2 clear and consistent paths toward effective, accelerated AI regulation
Smart AI regulation can strike a balance between innovation and governance and protect businesses from unnecessary risk.Read More
Best Ebook Subscription and Audiobook Services (2023)
You can read countless ebooks, listen to audiobooks, and browse comics with one of these WIRED-tested digital reading subscriptions.
A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity
In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli.
15 Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online (2023)
We’ve spent months and years testing dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, and certified organic mattresses.
Scientists use A.I.-generated images to map visual functions in the brain
Researchers have demonstrated the use of AI-selected natural images and AI-generated synthetic images as neuroscientific tools for probing the visual processing areas of the brain. The goal is to apply a data-driven approach to understand how vision is organized while potentially removing biases that may arise when looking at responses to a more limited set of …
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Researchers have taught an algorithm to ‘taste’
For non-connoisseurs, picking out a bottle of wine can be challenging when scanning an array of unfamiliar labels on the shop shelf. What does it taste like? What was the last one I bought that tasted so good?
Goodbye, graphic designers? COLE combines multiple AIs to generate editable designs on demand
The researchers tested COLE on 200 different graphic design projects, from advertisements to event promotions and marketing materials.Read More
These Clues Hint at the True Nature of OpenAI’s Shadowy Q* Project
Reports of a mysterious breakthrough called Q* at OpenAI sparked anxious rumors. AI experts say it’s probably just a conventional attempt to make ChatGPT a little smarter.
An AI-based approach to microgrids that can restore power more efficiently and reliably in an outage
It’s a story that’s become all too familiar—high winds knock out a power line, and a community can go without power for hours to days, an inconvenience at best and a dangerous situation at worst. UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yu Zhang and his lab are leveraging tools to improve …
Sam Altman Officially Returns to OpenAI—With New Board Seat for Microsoft
The CEO’s memo to staff announces a non-voting seat for Microsoft but leaves questions about the future of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.