A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts

Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models.

The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview

An AI interview is increasingly the first step of a hiring process. Since there’s no human on the other end, candidates are scheduling them whenever—even deep into the night.

These AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes

A new generation of philanthropists made rich by artificial intelligence are preparing to give away their vast wealth. What should we make of a multi-billion-dollar pinky promise?

The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions

WIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the “strange moment” we’re in.

One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment

Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.

Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents

The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people with no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.

AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming

Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.

AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse

Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.

Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop

Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.