Even the best artificial intelligence agents are fairly hopeless at online freelance work, according to an experiment that challenges the idea of AI replacing office workers en masse. The Remote Labor Index, a new benchmark developed by researchers at data annotation company Scale AI and the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), a nonprofit, measures the…
The idea of starting a book club came to Valeen Heinle late one night in July. She was having a particularly bad argument with her Trump-supporting dad over Israel’s war in Gaza and its devastating impacts on children. “I’m begging you to just try and learn something that isn’t from Facebook, Fox, or Newsmax,” Valeen,…
In the world of high-end gaming headsets, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless (8/10, WIRED Recommends) stands out with an impressive feature set and excellent audio. Right now, you can pick up the wireless model for just $300 from Amazon, an $80 discount off the usual price. That might sound like a lot for gaming…
Keeping floors free of trip hazards and having good lighting and sturdy objects to hold on to at key points in your home are the main ways to protect yourself from taking a tumble. So work to rid living areas of clutter, and tuck electric cords out of the way. Ditch throw rugs, area rugs,…
Not all OTC remedies work well or are safe for older adults or for long-term use. And while it may be tempting to reach for dietary supplements to soothe symptoms, there’s no good data to support their use, says Richard Martinello, MD, an infectious disease specialist at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,…
Manisha Krishnan: OK. So it sounds like you’re potentially open. You’re not closing the door on working with AI basically? Jon Chu: I don’t know. Manisha Krishnan: OK. That’s fair. I do want to talk a little bit about Crazy Rich Asians because I love that movie, but also I sort of wonder, did you…
I saw the warning signs firsthand. I recently set out to build a small gaming PC for my living room, to play on my TV with surround sound. The project required a standard 32GB kit of RAM. On Sept. 11, that kit was selling for a reasonable $90. By the time I placed my order…
If you were trying to learn how to get other people to do what you want, you might use some of the techniques found in a book like Influence: The Power of Persuasion. Now, a preprint study out of the University of Pennsylvania suggests that those same psychological persuasion techniques can frequently “convince” some LLMs…
SundaysA majority of football action takes place on Sunday, starting on Sept. 7. Early and late afternoon games are split between CBS and Fox, while NBC airs a “Sunday Night Football” game. You can watch all those games on the regular cable channels or you can stream them. The CBS games are available on the…
Home Depot goes hard. The company pretty much invented the hardware superstore when it began in 1978, just by being so big. They inflated the neighborhood tool shop into a whole city of lumber, hammers, caulk, power saws, and big rolls of wire. I would know I’m in a Home Depot blindfolded, because of a…
