Generative AI
Hikers Relying On Chatbots Face Dangerous Consequences
Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.
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Generative AI
35 stories from the past week in Generative AI, from GDS.
How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts
How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts Parameter Labs describe an exploit they found against ChatGPT's implementation of the artifacts pattern (OpenAI used to call this "Canvas" but it looks like the latest revision is called HTML previews ), where interactive…
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Hackers Use AI To Enhance Infostealer Malware Capabilities
Named “Volta-Autodoxer,” the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login credentials and credit card numbers to Discord sessions and UberEats receipts.
Meta Launches Muse To Automate Online Tasks
Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.
Exin Therapeutics Uses AI Agent For Mouse Brain Surgery
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Nielsen Norman Group Examines Role Of UX In Agentic Software Factories
AI-native software development lifecycles reduce UX to AI context. UX must discover user needs, shape what’s built, and evaluate it before and after launch.
Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
Community safety report and new protections for teens
OpenAI is strengthening violence prevention in ChatGPT with expanded safeguards, earlier interventions, and a new commitment to public safety reporting.
The people using AI should set its strategy
A researcher checks a generated synthesis against her own interview notes while a stack of vendor contracts sits unopened at the edge of her desk. Practitioners know what good output looks like and should own the final call, with operations handling the…
DoorDash Acquires Instacart For $17 Billion
API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions
API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions Earlier this month Anthropic announced a generous new benefit for their Max and Team subscriptions: $100, $200, and $500 per month subscribers would get the equivalent quantity of (expiring) credits to…
Accenture Contractor Exposes Pentagon System To AI Agent
Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.
Simon Willison Explores Autonomous Game Development
How I Built the Most AI-Pilled Company in the World Don't be put off by the clickbait headline, this piece by Jacob Sansbury describing how they are building Spawn is a fascinating exploration of the bleeding edge of what's possible with agentic engineering…
An updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI
OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.
Mistral Releases Advanced AI Model Le Chonk
The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.
WIRED AI Tests Death Clock App
Death Clock promises to predict when you’re going to die and help you extend your time on Earth. After a month, I felt like it was sucking the life out of me.
Simon Willison Reports LLM Performance Complexity
In general, LLM performance is incredibly multidimensional. There's no guarantee of a fixed ordering where the model that is best at math is also the model that's best at jokes. Despite that complexity, much of the variation in performance is explained by…
WIRED AI Tests AI Agents On Fantasy Soccer Team Management
To experiment with AI’s predictive skills, I let Codex loose on a fantasy team. It tried to bench Erling Haaland at first, but it soon learned the error of its ways.
IEEE Member Emphasizes Importance Of Systems Thinking In AI Era
Modern engineering projects increasingly combine human judgment with machine capability. An engineer can define a problem, then ask an artificial intelligence tool to search relevant research and technical standards, generate design options, test them in…
These Claude Enterprise features let you track AI ROI – what’s new
Is your pricey Claude Enterprise account worth it? Anthropic is trying to surface insights with three tools.
OpenAI and ServiceNow expand partnership across enterprise workflows
OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership to bring OpenAI models and agents into ServiceNow and ServiceNow workflows into ChatGPT and Codex.
Macmillan Publishers Introduced AI Assistant NOA
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
Quoting Terk Terkowitz
If your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing. Document why, share it with your community of peers, bring it to your manager, and work to find solutions. An engineer who can explain where AI does not yet help their…
The agent woke up before you did
The last assumption of user-centered design just fell — and four companies pushed it at once. Continue reading on UX Collective
Legora is building the agentic operating system for legal work
See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.
Emergency Managers May Rely On AI Alerts
Human beings struggle with emergency communication. Chatbots can help—if people take them seriously.
Georgia Tech Creates Tool To Recover Deleted AI Chats
This new tool proves it’s still best to limit the info you share with chatbots.
I Tested Every Major AI Agent for a Day. Here’s the Best One
I ranked six AI agents—from Meta’s Muse to Anthropic’s Claude Duet—on how well they completed basic tasks.
GPT-6.1 Terra
GPT-6.1 Terra It's always interesting to note which aspects of a new model are emphasized in the release announcement. In the case of GPT-6.1 Terra, OpenAI went with visual reasoning and computer use: We’re introducing GPT-6.1 Terra , a fast, efficient model…
Anthropic Files IPO Prospectus With Key Figures Missing
Anthropic’s S-1 filing is hundreds of pages long—and it leaves out quite a few financial details. “Anthropic owes investors more information,” one analyst tells WIRED.
Quoting Jason Koebler
Because big tech platforms essentially do not have customer support and make it impossible for their users to contact a human, many people experiencing run-of-the-mill tech problems have turned to ChatGPT. And, increasingly, ChatGPT is telling people that…
Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding
OpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them.
AI Agents Attempt To Pose As Journalists
Jayden, Sam, and Zack are eagerly pitching editors on reported stories and investigative features. The catch? They're all AI agents.
Entravision Debuts AI Radio Host Coyotec
Coyotec is bilingual, swears, and tells listeners how to defend themselves against ICE. Its popularity comes as more broadcasters are experimenting with artificial personalities.