Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks
OpenAI said Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a 'breach of trust,' defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of putting interests before safety.
1 in 3 young Canadians use AI once a month for mental health, report shows
One in three young Canadians, say they regularly use generative AI tools at least once a month to support their mental health, a new survey said on Friday.
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
In its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.
Inside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spree
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo.
She Designed Meta’s New AI Logo. Then Came the Hate
Jessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.
Consultants for Hydro-Québec defend proposal to double energy costs for data centres
The analysts from energy and climate consulting firm Dunsky delivered this message at a public hearing reviewing Hydro-Québec's proposal to hike rates charged to data centres.
Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’
The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for years, sources tell WIRED.
These Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Out
Three engineers put GPT, Claude, and Grok in charge of a real car. Only one of them was successful.
The New ChatGPT Is More Show Than Tell
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT for all users with an “Intelligent UI” that’s more visual—generating interactive elements as part of the chatbot’s outputs.
The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos
The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
OpenAI Wants Its New Agent to Run Your Life. Mine Said It Loved Me
Dots are designed to automate online tasks, like buying furniture. In my initial experience, the always-on agent was a bit buggy and couldn’t complete a captcha.
Your Next Great Read Might Be Certified ‘Organic’
Amid a sea of AI writing slop, a new stamp for “organic literature” will help readers to pick out books authored by real, corn-fed, free-range humans.
Precisely launches unified AI data platform and AI Studio library of agents and apps
Data management software company Precisely Software Inc. today introduced the Precisely Platform, a unified system designed to make enterprise data ready for artificial intelligence. Developers als...
Dell’s AI Data Platform gets a knowledge graph for agents and faster Nvidia processing
Dell Technologies Inc. today expanded the Dell AI Data Platform with a semantic layer and a knowledge graph intended to give artificial intelligence agents trusted context from a company’s ow...
Signed-data pioneer SignSplit launches with $400M to help everyone get paid for their AI contributions
Few technology companies can help users to protect and monetize their personal data for artificial intelligence as well as SignSplit PBC, it seems. That explains why it has already secured a massiv...
In the age of AI, why Canadian travel agencies just saw revenues rise
The operating revenue of the travel arrangement and reservation services industry rose 8.8 per cent to $18.3 billion in 2025, Statistics Canada said in a report on Monday.
Database startup Supabase raises $150M, acquires Turso
Supabase Inc., a startup that commercializes the open-source PostgreSQL database, has raised $150 million in funding. Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund led the deal. It was joined by Alphabet...
Quebec Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime admits to using AI to write book
Duhaime, who previously worked as a columnist and radio host, said he used AI to structure his thoughts and that the ideas in the book are all his.
AI content ‘lacks the spark’ of human-made art, Pope Leo says
In May, Pope Leo wrote his first encyclical titled 'Magnifica Humanitas' (Magnificent Humanity), calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence.