WIRED Roundup: Alpha School, Grokipedia, and Real Estate AI Videos In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week and dive into why the promise o 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻! from Wired https://t.co/odNEeX4uEP

If ChatGPT thinks for you every day, who’s really getting smarter? Every revolution gives us power. But takes something away. The real revolution isn’t Artificial Intelligence. It’s Authentic Intelligence. Think human. Stay human. #AI #AIBrainRot #AuthenticIntelligence

Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the ans 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲? 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! from Wired https://t.co/mJMZJEOD6g

The Curious Case of the Bizarre, Disappearing Captcha While puzzling captchas—from dogs in hats to sliding jockstraps—still exist, most bot-deterring challenges have v 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! from Wired https://t.co/tqQKSudB6o

Meta Claims Downloaded Porn at Center of AI Lawsuit Was for ‘Personal Use’ In a motion to dismiss filed earlier this week, Meta denied claims that employees had downloaded pornogra 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀! from Wired https://t.co/avM1ftxMsT

The Man Who Invented AGI Everyone is obsessed with artificial general intelligence—the stage when AI can match all feats of human cognition. The guy who named it saw it as 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝘄! from Wired https://t.co/1irlUw0vhH

Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling s 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲? 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! from Wired https://t.co/hZMppmYDjD

AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀! from Wired https://t.co/Zi7QasG1QT

Exclusive: Adobe’s Corrective AI Can Change the Emotions of a Voice-Over Ahead of Adobe’s MAX Sneaks event, WIRED got an exclusive look at a new tool that can change the to 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝘄! from Wired https://t.co/3SOChnhjqR

The Director of a Raunchy 3-Hour Dracula Movie Says AI Is Gross and Slimy. That’s Why He Used It Radu Jude’s AI-filled adaptation features Dracula doing porn and explo 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! from Wired https://t.co/4kZCVV1TUc

NVidia is officially the world's 3rd biggest economy, right after the US & China and ahead of Germany, Japan & India. At $5.12 Trillion, it just surpassed Germany. Only the US and China are ahead of it now. This shows the surge in AI usage in the last couple of years.

OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝘄! from Wired https://t.co/6marUMswz2

Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech? AI is changing what careers are possible for students interested in STEM subjects. WIRED spoke with five aspiring scientists to 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝘄! from Wired https://t.co/l7tZv28aqH

Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead. 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀? 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆! from Wired https://t.co/tBUtQFRNPq

AI and the End of Accents I sound Korean—because I am Korean. Can AI make me sound American? 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! from Wired https://t.co/UDUH9JQYnD

This Open Source Robot Brain Thinks in 3D Open source language models are crucial to AI innovation. Can open robotics models do the same for physical machines? 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀? 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆! from Wired https://t.co/I1ni1PGTzS

The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and p 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻! from Wired https://t.co/LZCiwoDRb2

Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work? Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helpi 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲? 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! from Wired https://t.co/97J1xHb0uu

Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap? Cory Doctorow’s theory of “enshittification” explains how tech platforms rot from within. As AI grows more profitable—and powerful—i 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝘄! from Wired https://t.co/xlRLXR1iRF

Niantic’s Peridot, the Augmented Reality Alien Dog, Is Now a Talking Tour Guide Niantic is giving its cute AR cartoon companions a voice that will let them guide you around in 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲? 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! from Wired https://t.co/07A5jNR8dj