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Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap?

I recently vacationed in Italy. As one does these days, I ran my itinerary past GPT-5 for sightseeing suggestions and restaurant recommendations. The...

WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about one author's journey to flee the US, social media surveillance, chatbots and the world...

Chatbots Play With Your Emotions to Avoid Saying Goodbye

Regulation of dark patterns has been proposed and is being discussed in both the US and Europe. De Freitas says regulators also should...

AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All

A new trend is emerging in psychiatric hospitals. People in crisis are arriving with false, sometimes dangerous beliefs, grandiose delusions, and paranoid thoughts....

Is AI the New Frontier of Women’s Oppression?

After spending her early twenties as a nanny in the UK, Laura Bates noticed that the young girls she was caring for were...

Control AI as per your will: 3 psychology tricks that make chatbots break their own safety rules

Artificial intelligence chatbots are designed with safety layers that prevent them from producing harmful or offensive responses. These restrictions are put in place...

Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules

If you were trying to learn how to get other people to do what you want, you might use some of the techniques found...

Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement

Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement,...

Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries

Partly in an effort to avoid any future snafus with OpenAI, Grant plans to make The Architect available on Orion, his proprietary and...

Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents

Some up-and-comers are pushing to make agents that can actually place wagers instead of just supplying tips, but the field is off to a...

Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station

The latest addition to China’s Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and tactical planning. Named Wukong AI—after the...

Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents?

During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter. What if AI could do...