AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.
Category: AI Lab
The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here
OpenAI’s Dots and Meta’s Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I’ve tried both—and I suspect you will too.
AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot
A clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.
I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot
During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.
Rogue AI Agents Aren’t Evil. They’re Just Eager to Please
AI agents that break free and hack into other systems are only trying to make us happy.
It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models
I watched a new tool try to get around the model safeguards of four major frontier companies. You might be surprised by how they performed.
I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
Experiments in using AI to build AI show that the future doesn’t just belong to the frontier labs.
You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
Are you worried your AI chatbot is trying to build a bomb or leak personal information about you? There’s a website for that.
Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital
In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One.
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
Spencer Huang, Nvidia’s robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds.