The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm

Robotics startup Covariant is experimenting with a ChatGPT-style chatbot that can control a robotic arm, as…

The Fear That Inspired Elon Musk and Sam Altman to Create OpenAI

Emails released by OpenAI to refute a lawsuit from Elon Musk show how he, Sam Altman,…

The Wild Claim at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI hinges on a dubious claim that the company has already developed…

The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started

Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over…

Intel’s CEO Says AI Is the Key to the Company’s Comeback

Pat Gelsinger says that Intel’s renewed investment in cutting-edge manufacturing technology will allow it to become…

Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking

The biggest chipmaker in the US is hoping that generative AI—and US government concern about China’s…

Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far

In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are…

Some People Actually Kind of Love Deepfakes

AI fakes are a disinformation menace. But some politicians, executives, and academics see them as a…

Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade

Just two months after Alphabet made its Gemini AI model public, it’s rolling out a new…

Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot

Self-righteous chatbot Goody-2 was built to take AI guardrails to an illogical extreme. The artists behind…