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This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (344+ words) Services like OpenClaw are at peak hype right now, but my hope is that there's an opportunity to say, "Well, this is probably not how we want to do it," Provos says. Instead, let's develop something that still gives you…...
Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI
21+ hour, 34+ min ago (200+ words) Riley Walz, a software engineer famous for his online stunts, is joining OpenAI to research and develop new ways for humans to interact with AI, WIRED has learned. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the hire. Now, Walz's skills creating novel web…...
OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (364+ words) In San Francisco, it feels like OpenClaw is everywhere. Even, potentially, some places it's not designed to be. According to posts on social media, people appear to be using the viral AI tool to scrape websites and access information, even…...
Gemini Can Now Book You an Uber or Order a DoorDash Meal on Your Phone. Here’s How It Works
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (505+ words) You might be feeling d'j" vu. A decade ago, companies like Google and Apple made promises that their respective voice assistants could complete tasks on your behalf. Apple said Siri could request an Uber'try it today, and Siri just opens…...
How to Hide Google’s AI Overviews From Your Search Results
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (334+ words) People find Search more helpful with AI Overviews, and they're coming back to search more as a result," a Google spokesperson tells WIRED. We offer a "web" filter to see links only, but people only use it for a tiny…...
Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (252+ words) If you're looking to make $10,000, the Fulu Foundation'a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features'is on the hunt for a way to use Ring cameras while preventing them from sending data to Amazon. And the Mexican city of…...
You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (464+ words) I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft Store ever again....
Gmail Is Killing POP and Gmailify Access. Here’s What It Means for You
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (711+ words) Google giveth, and Google taketh away. Two long-standing features are being removed from Gmail, and they both relate to how you access messages from other, non-Google email accounts through the Gmail interface. The features we're talking about are Gmailify and…...
A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (584+ words) Usually, when you see a feel-good story about finding a lost dog, you don't immediately react with fear and revulsion. But that was indeed the case in response to a Super Bowl commercial from Amazon-owned security camera company Ring. There's…...
Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (414+ words) Code Metal, a Boston-based startup that uses AI to write code and translate it into other programming languages, just closed a $125 million Series B funding round from new and existing investors. The news comes just a few months after the…...