A company is now developing human washing machines
Forget cold plunges. The new flex could soon be human washing machines. According to one of Japan’s oldest newspapers, an Osaka-based shower head maker called Science has developed a contraption…
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Releases Tülu 3: A Set of State-of-the-Art Instruct Models with Fully Open Data, Eval Code, and Training Algorithms
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) has announced the release of Tülu 3, a state-of-the-art family of instruction-following models designed to set a new benchmark in AI capabilities. This release…
Texas AG opens investigation into advertising group that Elon Musk sued for ‘boycotting’ X
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to determine whether the trade group’s members conspired to boycott…
American Airlines is deploying new tech to shame boarding line cutters
American Airlines has a new tactic for shaming boarding line cutters: A loud beeper. CNBC reports that the airline is rolling out a system that emits two loud beeps when…
Microsoft Research Introduces Reducio-DiT: Enhancing Video Generation Efficiency with Advanced Compression
Recent advancements in video generation models have enabled the production of high-quality, realistic video clips. However, these models face challenges in scaling for large-scale, real-world applications due to the computational…
Hackers break into Andrew Tate’s online ‘university,’ steal user data and flood chats with emojis
Hackers have breached an online course founded by ostensible influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate, leaking data on close to 800,000 users, including thousands of email addresses and private user…
Black Forest Labs Release FLUX.1 Tools: A Suite of AI Models Designed to Add Control and Steerability to the Base Text-to-Image Model FLUX.1
In a world where visual content is increasingly essential, the ability to create and manipulate images with precision and creativity is invaluable. Black Forest Labs, with its FLUX.1 Tools, expands…
Apple is reportedly building a more conversational Siri powered by LLMs
Apple is developing a new version of its voice assistant, Siri, powered by advanced large language models (LLMs), according to sources cited by Bloomberg. This more conversational Siri is part…
Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors
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How Best to Use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Other AI Tools? Our AI Expert Answers Your Questions
If you missed our live, subscriber-only Q&A with WIRED’s AI columnist Reece Rogers, you can watch this replay of the livestream.