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How to Avoid Getting Locked Out of Your Google Account Make a recovery plan now to avoid losing access to your account in the future.

Make a recovery plan now to avoid losing access to your account in the future. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won't Work Deveillance's Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.

Deveillance's Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics. www.wired.com/story/deveil...

The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining.

Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining. www.wired.com/story/the-fu...

When AI Companies Go to War, Safety Gets Left Behind We were promised AI regulation and a race to the top. Now, we’re arguing about killer robots.

We were promised AI regulation and a race to the top. Now, we’re arguing about killer robots. www.wired.com/story/when-a...

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”

In an exclusive interview with @stevenlevy.bsky.social, Jack Dorsey tries to explain Block’s massive layoffs, reacts to CEOs sucking up to Trump, and talks about why he’s so unhappy with @wired.com 😭

It’s a great conversation, read away:

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”

Conversations w Jack Dorsey are always illuminating. Here he argues how massive Block layoffs signal how companies must drastically transform in the AI age. He also comments on Twitter, Bluesky, politics and journalism. And WIRED! .https://www.wired.com/story/jack-dorsey-explains-block-layoffs/

From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’ New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick...

Hacking internet-connected civilian security cameras for recon has become a standard operating procedure of modern warfare. First for Russia and Ukraine, now for Israel and Iran.

Your insecure internet-of-things surveillance system is now their targeting system.

www.wired.com/story/from-u...

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”

Anyway, very very good exclusive sit-down with @stevenlevy.bsky.social here www.wired.com/story/jack-d...

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”

What's interesting about this convo with Jack—in addition to his comments on Block layoffs, the state of X, and his decision to step away from Bluesky—is that he says Wired has gotten more negative but also essentially acknowledged that the state of tech isn't...great www.wired.com/story/jack-d...

Why Is Alexa+ So Bad? I stuck Amazon’s Echo Show 15 and its Alexa+ AI assistant in my kitchen for a month. Things have not gone well.

By building their voice assistant around generative AI, Amazon has created an Alexa that simply doesn’t work.

Easy tasks, like playing music or pulling up YouTube videos, go haywire.

It’s an AI flop.

www.wired.com/story/why-is...

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem’s tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration tactics and ICE and CBP’s killing of two US protesters.

It’s a sprawling network whose vast responsibilities and rapidly expanding budget have put it at the center of the Trump administration’s radical overhaul of immigration and border policy. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem’s tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration tactics and ICE and CBP’s killing of two US protesters.

The agencies under DHS include Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Customs and Border Protection, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the US Coast Guard, and others. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem’s tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration tactics and ICE and CBP’s killing of two US protesters.

President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Thursday that Noem would be replaced by Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, a staunch Trump ally and immigration hard-liner. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem’s tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration tactics and ICE and CBP’s killing of two US protesters.

ICYMI: After a tenure marked by controversy and a contentious week of Congressional hearings, secretary Kristi Noem is out as head of the Department of Homeland Security. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’ New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick.

New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick. www.wired.com/story/from-u...

Why Is Alexa+ So Bad? I stuck Amazon’s Echo Show 15 and its Alexa+ AI assistant in my kitchen for a month. Things have not gone well.

I stuck Amazon’s Echo Show 15 and its Alexa+ AI assistant in my kitchen for a month. Things have not gone well. www.wired.com/story/why-is...

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.” www.wired.com/story/jack-d...

Sleep Apnea Often Goes Undetected in Women. That’s Starting to Change Women’s sleep apnea symptoms differ from men’s and can often be confused with hormonal shifts. Researchers are working to close the detection gap.

Women’s sleep apnea symptoms differ from men’s and can often be confused with hormonal shifts. Researchers are working to close the detection gap. www.wired.com/story/sleep-...

The War on Iran Puts Global Chip Supplies and AI Expansion at Risk From helium extraction in Qatar to shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the semiconductor industry depends on fragile links across the Gulf. Escalation could ripple through global chip production.

From helium extraction in Qatar to shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the semiconductor industry depends on fragile links across the Gulf. Escalation could ripple through global chip production. www.wired.com/story/the-wa...

Why Fandom Discourse Feels Extra Cringe Right Now Infighting and backlash among “Heated Rivalry” fans is most pronounced on X—fueled in part by censorship-driven migration from platforms like Tumblr.

Infighting and backlash among Heated Rivalry fans is most pronounced on X—fueled in part by censorship-driven migration from platforms like Tumblr.
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OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

“Our ability to understand the effects of military AI in war is and will be severely hindered due to layers of opacity,” said the former head of OpenAI’s geopolitics team in a Substack post. “It’s black boxes all the way down.”

Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

OpenAI’s latest Pentagon deal divided employees. While CEO Sam Altman said publicly he supported certain red lines—to not allow its AI to be used for legal mass surveillance or the development of autonomous weapons—the company’s agreement appeared to leave room for those very activities.

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

That same year, OpenAI employees saw Pentagon officials walking through the company’s San Francisco offices, leaving employees confused about what OpenAI’s usage policies meant. Did the policy apply to Microsoft? OpenAI says now that it didn’t.

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

In 2023, OpenAI’s usage policy explicitly banned the military from accessing its AI models. But some OpenAI employees discovered the Pentagon had already started experimenting with Azure OpenAI, a version of OpenAI’s models offered by Microsoft, sources say.

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

In this week's newsletter, we go through OpenAI's slow, murky march towards being a military contractor. Other details:

- Pentagon officials took meetings at OAI's HQ in 2023
- Palantir approached OpenAI about a military deal in 2024

More here: www.wired.com/story/openai...

New: Sources tell me the Pentagon first experimented with OpenAI's models as early as 2023, but through Microsoft. At the time, OpenAI explicitly banned military use of its AI.

It wasn't clear then, but OpenAI now says that ban never applied to Microsoft.

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

Huge scoop from @mzeff.bsky.social: Sources say the DoD used Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications www.wired.com/story/openai...

Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, more than a dozen countries in the region have reportedly been affected by strikes.

As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, more than a dozen countries in the region have reportedly been affected by strikes. www.wired.com/story/every-...

‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense.

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense. www.wired.com/story/uncann...

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications. www.wired.com/story/openai...