The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
When the history of AI is written, Steven Adler may just end up being its Paul Revere—or at least, one of them—when it comes to safety. Last month Adler, who…
Alex Karp Goes to War
Alex Karp and I would not seem to have much in common. I work for WIRED, which does tough reporting on Trumpworld; Karp is the CEO of Palantir, a $450…
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
Apple has removed two of the most popular gay dating apps in China from the App Store after receiving an order from China’s main internet regulator and censorship authority, WIRED…
Welcome to Big Tech’s ‘Age of Extraction’
Growing up in Toronto, Tim Wu had a classmate who was the progeny of Communist parents. His name was Cory Doctorow. Yes, the same guy who just published a book…
TikTok Shop Is Now the Size of eBay
Despite the never-ending drama over whether to ban the app, President Donald Trump’s volatile tariff regime, and executive shake-ups, TikTok’s ecommerce division is still seeing massive growth. TikTok doesn’t disclose…
Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data
Some US tech giants are abandoning their decade-long practice of publishing statistics about the gender and racial makeup of their workforce. Google, which helped pioneer the release of annual diversity,…
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
On Thursday, Tesla shareholders approved an unprecedented $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk. The full compensation plan will go into effect by 2035—assuming Musk and the company successfully…
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
The email also asks the Zuckerbergs to, “ideally stop—but at a minimum give us extended breaks from—the acquisition, demolition and construction cycle to let the neighborhood recover from the last…
The AI Data Center Boom Is Warping the US Economy
The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, and…
Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Small Army of Workers—to Train Robots
The real question is how effectively AgiBot’s algorithms can teach its robots new tricks. Using reinforcement learning to teach a robot tasks that require improvisation generally requires a lot of…