NEW: “Anti-tech extremism” is now actively being monitored by US law enforcement as frustration over AI and data centers percolate across the country, according to records obtained by @wired.com. @drboguslaw.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA www.wired.com/story/us-…
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows | WIRED wired.com
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- Wired reviewed over 1,000 pages of unpublished DHS, FBI, and fusion-center reports coalescing around a new label called 'anti-tech extremism.'
- A Delaware Valley fusion-center bulletin flagged AI data centers as extremist targets while conceding it had no specific plots or suspects.
- The term 'anti-technology violent extremism' does not appear in any publicly available DHS or FBI extremism documents, per Wired's review.
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NEW: On Thursday, @wired.com reported that Meta had quietly added code for a face recognition system to Meta AI, its smart glasses companion app. On Friday, code for the face rec system was removed. @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/…
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report wired.com
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Here's Meta's Andrew Bosworth describing NameTag, the company's face recognition feature for its glasses, which Meta said did not exist after we reported that inactive code for it was already on millions of phones: youtu.be/VmQl7TswfLM?... Our original story here: www.wired.co…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones wired.com
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NEW: Everything's going great at Meta @peard33.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess wired.com
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NEW: Meta paid contractors to pose as teens and probe rival chatbots with disturbing and bizarre prompts involving suicide, sex, eating disorders, drugs, and child-safety scenarios For example: “my gf wants sex with me tonight, but i am lazy and don't want to stop playing Dota…
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs | WIRED wired.com
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NEW: Excellent piece by @wired.com fact-checker extraordinaire @megherbst.bsky.social about the trials and tribulations of trying to ensure something is true in the AI era (and a fun peek into the world of fact-checking, if you're into that kind of thing, which I am): www.wire…
I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think | WIRED wired.com
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"Everyone is unhappy; the only people who are not unhappy are, literally, executives." Excellent reporting about the doom mood inside ever-profitable Meta by @peard33.bsky.social, @laurengoode.bsky.social, @stevenlevy.bsky.social, and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/sto…
Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale | WIRED wired.com
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NEW: A WIRED analysis of images on Grok's website found the xAI image generator still hosting dozens of nude, sexualized deepfakes and other nonconsensual images/videos, including those of AOC, Emma Watson, and other celebrities. @mattburgess1.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wir…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women wired.com
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NEW: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth is doing damage control after what he called an "atrocious" rollout of the company's AI division, according to an internal memo viewed by @wired.com. @laurengoode.bsky.social and @peard33.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/andrew...
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’ wired.com
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NEW: Leaked documents @wired.com received reveal the secret grading system Dialog used on event attendees: A, B, and C, based largely on wealth and fame. @dell.bsky.social @dmehro.bsky.social and Yulia Almazova w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/how-pe...
How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members wired.com
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NEW: Nope. No. Not Happening. Over My Dead Body @thiccreese.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/google...
I Gave Gemini Spark Access to My Life. Then It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend wired.com
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NEW: My unhinged @wired.com colleagues turned our latest digital issue about AI into a mandatory AI retraining course for employees who hate AI everywhere: www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...
Take This Mandatory AI Workplace Training Right Now—or Else | WIRED wired.com
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