View in browser Subscribe June 7, 2023 Hello, Insiders. This is Joe Ciolli, a deputy executive editor in Insider’s business division. For all the talk we hear about recession, the economy feels like it’s on stable footing. That’s because one of its biggest threats is sliding under the […]
1 AI has brought back 15 languages people haven’t heard for centuries. Here’s what they sound like. Given that language evolves so rapidly, it’s hard to imagine what people sounded like 200 years ago, let alone 500 or a thousand. Even when we watch movies about ancient civilizations, […]
View in browser | Your newsletter preferences 06.06.23 Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference yesterday, and WIRED reporters were on the ground at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. The big news, of course, was that Apple’s long-awaited mixed-reality headset finally made its debut. The very expensive device […]
The 40 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff From “The Muppets Mayhem” to “Loki,” here’s everything you should be watching on the Mouse House’s streamer. READ Scientists Gave People Psychedelics—and Then Erased Their Memory Shayla Love Psychedelics are hot, but flawed studies […]
“At about 7:15 on the morning of June 30, 1908,” writes Sophie Pinkham in The New York Review of Books’s June 22 issue, a “bright, mysterious object fell from the sky in a remote area of Siberia, near the Stony Tunguska River.” The ensuing explosion—from what was eventually determined to be a […]
Devika Rao What is NASA working on? Rafi Schwartz Understanding the George Santos shuffle Theara Coleman WHO chief warns of ‘even deadlier’ pathogens than Covid Advertisement from Wisebread Earn $200 After Spending $500 Devika Rao How heat waves are wreaking havoc around the world Theara Coleman Cannabis abuse […]
Kim talks about AI tech being used to “track Russian disinformation” by the State Department with Kyle Anzalone who is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute https://libertarianinstitute.org , and co-host of Conflicts of Interest. You can find Kyle’s work here: https://conflictsofinterest.libsyn.com/ Get 20% […]
Tech’s leadership is splitting into two elites—and the battle between them will shape America’s future by Nadia Asparouhova ith an estimated net worth of over $1 billion, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the Netscape browser and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is far from an everyman. And yet Andreessen’s […]
1 Drew Barrymore writes raw, honest Mother’s Day blog detailing her stay in rehab as a teen Drew Barrymore made a recent blog post in honor of Mother’s Day reflecting on her own complicated mother-daughter relationship, which eventually led to the actress and talk show host filing for emancipation at the age of […]
View in browser Subscribe May 14, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. Happy Mother’s Day to anyone celebrating today. On the agenda: An obituary for […]
Roberto Nickson, CEO of Entrepreneur & Designer building Eluna AI, Metav3rse & MV3 talks with Kim about the pros and cons of AI Check out the AI Image generation Roberto founded https://eluna.ai/ —- Thank you for watching the fully independent Kim Iversen Show. Get the FULL SHOW without […]
May 11, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Matt Turner, editor in chief of business, here. I’m in San Francisco this week, and dropped by Google’s annual developer conference on Wednesday. My takeaway: AI is going to touch our lives in more ways real soon. More on that below. Also […]
Don’t miss out on more stories you may enjoy. Gary Marcus Used to Call AI Stupid—Now He Calls It Dangerous Steven Levy The former professor’s calls for more control over AI have made him a media darling of the ChatGPT era. Some top researchers aren’t impressed. READ A […]
1 Dramatic video shows Florida sheriff’s deputy delivering a baby on the side of the road No mom dreams of delivering their baby on the side of the road. Visions of comfy birthing centers or a hospital room with the OBGYN that you’ve grown fond of are usually […]
1 Special ring that tells people you’re single created for folks tired of dating apps Why, it feels like it was only yesterday when dating apps were the shiny new trend in the singles world. However, with life becoming increasingly more virtual, many people are looking to become less dominated […]
by Peter Zeihan on May 5, 2023 We’ve poked holes in the US system and talked about Russian intelligence declining, so today, let’s look at what the US dominates: signal intelligence (SIGINT). Next time you find yourself in the Netherlands, ask the local shopkeep how many languages he […]
Sponsored by Share International Our May 25 issue is online now, with Michael Hofmann on Goethe’s last years, Jerome Groopman on the business of biotech, Joan Acocella on Balanchine, Jed S. Rakoff on William O. Douglas’s environmentalism, Adam Hochschild on 1619 and 1776, Willa Glickman on grassroots labor unions, Brenda […]
Don’t miss out on more stories you may enjoy. BuzzFeed and Gawker Meme-ified Reality With This One Weird Trick Steven Levy A new book by BuzzFeed News founder Ben Smith reveals how virality betrayed the news industry—but glosses over who really drove the clicks. READ The 10 Best […]
By Keith Preston May 2, 2023 Scientific Spirituality and Ethical Individualism The human existential crisis that emerged, during the past two centuries, as one of the fundamental dilemmas of modernity has, among its primary roots, a consequential effect of the unmooring of the human species from its cultural […]
Last updated on: April 21, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment ChatGPT has released a paper that contains a list of jobs that it is likely to replace. The jobs to be taken away by GPT-powered systems have been labeled as occupations with the highest exposure. We […]
April 27, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Matt Turner, editor in chief of business, here. ChatGPT is likely the fastest-growing app in internet history. Today, we’re taking you behind the scenes of the chatbot’s parent company OpenAI, interviewing its CEO Sam Altman, and digging into his plans for the future. […]
April 26, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Matt Turner, editor in chief for business, here. Salt Bae (aka Nusret Gökçe) is an Instagram-famous steakhouse impresario known for his over-the-top antics. His meme-ification happened in 2017, when he posted a now-infamous video that showed him sprinkling salt on a piece of […]
The Hyena code is able to handle amounts of data that make GPT-style technology run out of memory and fail. Written by Tiernan Ray, Contributing Writer on April 20, 2023 Ex-Apple employees want to replace your smartphone with this Stanford and MILA’s Hyena Hierarchy is a technology for […]
By Tom Woods Yesterday Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., officially announced his bid for president. And his speech had some great bits in it. Have I gone soft, and love politicians now? Don’t worry about that. What I do genuinely respect is a disruptor. Because if anything deserves to […]
Caitlin Johnstone Apr 20, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Militarized robots are the anti-guillotine. They’re the final solution to the ancient “there are a lot more of us than there are of our rulers” problem. Everyone with wealth and power has […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 17, 2023 The world of international trade is constantly evolving, and it’s important to keep up with the latest trends and developments. From emerging markets to geopolitical conflicts, there are many factors that can impact global trade, and we’ll be discussing some of […]
April 16, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. On the agenda today: Inside the rise and spectacular crash of Larry Page’s flying-car company. Young people […]
The 39 Best Movies on Netflix This Week WIRED Staff From “Kill Boksoon” to “For the Love of Spock,” here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on. READ AI Can Clone Your Favorite Podcast Host’s Voice Boone Ashworth The virtual speech isn’t […]
Caitlin Johnstone Apr 11, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Too much interesting stuff happening in the life of the empire to cover in just one article today, so we’re doing a three-in-one wrap-up. McCaul says war over Taiwan will be about […]
Krystal and Saagar discuss revelations from the massive trove of leaked documents showing the US military believes 5G internet can open up faults in national security.
View in browser | Your newsletter preferences 04.09.23 We saw it written once that software was eating the world. What really happened, it seems to us, is that software made a world of its own and invited us there to be eaten. These days, we’re lighting out […]
View this email in your browser 04.06.23 It’s been a while since my last System Update, and there are… updates! I’m co-hosting a new podcast, and we’ve kicked off our special coverage for WIRED’s 30th anniversary. More on those below. But first… how do you know this isn’t […]
ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem Matt Burgess Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT’s regulatory woes. READ The 45 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now From “Naoki Urasawa’s Monster” to “Lost in Space,” these are our picks for […]
View in browser | Your newsletter preferences WIRED has been your guide to the future for 30 years now, and while the future today looks much different than the future the founders of the magazine may have envisioned in 1993, it’s more important now than ever to remind […]
By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk is part of a group urging a six-month pause in the training of advanced artificial intelligence models following ChatGPT’s rise – arguing the systems could pose “profound risks to society and humanity.” The CEO of Twitter and Tesla joined more than 1,000 experts […]
For Smarter Robots, Just Add Humans Will Knight Autonomous machines are still too clumsy for delicate tasks. But humans can operate mechanical arms from afar, turning physical labor into remote work. READ The 44 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now Wired From “The Legend of Korra” to “Wednesday,” […]
David Pan, Telos If generative AI will eventually know everything, what will be left for us to do as comparatively ignorant humans? João Pedro Cachopo in his essay today on TelosScope suggests that since AI is so good at producing variations on an existing pattern, we will be […]
New research shows psychedelics activate receptors inside brain cells that other compounds, like serotonin, cannot. Annelisa Leinbach; 7AM / Adobe Stock By B. David Zarley March 2, 2023 The clinical evidence for using psychedelics to treat major depressive disorder, PTSD, addiction, and other mental health conditions is building. […]
— Jebediah Reed, editor, Intelligencer How artificial intelligence will — and will not — change our lives has suddenly become a constant subject of conversation and nervous speculation. Today, Intelligencer tech columnist John Herrman takes a look at the world of YouTube hustle evangelists (“You deserve to get […]
1 Teen mom who couldn’t find babysitter takes her 1-year-old toddler as prom date and they’re adorable A teenage mom has received appreciation after taking her toddler as her date to the school prom. Melissa Mccabe, who is 16 now, became pregnant when she was 14 and gave […]
— Christopher Cox, features editor, New York There’s that moment in the movie Contact when Ellie, having glimpsed the grand, glowing arms of a distant galaxy, says, “They should have sent a poet” to describe what she’s seeing. The metaverse, with its lo-fi graphics and legless torsos, might […]
What was once a specialized field within academia and computer science has exploded into the mainstream. A.I. is blowing up – and is set to fundamentally disrupt the business landscape as we know it. This revolution is being led by the rapid development of generative tools like […]
Here’s the thing, it wasn’t “overpopulation” that caused the mice and later rats to collapse, it was Utopia itself. The rodents all congregated together on their own and there was plenty of extra space. I have been saying for years that Utopia brings about aberrant female behavior, as […]
By Keith Preston March 13, 2023 Whatever the flaws in the Milgram, Zimbardo, and other similar experiments, the findings are well demonstrated by real-life experience. The Asch experiments demonstrated the same basic thesis, which is obvious when ordinary human behavior is observed. A primary difference I have with […]
— Jordan Larson, features editor, the Cut When we think about romantic relationships with AI chatbots, we tend to picture something like the 2013 movie Her: a lonely man falls for a subservient female bot designed to cater to his every desire. But when the Cut’s Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz started […]
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Posted by Withered Rose on March 9, 2023 Politics is not metaphysics, so looking for an arche, one principle that rules all and explains all, is a wild goose chase at best, or a fatal distraction at worst. Being (with a capital “B”) is as different from […]
His vision is Reaganism with a side order of Jetsons BY Mary Harrington One of my informal metrics for political cut-through in our synapse-frazzled age is “could you play this sentence over a bass drop and have the crowd go wild?”. The last time a British politician managed […]
March 08, 2023 Jeff Carlson Jeff Carlson is a co-host of “Truth Over News” on… The Dark Side of ChatGPT SHARE* READ MORE See what Larry Elder had to say about us: “I rely on The Epoch Times newspaper for factual and unbiased news […]
AI Won’t Cause Permanent Unemployment—But It Will Disrupt Labor Markets for the Better Joseph Politano Mar 4 AI-Generated art by DALL-E 2 The last few months have been a whirlwind for commercially available artificial intelligence. Image generation programs like DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion have stolen headlines for […]
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