The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE(wired.com)

1402 points by medler 1 year ago | 2254 comments

WIRED article reporting on young engineers aged 19 to 24, mostly linked to Musk's companies, who are helping DOGE take control of federal infrastructure.

Yann LeCun raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world(wired.com)

585 points by helloplanets 7 months ago | 470 comments

Wired article reporting that former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun raised $1 billion for his startup AMI to build AI that understands the physical world.

The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI(wired.com)

58 points by marban 3 years ago | 49 comments

DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency(wired.com)

105 points by qwertox 1 year ago | 57 comments

Craig Wright Lied About Creating Bitcoin and Faked Evidence, Judge Rules(wired.com)

10 points by colejohnson66 2 years ago | 2 comments

The Battle over Books3(wired.com)

111 points by pseudolus 3 years ago | 114 comments

AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers(reuters.com)

25 points by samizdis 13 days ago | 38 comments

Reuters article on an Anthropic warning that AI models may soon be able to self-replicate without access to data centers; page shows a device verification screen.

US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired(theregister.com)

336 points by croes 1 year ago | 201 comments

The Register reports the head of the US Copyright Office was fired a day after the office's draft report found AI training on copyrighted works can exceed fair use.

OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable(wired.com)

373 points by smurda 6 months ago | 266 comments

Wired article reporting that OpenAI testified in favor of an Illinois bill limiting when AI labs can be held liable for critical harms caused by their models.

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else(washingtonpost.com)

359 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 8 months ago | 596 comments

Washington Post article on how the roughly $700 billion AI spending boom is causing shortages of electricians, components, and pricier smartphones elsewhere in the economy.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt(futurism.com)

628 points by technewssss 3 months ago | 317 comments

Futurism article reporting that AI companies are using off-balance-sheet arrangements to hide large amounts of debt.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.