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AI Is Taking Over the Most Cursed Job in the World

WIRED16w16 weeks agoHN Covered by89 min read

NY Fed Household 2024 Q4 Debt and Credit report out today

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Take This Mandatory AI Workplace Training Right Now—or Else

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I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?

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The race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world, Why hundreds of people in L.A. are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores

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To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant

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Claude's New Constitution, ‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself

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I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think

WIRED16w16 weeks agoHN Covered by107 min read

For the first time, 50% of employed US adults say they use AI at work a few times per year or more; leaders are more likely to see AI's impact as positive (Andy..., We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They're All Bad at Citing News, and more ›

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AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened

WIRED16w16 weeks agoHN Covered by710 min read

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I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?

WIRED17w17 weeks agoHN9 min read

Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth

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Meet the Sad Wives of AI

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Why Soccer Still Defies Statistical Analysis

WIRED18w18 weeks ago9 min read

The Creators of ‘Hacks’ Really, Really, Really Hate AI

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What Happens When You Try to Treat OCD With Psilocybin

WIRED18w18 weeks ago20 min read

I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI

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The iPhone That Never Was

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The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control

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He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?

WIRED19w19 weeks agoHN Covered by515 min read

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When Robots Have Their ChatGPT Moment, Remember These Pincers

WIRED20w20 weeks agoHN Covered by29 min read

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Stop Trying to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto

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They Made D4vd a Star. Now They Want Him Convicted of Murder

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