Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.

for privacy 404 media is blurring videos shared to the story but there was a clip we had of a flock condor camera following a man so closely we could see exactly what he was looking at on his phone a must read scoop:

🚀 We tested 5 leading AI image generators @washingtonpost.com to see which tool is truly the best at editing & creating visuals. From adding bangs to The Rock to removing people from photos — the results might surprise you 🧵👇

The first lawsuit against OpenAI that claims ChatGPT led to a murder www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

How interesting that OpenAI did not have to train a new video model to start generating Disney characters ... :| https://openai.com/index/disney-sora-agreement/

New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV. However, researchers are concerned AI companies could “set the models up to push for one side or another.”

I'm just a girl. Again standing in front of a megacap tech company. Asking them to stop using the word "factory" for things that are not factories. www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Does ChatGPT really love em dashes and say yes a lot? @jeremybmerrill.com analyzed more than 30,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations to find out. The data shows that ChatGPT's use of em dashes soared this year www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

In this video version of my Alex Karp interview, I get some words in edgewise--barely. But we do have a clash of viewpoints wherein he says tangling with me is like talking to his (progressive) parents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxW...

It's a good day....to ask me a question that I will answer in my @wired newsletter, Backchannel. Folks, what an opportunity! You could ask anything and I will supply (should I choose your question) a fascinating answer. Hit reply and ask away!

The great @dtkeating.bsky.social is retiring after 25+ years as a data reporter at the Post. He published his last story today, and true to form, it was a banger. With reporting from @arianaec.bsky.social, @lmelgar.bsky.social & Jahi Chikwendiu: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... A Wikipedia cofounder is fueling the right’s campaign against it

Missed out on a ticket to Peter Thiel's Antichrist lectures? Hear excerpts on this podcast

“Loyalty programs have really become backdoor laboratories for pricing…There's a lot more happening in the background that is targeting and squeezing each consumer's willingness to pay.”

"A spokesman for Thiel said: 'Peter doesn’t believe Trump is the Antichrist.'" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Just ran some evals on Claude Sonnet 4.5. It's better than 4 on some but worse on a lot. LLM progress is so weird. You really gotta test this stuff on what you care about.

CHOTINER: And you thought it would be funny to do a fake interview by me? ME: A lot of people have, so CHOTINER: You were looking for engagement? ME: Well, to make someone laugh I guess CHOTINER: How many likes and reposts did it get? ME: That's, uh, not really the metric...look can we start over

Pete Hegseth has summoned every general and admiral in the US military around the world to an *in person* meeting next week. And he’s given no reason. That’s basically unprecedented. There’s lots of reasons you don’t do it, too – not least that it’s bound to make the rest of the world twitchy.

When he named Brendan Carr as his FCC chair, Trump called him a "warrior for free speech." We wrote about how he has become a warrior against it. Gift link: wapo.st/4pxe2t0

OpenAI won't say whose content it used to train its video generator Sora. Here are some clues. Gift link: wapo.st/3KeqLR0

Top story on @washingtonpost.com this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Who's using ChatGPT?

"The complaint filed by Juliana’s parents is the third high-profile case in the past year brought by a U.S. family alleging that an AI chatbot contributed to a teen’s death by suicide." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

A new wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Character AI and Google are liable for the death by suicide of a 13-year-old girl in Colorado, Juliana Peralta This is the third wrongful death claim against a popular AI app for a teen's death by suicide this year www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Visceral closeup videos of Charlie Kirk getting shot in the neck were everywhere on social media. A lot of parents were not pleased that mainstream social apps’ algorithms showed it to their kids. Story today by @tatumhunter.bsky.social & me (gift link): wapo.st/4n6oBSi

I asked Bluesky how it's moderating graphic videos of the Charlie Kirk assassination, as well as responses that glorify violence or call for retribution. From a Bluesky spokesperson: "We're suspending accounts that are encouraging violence; we are taking down close-up videos of the event."

Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. A @washingtonpost.com probe into these mass retractions found key links between the bogus writer “Margaux Blanchard” and another individual, suggesting a broader scheme. Here’s what I found: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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New: My deep dive into the business of AI slop. wapo.st/4mFECxC

A horrifying investigation into the chart crime scene that is the AI industry by @shiraovide.bsky.social, with top notch illustration from the great Elena Lacey www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Meta fired its fact-checkers, citing concerns of liberal bias, and replaced them with a version of X's "Community Notes." How's that going? Well, my coworker @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social proposed 65 fact-checks debunking false posts... and only 3 got approved. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Wired rules. Just an incredible group of journalists who are completely meeting the moment. And you can subscribe for $2 a month, which is insane www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

New: As Trump prepares to unveil his "AI Action Plan," more than 80 labor, environmental, consumer and tech watchdog groups have signed on to a "People's AI Action Plan" that calls for regulations that put ordinary people's interests over those of the industry. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

UK government minister: AGI by 2029 Also UK government: HS2 high speed rail project won't be complete until sometime after 2033 www.learningfromexamples.com/p/the-uk-exp...

New from me. Hope you’ll give it a read www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New: If a person spewed Nazi garbage like Grok, they'd get fired in an instant. Elon Musk's chatbot just got a promotion. Why don't companies face any consequences for AI disasters? There might be a few ways to turn the tide ... wapo.st/4095Rbh

Google co-founder Sergey Brin called the U.N. “transparently antisemitic” in an internal forum for employees. His comments came in response to a U.N. report that alleged technology firms profited from “the genocide carried out by Israel” in Gaza.

new from me and @gerritd.bsky.social wapo.st/4lg3pIh (gift link) on an internal forum for Google Deepmind employees, Sergey Brin called the UN a “transparently antisemitic organization” after a new UN report accused tech companies of profiting from genocide in Gaza

Scoop: Google cofounder Sergey Brin branded the United Nations "transparently antisemitic" on an internal company message board, in comments that left some staff confused and upset www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... via @gerritd.bsky.social @nitasha.bsky.social

In a stunning reversal, the Senate voted 99-1 this morning to strip from Trump's big bill a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations. Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG

Good thread that serves as a cautionary tale for using AI at work even in ways that seem to be the intended uses (and often even encouraged by bosses). Please don’t dunk on OP, we need more people like him admitting to this kind of thing openly and honestly.

A lot of people say generative AI shouldn't infringe on copyright. These researchers actually tried to do it. The result: an 8 terabyte dataset of text that's openly licensed or in the public domain & 7 B parameter model that performs as well as Meta's Llama 7B www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

All the maneuvers Musk has used on Trump's critics — the trolls, the memes, the brigading, the insinuations of personal scandal — were suddenly deployed against Trump, making for an extremely awkward yet perversely entertaining day on X. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

AI chatbots now rival social media for the stickiest apps by time spent -- but AI companions and girlfriends/boyfriends soak up much much more of their users' time than do ChatGPT and Claude

AI is speedrunning the social media era by optimizing chatbots for engagement, user feedback, time spent. Evidence is mounting that this poses unintended risks, includ. chats from peer-reviewed research, OpenAI's "sycophancy" debacle, & Character ai lawsuits www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Chatbots optimized to keep you chatting have the potential to hack human attention and emotions much more powerfully than social media ever could www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... via @nitasha.bsky.social

Meta is a defense contractor. "The company announced on Thursday that it will work with defense technology start-up Anduril to offer the U.S. military and its allies technology for soldiers involving augmented reality and artificial intelligence software."

Breaking news: The Court of International Trade ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing tariffs on all imported goods. The president invoked a 1977 law that granted him emergency powers over the economy.