OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
The iPhone-maker claims OpenAI encouraged poached employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details.
The move comes after Simo took significant medical leave. She will stay on as a part-time adviser.
Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic’s best consumer AI model—a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is endin…
Experiments in using AI to build AI show that the future doesn’t just belong to the frontier labs.
Verity Harding tells WIRED that the US government’s nationalistic attitude toward AI is evidence that a worst-case scenario is taking shape.
Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
During negotiations on Wednesday, employees voiced frustrations with what they consider an unwillingness among executives to engage meaningfully with …
Cursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier AI labs.
Are you worried your AI chatbot is trying to build a bomb or leak personal information about you? There’s a website for that.
The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals…
Flexion Robotics, a startup founded by ex-Nvidia engineers, has a clever way of training robots to do useful work.
After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to restore access to its most advanced AI model for a select group of US companies an…
The White House asked OpenAI to delay the rollout of its GPT-5.6 AI models, two weeks after Anthropic had to take its most advanced AI models offline.
Anthropic's critics argue it's rapidly accumulating power. The company says that's what responsible AI development looks like.
Amazon-owned MGM Studios’ decision to drop the OpenAI movie is just part of AI and film industries becoming increasingly intertwined. On Uncanny Valle…
The AI arms race between China and the US has researchers on both sides worried about a “Chernobyl moment.”
Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.
Employees had previously raised concerns about the initiative, which involves collecting workers’ keystroke data to train AI models.
Big Tech is throwing big money into data center buildouts. As national opposition to the facilities grows, some workers are beginning to question whet…
Anthropic still can’t distribute Claude Mythos or Fable 5 after running afoul of the Trump administration. But no one can say exactly what the company…
On today’s Uncanny Valley, we dive into the dysfunction in Meta’s newly formed AI unit and why it’s been driving already-low employee morale even furt…
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos ove…
In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One.
A Silicon Valley software maker and an ecommerce company reveal to WIRED how they are navigating the emerging challenge of “tokenomics.”
Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they’re still split on the risk Claude…
Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development…
“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.
“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.
Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta's chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.