Can’t Afford a House? Buy a Piece of One Instead
Nancy Chockley’s $12 million home sits next to a ski slope in Vail, Colorado. It has a chef’s kitchen with sleek appliances, a family room with...
Google Thinks It Can Cash In on Generative AI. Microsoft Already Has
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says...
Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet
The Federal Communications Commission has voted—once again—to assert its power to oversee and regulate the activities of the broadband industry in the United States. In a...
Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels
Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta’s decision last week to release Llama 3, a powerful open source large language model that anyone can...
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Crypto’s Role in Child Sexual Abuse
US senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy have called for the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to redouble efforts to stop the use...
Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram
However, 3,000 ads for “AI girlfriends” and 1,100 containing “NSFW” were live on April 23, according to Meta’s ad library. WIRED’s initial review found that Hush,...
TikTok’s Creator Economy Stares Into the Abyss
The US Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that allows the government to ban TikTok within a year if it doesn’t make meaningful progress toward separating...
The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
The news spread, first with an item on Fox News and then in outlets all over the world. Jason was so high on enthusiasm for the...
Noncompetes Are Dead—and Tech Workers Are Free to Roam
More US workers will soon be free to leave their employers to work for rivals, thanks to a new federal rule that will block the long-standing...
Tesla Promises ‘More Affordable Models’ and a ‘Cybercab’
Tesla is accelerating plans for a lineup of new electric vehicles, including “more affordable models,” the automaker said in a memo to investors Tuesday. New models...