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look how that worked out! www.wired.com/story/anthro...
For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of where American troops sleep, work, and store nuclear weapons. Now the bill has come due in a war zone.
My latest at @wired.com
Pediatricians in Utah are trying to adjust to this sad, new reality.
One doctor teared up talking about an unvaccinated toddler who died in her care from whooping cough.
“It’s hard,” she said, “because I also see how much grief these parents are holding.”
www.wired.com/story/anguis...
Before long, many gig workers in the US may start delivering reality to make ends meet, as well as the typical room-temperature takeout.
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“Having stripped them of their clothes, xAI now seeks to strip Plaintiffs of their pseudonyms" www.wired.com/story/xai-as...
"WIRED reviewed hundreds of public Grok Imagine links hosted on Grok.com and found dozens led to sexualized AI images and videos, including those created without the subject’s consent." really difficult but important work from @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
Love the Knicks, but a reminder of how the Garden’s ownership approaches security.
Condé Nast shit the bed so hard when it fired four journalists last year that it's now settled with the union and given three out of the four reporters "two years’ pay and furnished [them] with positive letters of recommendation."
UNIONS, PEOPLE. UNIONS!
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Debt is rising in the United States. Now, when you owe money, you're likely to get a phone call from an AI collector asking you to pay up—sometimes even when you *don't* owe anything:
www.wired.com/story/ai-tak...
NEW: Criminals are stealing real hotel and vacation rental booking details to target travelers with spear-phishing attacks. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/hundre...
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.
Cooking. Doing laundry. Tidying up. All your household tasks can be turned into data to train future humanoids—if you’re prepared for the consequences.
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.