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The technology behind OpenAI’s viral chatbot is set to become widely replicated, unleashing a tidal wave of bots. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Arlington, Virginia, won a US-wide contest to host Amazon’s second headquarters. More than half of the giant project is now indefinitely delayed. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The founder of Tough Mudder’s next venture is the Interactive Gamebox, affectionately called "a theme park in a box." Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A booming illicit market for OpenAI’s chatbot shows the huge potential, and risks, for Chinese generative AI. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Companies like SoFi and Chipper offer to help people manage their college loans. But they’re not likely to fix the flawed economics of education. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The new Misalignment Museum in San Francisco is a memorial to an imagined future in which artificial general intelligence kills most of humanity. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Counselors have moved from beside the chaise lounge and into users’ TikTok feeds, fueling debates about client privacy and the mental health profession. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The country has discovered enough lithium to electrify every vehicle on its roads, but the massive deposit has tensions running high. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Alonzo Sawyer’s misidentification by algorithm made him a suspect for a crime police now say was committed by someone else—feeding debate over regulation. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tesla pioneered selling vehicles online. Electric cars, the pandemic, and changing consumer behavior are now causing other automakers to embrace the shift. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rolex didn’t set the blueprint for analog dive watches, Blancpain did. To mark its 70th anniversary, the brand has dropped a new Tech model. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
With Russia regularly knocking out Ukraine’s power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the world—and itself. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In Indonesia, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In Alaska, people are flocking to buy electric appliances instead of fuel-guzzling furnaces, as oil prices soar and temperatures plummet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers have spent years warning that text-generation algorithms can spew bias and falsehoods. But tech giants are rushing them into products anyway. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The avian flu has killed millions of chickens, decimated wild birds—and moved into mammals. Now the poultry industry needs new measures to stop its spread. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The social media platform helped push the story into the mainstream while also fueling misinformation and conspiracy theories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
No, there’s not a sudden influx of unidentified objects in the skies above the US—but the government is definitely paying closer attention. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Investment schemes are ensnaring victims with increasingly compelling narratives and believable tech. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An existential fight over the US government’s ability to spy on its own citizens is brewing in Congress. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Research on new repellents and the viruses these insects carry relies on lab animals and human volunteers. But what if there was a better option? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Monoclonal antibodies were a key tool in the early pandemic response, but are now ineffective against new variants — putting immunocompromised patients at risk. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Bing, the second-ranked search engine, is getting a new chatbot interface that attempts to synthesize information from sites across the web. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Despite an economic crisis, political chaos, and the regime’s ban, TikTok influencers are still thriving in Afghanistan. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The last Boeing 747 was delivered in January, but it has been obsolete for decades. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Human judgment, which is notoriously fallible. As AI infiltrates more aspects of society, maybe some “responsibility gaps” are a good thing. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug-resistance. There are no new treatments yet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Students and professors can’t decide whether ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, is a research tool—or a cheating engine. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scientists kept the rodents’ immune T cells active four times longer than mice can live—with huge implications for cancer, vaccination, and aging research. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
