James Morris Gear Dec 8, 2024 7:00 AM Electric Cars Could Last Much Longer Than You Think Rather than having a shorter lifespan than internal combustion engines, EV batteries are lasting way longer than expected, surprising even the automakers themselves. Photograph: Getty EVs are practically worthless secondhand, because the huge batteries will need expensive replacement…
By Allison Pugh Business Dec 7, 2024 4:00 AM The Rich Can Afford Personal Care. The Rest Will Have to Make Do With AI From personal trainers to in-person therapy, only the wealthy have access to human connection. What are the options for the less advantaged? Illustration: Igor Bastidas The burgeoning field of social-emotional AI…
Steven Levy Business Dec 6, 2024 11:39 AM The Inside Story of Apple Intelligence Apple’s leaders claim the company wasn’t late to generative AI, but instead following what has become its familiar playbook: try to be the best, not the first. John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy at Apple Inc.,…
Zeyi YangMakena Kelly Business Dec 6, 2024 11:15 AM A Federal Appeals Court Just Upheld the TikTok Ban. Here’s What Could Happen Next The Supreme Court, President-elect Donald Trump, or an American buyer could intervene to save the video platform, which is used by some 170 million Americans. A TikTok creator and advocate, wears a…
Joel Khalili Business Dec 6, 2024 5:00 AM A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he’d made on a lark. Traders, feeling swindled, sought revenge. Illustration: James Marshall On the evening of November 19,…
By Victoria Turk Business Dec 5, 2024 9:00 PM Canva Revolutionized Graphic Design. Will It Survive the Age of AI? Generative AI could have been an existential threat for Canva, which made billions by making graphic design quick and easy. But for CEO Melanie Perkins, it’s simply making the world more visual. Photograph: Alina Gozin’a…
By Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Zoë Schiffer Business Dec 5, 2024 8:00 AM In Sam Altman We Trust? This week on Uncanny Valley, we do a deep dive on Open AI’s Sam Altman. Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff/Getty Images If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support…
Will Knight Artificial Intelligence Dec 4, 2024 4:01 PM OpenAI Is Working With Anduril to Supply the US Military With AI The ChatGPT maker is the latest AI giant to reveal it’s working with the defense industry, following similar announcements by Meta and Anthropic. Anduril’s Altius-600 unmanned air vehicle.Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and…
Will Knight Business Dec 4, 2024 12:00 PM AI-Powered Robots Can Be Tricked Into Acts of Violence Researchers hacked several robots infused with large language models, getting them to behave dangerously—and pointing to a bigger problem ahead. Illustration: J Studios/Getty Images In the year or so since large language models hit the big time, researchers…
Joel Khalili Business Dec 4, 2024 9:17 AM Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty To Fraud The founder of crypto lender Celsius has admitted to lying to customers about how their money would be used and manipulating markets for his personal gain. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images The AI Database → Application Blockchain/cryptocurrency If you buy something…
