physically? In a word, dear reader: unwell.â
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I Took RFK Jr.âs Advice and Ate Nothing but High-Protein Foods for a Week
From forcing down chewy, bacon-flavored Man Cereal to vomiting at the office, buying into the MAHA protein craze was a challenging endeavor.
https://www.wired.com/story/i-took-rfk-jrs-advice-and-ate-nothing-but-high-protein-foods-for-a-week/
2 months ago
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Kathleen Kennedy says AFI is starting to work AI into the curriculum. She talked about it with the dean and asked: âHow are you going to teach taste?â Good stuff from
@johnsemley3000.bsky.social
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âThank You for Generating With Us!â Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train
Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy was one of the few skeptics at the Runway AI Summit, where AI was compared to fire and the printing press just a week after Soraâs death.
https://www.wired.com/story/thank-you-for-generating-with-us-hollywoods-ai-acolytes-stay-on-the-hype-train/
2 months ago
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Manisha Krishnan
2 months ago
Is woke really back??? (no but
@milesklee.bsky.social
story is still a fun read):
www.wired.com/story/the-pr...
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Woke Isn't Back
Progressives are dreaming about âWoke 2ââa new political order that rights the wrongs of the Trump administration. Does it have a shot?
https://www.wired.com/story/the-promise-of-woke-2-is-fueling-a-leftist-fever-dream/
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Really appreciate this incredible endorsement of
@wired.com
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@maddow.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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Given that thereâs another No Kings protest this weekend, Iâd like to point you to
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
âs wonderful
@wired.com
piece on the online origins of the movement.
www.wired.com/story/techno...
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The Online Tools That Fueled âNo Kingsâ and the Trump Resistance
Social media platforms, collaborative online tools, and encrypted messaging are all helping to power a massive, decentralized resistance to the Trump administration.
https://www.wired.com/story/technology-tools-donald-trump-resistance/
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Andy Greenberg
2 months ago
Given the news that Iranian hacker group Handala breached FBI director Kash Patel's personal email, here's our profile from earlier this month of the group, which despite its hacktivist rhetoric is widely believed to be a front for Iranian intelligence.
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How âHandalaâ Became the Face of Iranâs Hacker Counterattacks
Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran's use of âhacktivismâ as cover for chaotic, retaliatory state-sponsored cyberattacks.
https://www.wired.com/story/handala-hacker-group-iran-us-israel-war/
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Given that thereâs another No Kings protest this weekend, Iâd like to point you to
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
âs wonderful
@wired.com
piece on the online origins of the movement.
www.wired.com/story/techno...
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The Online Tools That Fueled âNo Kingsâ and the Trump Resistance
Social media platforms, collaborative online tools, and encrypted messaging are all helping to power a massive, decentralized resistance to the Trump administration.
https://www.wired.com/story/technology-tools-donald-trump-resistance/
2 months ago
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Since the cursive discourse is back Iâm going to go ahead and tap the sign.
www.wired.com/story/the-en...
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The End of Handwriting
For years, smartphones and computers have threatened to erase writing by hand. Would that be so bad?
https://www.wired.com/story/the-end-of-handwriting/
2 months ago
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âThe war is not over. The casualties are not the way they were before. Theyâre isolated incidents, but theyâre still happening.â Important story from
@attackerman.bsky.social
today on what doctors are seeing in Gaza.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical suppliesâand treat new casualties of war.
https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-war-al-shifa-hospital-ghosts/
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical suppliesâand treat new casualties of war.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical suppliesâand treat new casualties of war.
https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-war-al-shifa-hospital-ghosts/
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Reyhan Harmanci
2 months ago
Important story from
@attackerman.bsky.social
about what doctors have seen in Gaza since the ceasefire. The wounds have not healed.
www.wired.com/story/gaza-w...
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical suppliesâand treat new casualties of war.
https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-war-al-shifa-hospital-ghosts/
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jason
2 months ago
"Across social media, people have expressed that Sora is yet another example of techies manufacturing supply when there isnât even a demand." r.i.p. sora lol from 2025:
www.wired.com/story/the-bl...
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The Blurred Truths of Sora
Many will assume that OpenAIâs Sora app represents a new era of social media. But thatâs wrongâall it does is reanimate our current one.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-blurred-truths-of-sora/
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Lauren Goode
2 months ago
Huge news in chip world: ARM is now making its own chips
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Arm Is Now Making Its Own Chips
The chip design firm says Meta, OpenAI, Cerebras, and Cloudflare are among the first customers of its new artificial intelligence hardware.
https://www.wired.com/story/chip-design-firm-arm-is-making-its-own-ai-cpu/
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If you, like me, spend a lot of time thinking about how hard it is to get people to pay attention to whatâs happening in the world then this conversation between
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
and
@katie-drummond.bsky.social
is for you.
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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Chris Hayes Has Some Advice for Keeping Up With the News
The host of MS Nowâs âAll In,â knows how hard it is to stay current. But he also knows where you should focus your attentionâand it starts with a sober view of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-chris-hayes/
2 months ago
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Adam Bumas
2 months ago
The Epic layoffs today are another sign of the same reason we're all talking about DLSS 5. The video game industry is showing signs of a mass extinction - a death stranding, so to speak. I wrote about it last week:
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The death stranding of the video game industry
Read to the end for The Peg
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-death-stranding-of-the-video-game-industry
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Another excitingâand slightly terrifyingâbook excerpt on
@wired.com
today: A chapter from
@profferguson.bsky.social
âs new book âYour Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillanceâ. Read it here.
www.wired.com/story/book-e...
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Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy
Attachment to smart devices and biometric surveillance leaves Americans more vulnerable to police searches than ever. Left unchecked it will only get worse.
https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-your-data-will-be-used-against-you-andrew-guthrie-ferguson/
2 months ago
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3 months ago
NEW: from pickup artists filming drunk women to pranks on retail workers,
@milesklee.bsky.social
looked at how Meta Ray-Bans are making annoying men everyone's problem:
www.wired.com/story/the-ri...
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The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-ray-ban-meta-creep/
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âGirl, when will we ever be in the Polymarket bar eating pizza again?â
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Polymarketâs Coming-Out Party in Washington Was a Disaster
At the Polymarket pop-up in DC, attendees were supposed to be able to bet on geopolitical crises in real time with their friends. That didnât happen.
https://www.wired.com/story/polymarket-wanted-a-coming-out-party-in-washington-it-was-a-disaster/
3 months ago
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Katie Drummond
3 months ago
We talked to eyewitnesses about the ICE takeover of American airports:
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ICE Invades Airports Across the US
Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-invades-airports-across-the-us/
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If you see anything at a US airport today, please reach out to Tori.
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3 months ago
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We have a great excerpt from Katrina Mansonâs âProject Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfareâ on
@wired.com
today. Itâs a must-read if youâre interested in AIâs use in war.
www.wired.com/story/projec...
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Meet the Gods of AI Warfare
In its early days, the AI initiative known as Project Maven had its fair share of skeptics at the Pentagon. Today, many of them are true believers.
https://www.wired.com/story/project-maven-katrina-manson-book-excerpt/
3 months ago
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Andy Greenberg
3 months ago
Feds just took down 4 botnets, including the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets that carried out record-breaking DDOS attacks peaking at 30+ terabits per second, nearly three times the previous record. DOJ says the botnets had hijacked more than three million devices.
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US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting more than 3 million devices in total, according to the US Justice Department.
https://www.wired.com/story/us-takes-down-botnets-used-in-record-breaking-cyberattacks/
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3 months ago
We talked to a teen who runs a "slander page" about his high school teachers, using AI to have staff sing and dance alongside Epstein and Netanyahuâor simply call them predators and cucks:
www.wired.com/story/teens-...
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Teens Are Using AI-Fueled âSlander Pagesâ to Mock Their Teachers
Viral student-run TikTok and Instagram accounts are using AI to make memes of school faculty comparing them to figures like Jeffrey Epstein and Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://www.wired.com/story/teens-are-using-ai-fueled-slander-pages-to-mock-their-teachers/
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3 months ago
Scoop: Grammarly is facing a class action lawsuit over its AI "expert review" tool, which presented advice from living and dead authors without their consent. Parent company Superhuman pulled the feature earlier today following backlash. by
@milesklee.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI âExpert Reviewâ Feature
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academicsâwithout their consent.
https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-facing-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-its-ai-expert-review-feature
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Kate Knibbs
3 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Blueskyâs board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
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Katie Drummond
3 months ago
I've been following Yann LeCun's career for almost (!) 20 years, since I was a little
@wired.com
intern covering his research. He's the real deal, and uniquely unfiltered as tech leaders go. Very curious to see what this company gets up to (even though, yes, $1B is insane):
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Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Metaâs former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, aims to prove it.
https://www.wired.com/story/yann-lecun-raises-dollar1-billion-to-build-ai-that-understands-the-physical-world/
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Miles Klee đŠ
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Once a simple proofreading tool, Grammarly is now bristling with AI features and a suite of "expert" agents based on the works of real authors. But the company doesn't ask permission and in some cases offers feedback from virtual versions of dead writersâincluding one historian who died in January.
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Grammarly Is Offering âExpertâ AI Reviews From Your Favorite AuthorsâDead or Alive
The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writersâwithout their permission.
https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-offering-expert-ai-reviews-from-your-favorite-authors-dead-or-alive/
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Please enjoy
@stevenlevy.bsky.social
sparring with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour over whether or not taking a market position on Kalshi is the same as placing a bet.
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How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?
Kalshi lets you place bets on everything from football games to foreign invasions. The prediction marketâs CEO, Tarek Mansour, says this doesnât count as gamblingâand is actually good for society.
https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-tarek-mansour-kalshi/
3 months ago
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