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Google’s App Store Monopoly Ruled Illegal as Jury Sides With Epic Dec 20, 2023

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A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store. A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the case for years. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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My Surprisingly Unbiased Week With Elon Musk's 'Politically Biased' Chatbot Dec 19, 2023

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Some Elon Musk fans are concerned that Grok, xAI's answer to ChatGPT, is too politically liberal. The nature of the underlying AI technology will make “fixing” its outlook difficult. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered Dec 18, 2023

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B cells are prolific producers of antibodies, but for the first time, scientists have modified them to make other proteins to counteract a serious genetic disease. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check Dec 15, 2023

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The “superalignment” team led by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has devised a way to guide the behavior of AI models as they get ever smarter. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees Dec 14, 2023

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Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists. Now he’s back with a new plan for nature restoration. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue Dec 13, 2023

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YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out Dec 12, 2023

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The idea that sprinkling rock dust on farmland can soak up atmospheric carbon will be tested at large scale thanks to a $57 million purchase from corporations including Stripe and Alphabet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats Dec 11, 2023

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Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right.

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Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign Dec 08, 2023

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Videos featuring Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley have been edited to push anti-Ukraine disinformation, according to Microsoft researchers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google Just Launched Gemini, Its Long-Awaited Answer to ChatGPT Dec 07, 2023

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Google says Gemini, launching today inside the Bard chatbot, is its “most capable” AI model ever. It was trained on video, images, and audio as well as text. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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