NEW: The Trump admin clamped down on Anthropic following a spat over the company granting South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom access to Claude Mythos.
Why? US officials were concerned the company may have ties to China.
How many lessons does this story pack?!
- If you ever thought everyone obeys the will of Xi, consider what this says about workarounds.
- 上有政策下有对策
- And they have a sense of humor about it
- Tesla “safety” theater
- ”AI” guardrails vs user innovation
- Online discourse in China—a goldmine
NEW from me, @peard33.bsky.social, and @lmatsakis.bsky.social: Immigration agents have detained a Meta worker who recently lost their job in a massive round of layoffs, according to documents we viewed www.wired.com/story/meta-l...
SCOOP: The White House put export controls on Anthropic following a dispute over Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom's access to Mythos. Officials were concerned about what they believed were SK Telecom's ties to China, sources tell WIRED. w/ @mzeff.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/sk-tel...
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China.
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scoop: a former Meta employee who lost their job in the company’s recent layoffs was detained by ICE in El Paso, Texas, sources tell WIRED. It’s unclear whether they remain in custody.
w/ @laurengoode.bsky.social & @peard33.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/meta-l...
I'm completely OBSESSED with cyberdecks and was so delighted to read this from @thiccreese.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cyberd...
SCOOP from @telliotter.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social: RightsCon, the world’s largest digital rights conference, was canceled this year due to pressure from the Chinese government, which didn't want people from Taiwan to participate www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
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Colleagues discussed the incident on internal message boards, according to documents seen by WIRED.
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China.
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Colleagues discussed the incident on internal message boards, according to documents seen by WIRED.
On TikTok, young women are going viral for crafting whimsical homemade computers inside purses.
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Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.
In China, for $30, you can have Dwayne Johnson drive your Tesla.
Sounds too cheap to be true? Well, what you’re actually buying is a tiny replica of The Rock's head sitting above the rearview mirror and tricking Tesla into thinking an attentive driver is behind the wheel while FSD is engaged.
