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Go check out the first WIRED Politics Lab episode episode on election deniers mobilizing for November & the impact that's having on election workers!

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Here it is folks, the very first episode of #WIREDPoliticsLab .

In this episode, Leah Feiger, Tori Elliott and myself discuss how election officials are under threat as a result of election conspiracies and election denial groups

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This is a reeeallly good rundown from Matt Burgess on all the ways different services are scraping your data to train AI and what you can do to opt out wired.com/story/how-to-s…

Beeper, the startup that tried to bridge green bubble-blue bubble messaging until Apple hobbled that, has been acquired wired.com/story/beeper-a…

.Makena Kelly with the service journalism you were looking for this morning wired.com/story/an-inter…

since we're all talking earthquakes here...

wired.com/story/an-elusi… (from 2022)

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This week, live from the Rockettes' dressing room Makena Kelly looks at the White House's embrace of influencers

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Aspen Digital And for tonight's fireside chat, Jason Matheny of RAND joined Lauren Goode of WIRED to discuss the emerging frontiers of biosecurity and cybersecurity — including GenAI and the advances in computer power and science. #Verify2024

My blue check is back and I just want to make clear I am not paying El*n M*sk for this thanks very much

Amazon billed its 'Just Walk Out' stores as some triumph of AI. In reality, it was powered by thousands of low-paid Indian workers manually adding up items in your cart as you shopped.

How insanely dystopian. gizmodo.com/amazon-reporte…

“There is a divergence between the queer people interested in AI and how the same group of people is represented. When I asked the best AI image and video generators to envision queer people, they universally responded with stereotypical depictions.” wired.com/story/artifici…

Nearly 300 current & former Apple workers (both retail & corporate) have signed an open letter alleging employees have been disciplined or wrongfully terminated for supporting Palestinians through pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh. Group is planning a protest

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Think Google's 'Incognito Mode' is a good way to protect your online privacy?

Now’s a good time to stop.
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Me when someone asks me what I’m reading/what’s on my Goodreads and I feel immense pressure (new Louise Erdrich interview)

Perplexity whose website states web search should be “free from the influence of advertising-driven models” now plans to introduce ads.

This was an obvious flip flop since there's no way to justify their valuation with a paid search service when Google's AI experience is free.