Artificial Intelligence

• OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

  The entire OpenAI team focused on the existential dangers of AI has either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups, WIRED has confirmed.

• It’s Time to Believe the AI Hype

  Some pundits suggest generative AI stopped getting smarter. The explosive demos from OpenAI and Google that started the week show there’s plenty more disruption to come.

• How Google’s AI Overviews Work, and How to Turn Them Off (You Can’t)

  Google’s new Gemini-powered search experience is rolling out to users in the US. Here’s some advice on how to navigate it. And if you want to turn AI Overviews off, too bad.

• Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress

  Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep discussion.

• Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots

  The emotional mimicry of OpenAI’s new version of ChatGPT could lead AI assistants in some strange—even dangerous—directions.