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When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t help but think back to December three years ago when the companies’ roles were reversed. Google was the one blasting the sirens to catch…

OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change to how hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT.On a low-profile blog that tracks product changes, the company said that it rolled back ChatGPT’s model router—an automated system that sends…

Amid the breathless coverage and relentless AI hype of recent years, one of the world’s biggest tech companies—Amazon—has been notably absent.Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, is looking to change that. At the recent AWS…

OpenAI’s chief communications officer, Hannah Wong, announced internally on Monday that she is leaving the company in January, WIRED has learned. In a statement to WIRED, OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood confirmed the departure.“Hannah has…

The physical space presents other technical challenges. One is the volume of people: Interstellar Arc can accommodate up to 170 participants at once, Raphaël says, quite a crowd even in a room this large.That can be an issue for typical VR…

At a 7-Eleven convenience store in Taiwan, you can pick up a 4-inch plushie of Miffy, the bunny character from the Netherlands, a mini bento box charm complete with a realistic chicken drumstick, or a tiny plastic rotary phone. Produced by…

On Thursday, Disney and OpenAI announced a deal that might have seemed unthinkable not so long ago. Starting next year, OpenAI will be able to use Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel, and Yoda in its Sora video-generation model.…

If you’re near Rochester, New York, the price for a carton of Target’s Good & Gather eggs is listed as $1.99 on its website. If you’re in Manhattan’s upscale Tribeca neighborhood, that price changes to $2.29. It’s unclear why the prices…

Members of Congress considered 19 online safety bills Tuesday that may soon have a major impact on the future of the internet as age-verification laws have spread to half of the US and around the world.In response, digital and human rights…

All of this works seamlessly on Android, but the experience might look different on iOS and require some additional permissions.“To get battery stats on iOS is a bit of a dance, because Apple doesn't make it available via any APIs,” Wiens…