‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government
The technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency who’s gone by the name “Big Balls” online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED.
US judge backs using copyrighted books to train AI
A US federal judge has sided with Anthropic regarding training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books without authors’ permission, a decision with the potential to set a major legal precedent in AI deployment.
Beyond static AI: MIT’s new framework lets models teach themselves
MIT researchers developed SEAL, a framework that lets language models continuously learn new knowledge and tasks.Read More
Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space
The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens.
Affordances in the brain: The human superpower AI hasn’t mastered
Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our brains automatically understand how we can move through different environments—whether it’s swimming in a lake or walking a path—without conscious thought. These “action possibilities,” or affordances, light up specific brain regions independently of what’s visually present. In contrast, AI models like ChatGPT still struggle with these …
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From fear to fluency: Why empathy is the missing ingredient in AI rollouts
Empathy and trust are not optional. They are essential for scaling change and encouraging innovation, particularly in this age of AI.Read More
What Satellite Images Reveal About the US Bombing of Iran’s Nuclear Sites
The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.
Half of today’s jobs could vanish—Here’s how smart countries are future-proofing workers
AI is revolutionizing the job landscape, prompting nations worldwide to prepare their workforces for dramatic changes. A University of Georgia study evaluated 50 countries’ national AI strategies and found significant differences in how governments prioritize education and workforce training. While many jobs could disappear in the coming decades, new careers requiring advanced AI skills are …
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Cloud quantum computing: A trillion-dollar opportunity with dangerous hidden risks
GUEST: Quantum computing (QC) brings with it a mix of groundbreaking possibilities and significant risks. Major tech players like IBM, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have already rolled out commercial QC cloud services, while specialized firms like Quantinuum and PsiQuantum have quickly achieved unicorn status. Experts predict that the global QC mark…Read More
Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing
The social network started experiencing global outages within minutes of Donald Trump posting details of a US military strike on Iran.