Wired.com AI stuff
- by Arik KershenbaumWith big cash prizes at stake—and AI supercharging research—interspecies translation is closer than ever. But what, if anything, would animals want to tell us?
- by Paresh DaveGoogle dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
- by C. Brandon Ogbunu, Lupe FiascoIt’s past time we applauded the creative skills of LLMs—and it might make us appreciate humans more too.
- by Will KnightA day after Google announced its first model capable of reasoning over problems, OpenAI has upped the stakes with an improved version of its own.
Wired.com Business
- by Jeremy WhitePlagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.
- by Paresh DaveGoogle dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
- by Will KnightA day after Google announced its first model capable of reasoning over problems, OpenAI has upped the stakes with an improved version of its own.
- by Lauren GoodeChatbots aren't very good at picking gifts, but that didn't stop me from burning the planet in a quest for the perfect baking equipment.
Music
- by Stephen Thomas ErlewineEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit an idiosyncratic, funk-infused LP caught between the album-oriented 1970s and the electronic futurism of the 1980s.
- by Philip SherburneCrafted from the same materials that yielded Everything Squared, the British band’s new record of cosmological dub offers new insight into its recombinant philosophy.
- by Matthew BlackwellFrustrated by the reception to this year’s Death Jokes, Damon McMahon announced the end of Amen Dunes—but not before reworking the LP’s maximalist excess into this leaner, more direct swan song.
- by Daniel BromfieldThe Japanese producer’s latest LP blends dub techno with the sunnier house sounds of his more recent work; twinkling digital synths and idiosyncratic samples add a welcome sentimental touch.
- by Harry TafoyaOn the beloved indie-pop trio’s 11th album, world-weary acceptance and the unending march of time take shape as cloudy ambient tones and creepy nocturnal resonance.
- by Alex RamosOn her solo debut, the BLACKPINK star aims to draw listeners close. But rather than offer a fresh vision of the singer, the record leans on outdated references and thinly sketched heartache.
- by Dash LewisFlute voyager Shabaka Hutchings follows up his debut solo album with a shadowy, searching EP that pushes his blend of New Age, jazz, and hip-hop further afield.