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.
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.
Anthropic will give its frontier Claude models, engineers and threat research to the companies that guard critical infrastructure. That means power grids, water utilities and transport networks. The Critical Infrastructure Defense Program is the first part of the Anthropic Cyber Mission.
“Staggering.” “Overwhelming.” “Unprecedented.” “Surreal.” “Pure insanity.”
An antitrust lawsuit is being brought against McDonald’s alleging the chain is using dynamic AI pricing to rip off customers.
New winner is Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam for video of a roundworm and single-celled Dileptus.
Every car will one day need an AI driving system, just as it needs seatbelts and emergency braking, Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall said. He spoke with Stellantis chief executive Antonio Filosa at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas moderated.
The original Apple TV 4K from 2017 has just been added to Apple’s “vintage” products list. Here’s what that means. more…
Nikon says the video that originally won first place in its Small World in Motion contest “did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI.”
Revolut wants to grow beyond banking into a global tech company on the scale of the biggest US groups, but built in Europe, chief executive Nik Storonsky said. He spoke with Exor chief executive John Elkann at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled “Global Champions, European roots”.
With Apple prepping the launch of a monster 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studio, I’ve found the M5 Max machine on sale for us mortals who don’t need absolute power.
The Linux creator calls vibe coding ‘a wonderful way to find joy in programming,’ but not for running Linux development. (Finding bugs is OK.)
Sam Altman said OpenAI will put its mission ahead of its share price once it goes public, even if the stock “falls a lot”. The OpenAI chief executive said it in an interview with Vanity Fair, published on 5 October.
Some users are reporting that the new Kindles have a light leak issue that is especially apparent when using dark mode. The latest base-model Kindles have a flush bezel that gives them a sleek appearance and looks great… as long as you keep the lights on.
Anthropic says Claude users must not be “abusive or cruel” towards its Claude AI models.
Google has released Android Bench 2.0, a major update to its benchmark framework for evaluating AI models and agents on Android development tasks.
Perficient has launched an AI suite to help Medicare Advantage plans raise their CMS star ratings, which decide access to more than $13B a year in federal bonus payments.
“When we are drawn into even the most primitive exchanges with a relational artifact, we believe it cares for us,” Dr. Sherry Turkle writes. “And we are wired to care for it in return.”
Apple today added the first-generation Apple TV 4K from 2017 to the vintage products list on its website, just four days before a new model is finally expected to debut. A fourth-generation Apple TV 4K will reportedly be unveiled on Tuesday, October 13, as part of Apple’s “Welcome home” launch.
It called a user a “whale” and told them to starve.
Microsoft has introduced yet another redesign of Windows Search, just in time for its latest Surface-focused event.
Executives at major AI companies are reportedly planning for what happens the day after a major AI disaster.
Moore sees a huge opportunity in consumer AI, particularly if the industry can tap into revenue streams beyond just subscriptions and API charges.
“Mathematics is not a game of chess,” one Fields Medal winner told CNET. Mathematicians worry AI companies are just trying to win.
One of the Pixel Watch 5’s quietly powerful features has landed on the Pixel Watch 4. The AI watch face…
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