Tech

She was the 20th hire at Google, then the head of Yahoo, and now the CEO of Sunshine. For Mayer, geekery supersedes gender.

Dippy, a startup that offers “uncensored” AI companions, lets you peer into their thought process—sometimes revealing hidden motives.

Human rights groups have launched a new legal challenge against the use of algorithms to detect error and fraud in France’s welfare system, amid claims that single mothers are disproportionately affected.

The new frontier in large language models is the ability to “reason” their way through problems. New research from Apple says it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be.

Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.

A new smart collar aims to give pet owners the ability to talk to their fur babies. Or at least fake it.

A new type of smart glasses from Emteq Labs have cameras pointed inwards, aiming to track your life and quantify how you’re feeling—and what you’re eating.

Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.

Reality Defender, a startup focused on AI detection, has developed a tool to verify human participants in video calls and catch fraudsters using AI deepfakes for scams.

Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images even as lawmakers and tech companies try to crack down.