Gosh, this sounds terrible.

Imagine losing 70% of your customers overnight…….

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Or do we think someone might be being slightly economical with the truth?

Let’s dig in!

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Loved the cover feature by Peter Guest in the latest edition of the UK WIRED magazine.

SCOOP: A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “pedophile island.”

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This is a national disgrace. It’s pretty clear that water companies could not care less, as they have no incentive to do so. When will government and regulators get hold of this?

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Cover drop! Ahead of a general election, online conspiracy theories and radicalization driven by algorithms, have warped political discourse in the UK. Sadiq Khan has become the target of culture warriors, using a toxic mix of populism, extremism and technology by Peter Guest

'They don't see a difference between the real and the virtual world', Cathy Hackl says speaking with Franciscus van Meel and Greg Williams – in regard to GenZ and the coming Gen Alpha. 'It's just the world.' #DLD24

wired.com/story/inside-a…

One of the discussed targets at COP28 is tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Ember looks at the feasibility.

If we continued installing at 2023 rates, capacity would double by 2030.

But with sustained growth, tripling is do-able.

ember-climate.org/insights/resea…

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan took to the stage at #WIREDImpact to discuss concerns around rapid innovation in deepfake technology and AI.

It's already buzzing at WIRED Impact. So excited by this morning's sessions, including Hannah Ritchie Priscilla Chomba Michelle You Ian Redmond from Ecoflix and Sadiq Khan.

BREAKING: Nearly 500 employees of OpenAI have signed a letter saying they may quit and join Sam Altman at Microsoft unless the startup's board resigns and reappoints the ousted CEO. wired.trib.al/8qEaK90

Big story from Steven Levy and Will Knight
wired.com/story/openai-s…

NEW: Generative AI is already taking white collar jobs

An ingenious study by Xiang Hui Oren Reshef zhou Yu looked at what happened on a huge online freelancing platform after ChatGPT launched last year.

The answer? Freelancers got fewer jobs, and earned much less

I am very excited to welcome William Turton and Leah Feiger to WIRED where they'll both do brilliant things helping us cover the almighty intersection of tech and politics next year.

axios.com/2023/11/03/wir…

'Andreessen’s screed isn’t just about how great it is that we humans are a tool-building bunch. It’s also an over-the-top declaration of humanity’s destiny as a tech-empowered super species—Ayn Rand resurrected as a Substack author.' Steven Levy on point.
wired.com/story/plaintex…

Had such a fun chat this week with Sajeeda Merali of the @ppa_live as part of the Next Gen Awards. Great to celebrate and recognise so many outstanding people in the early stages their career. Great energy in the room – a reflection of our dynamic, fast-changing industry.

🪩The State of AI 2023 is now here.

Our 6th installment is one of the most exciting years I can remember. The #stateofai report covers everything you *need* to know, covering research, industry, safety and politics.

There’s lots in there, so here’s my director’s cut 🧵

A wild ride.

I’m excited about the possibilities that tech is opening up for biology, climate and reimagining government.

This requires modernisation and reform, so was great to have Dorothy Chou, Peter Kyle MP, Jess Whittlestone and Greg Williams talk about how we make progress

This is the *overflow room* for the Starmer speech at ⁦The Labour Party⁩ Party conference 20 minutes ahead of the speech. Saw people queuing for the main auditorium from midday.

Here we go then, with the final Tony Blair Institute for Global Change #futureofbritain fringe of #LPC23 Peter Kyle MP, Google DeepMind’s @DorothyChou , Jess Whittlestone, Greg Williams, & Benedict Cooney talk tech - which by the way has been pretty much the biggest theme of the conference.