06 Sep Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department President Donald Trump said the so-called Department of War branding is to counter the “woke” Department of Defense name.
06 Sep Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement Anthropic will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.
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05 Sep US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers DHS says retired Marine sniper Dan LaLota’s firm is uniquely qualified to meet the government’s needs. LaLota tells WIRED his brother, GOP congressman Nick LaLota, played no role in the contract.
05 Sep Should AI Get Legal Rights? Model welfare is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond.
04 Sep Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn A new specimen of “infostealer” malware offers a disturbing feature: It monitors a target’s browser for NSFW content, then takes simultaneous screenshots and webcam photos of the victim.
04 Sep How ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Fans Turned Waiting for Its Release Into a Game Since 2019, fans have eagerly awaited Team Cherry’s next game, which is out this week. In the meantime, they got creative.
03 Sep Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live Get your tickets to Uncanny Valley’s first live show in San Francisco on September 9, featuring special guest Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon.
03 Sep The Concept C Is the All-Electric Sports Car Kick-Starting Audi’s Design Future The TT-inspired roadster debuts Audi’s new strategy for “radical simplicity”—and it looks terrific.
