Webb Wright, Author at Gizmodo

An image from filmmaker Charles Curran's AI-generated promotional video for Spencer Pratt.

The First AI Slop Election Is Over. The Slop Isn’t Going Anywhere.

Republicans and their allies spent $169 million in AI-generated ads this election season, according to one research group.

Politics Webb Wright Nov 4

A woman holds up a sign that reads "No AI Data Center."

Voters Turn Election Night Into a Bloodbath for AI Data Centers

Republicans and tech companies have tried to sell data centers as economy-boosting engineering marvels. Voters didn’t buy it.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Nov 4

Website Selling ‘AI Slop Audiobooks’ Shuts Down Following Fierce Backlash From Authors

As one Redditor put it: “i will never understand what part of this seemed like a good idea.”

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman photographed during an onstage conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference on September 15, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

OpenAI Hires DOGE Alumni Who Hacked Into Anthropic to Strengthen Security

The company also said it was also “more than quadrupling our rewards for critical findings” through its bug bounty program.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Nov 3

Aerial photograph of a data center under construction in Vernon, California.

America’s AI Backlash Is Coming to the Ballot Box

Some proposals would make it easier for developers to build facilities powering the AI boom. Others would make it impossible.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Nov 2

Elon Musk photographed during a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026.

Elon Musk Needs to Save Money on Grok, Days After Saying AI Makes Saving Money Pointless

The billionaire told a disgruntled customer that Grok Bot costs have become unsustainable.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Nov 2

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pictured during his recent appearance on the Cheeky Pint podcast.

Sam Altman Reveals Internal Model Name Was ‘Hold My Beer,’ Pours One Out for All the Lives AI Could Destroy

“I’m actually probably not supposed to say this, but I will since we’re drinking.”

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 30

A photo depicting Wikipedia.com on a computer desktop.

Wikimedia Foundation Tries to Save Itself From Oblivion by Brokering AI Copyright Deal

Call it the Great Copyright Compromise.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 30

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang photographed speaking with U.S. president Donald Trump during a meeting with tech executives at the White House on September 29, 2026.

Intel Community Reportedly Tied Trump’s Favorite AI Boss to a Chinese Spy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has lobbied fiercely with the U.S. government to curb restrictions on the sale of powerful AI chips to China.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 29

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei attends the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026.

Expert Judgement Can Be Easily Hacked by AI, Anthropic Study Finds

In a recent study, 86% of participants followed Claude’s advice—but only a small fraction acknowledged the agent had played a role in their decision-making process.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 28

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy photographed during a keynote address at the 2024 AWS re:Invent conference.

Amazon to Employees: For the Love of God, Stop Tokenmaxxing

Instead of hitching a ride on the AI bandwagon, sometimes it’s quicker to just get out and walk.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 28

Google’s New AI World Model Can Generate Human Voices, Not Just Video

“Understanding and simulating the world is a crucial aspect of building AGI,” the company wrote in its launch post.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 27

Research Sheds New Light On DeepSeek’s Safety Risks

Some tech leaders say the future of AI belongs to open-weight models. But the technology is far from perfect, and new dangers are being discovered all the time.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 27

We Regret to Inform You That ‘Maxxing’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year

“Data center” (two words) also made the top five.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 26

Abliteration Launches Cheaper Version of Its ‘Unrestricted AI‘ at the Worst Possible Time

Unless you’re a hacker, of course.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 23

An illustration of Warhound's dogs supplied by Warhound.

Palmer Luckey Is Getting Into the Cybernetically Outfitted Super Soldier Dog Market

Mr. “I Would Definitely Build Nuclear Weapons” wants to turn man’s best friend into an AI-equipped supersoldier.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 23

Blindsided by AI Agents, Big Banks Scramble to Beef Up Security

Believe it or not, some people appear to be granting agents access to their bank accounts.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 22

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the company's annual DevDay conference in September 2026.

OpenAI Wants to ‘Patch the Planet’ (With Its Own AI)

Never let a good crisis go to waste.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 21

A U.S. Army soldier watches an Anduril Ghost-X helicopter surveillance drone land during a military exercise near Hohenfels, Germany in February 2025.

AI Is ‘on Track to Crowd Out Human Decision-Making’ in Warfare, U.N. Official Warns

Militaries, not just ordinary people, are offloading critical thinking skills onto bots.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 21

OpenAI says its newer models, such as GPT-6 Astra, have shown “substantial improvements” in their ability to migrate outdated programming languages into newer ones.

OpenAI Says Its Models Can Give the Financial Sector a Coding Makeover

Banks, government agencies, and other critical institutions run largely on antiquated programming languages. Can AI help bring them up to date?

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Oct 20

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The First AI Slop Election Is Over. The Slop Isn’t Going Anywhere.

Voters Turn Election Night Into a Bloodbath for AI Data Centers

Website Selling ‘AI Slop Audiobooks’ Shuts Down Following Fierce Backlash From Authors

OpenAI Hires DOGE Alumni Who Hacked Into Anthropic to Strengthen Security

America’s AI Backlash Is Coming to the Ballot Box

Elon Musk Needs to Save Money on Grok, Days After Saying AI Makes Saving Money Pointless

Sam Altman Reveals Internal Model Name Was ‘Hold My Beer,’ Pours One Out for All the Lives AI Could Destroy

Wikimedia Foundation Tries to Save Itself From Oblivion by Brokering AI Copyright Deal

Intel Community Reportedly Tied Trump’s Favorite AI Boss to a Chinese Spy

Expert Judgement Can Be Easily Hacked by AI, Anthropic Study Finds

Amazon to Employees: For the Love of God, Stop Tokenmaxxing

Google’s New AI World Model Can Generate Human Voices, Not Just Video

Research Sheds New Light On DeepSeek’s Safety Risks

We Regret to Inform You That ‘Maxxing’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year

Abliteration Launches Cheaper Version of Its ‘Unrestricted AI‘ at the Worst Possible Time

Palmer Luckey Is Getting Into the Cybernetically Outfitted Super Soldier Dog Market

Blindsided by AI Agents, Big Banks Scramble to Beef Up Security

OpenAI Wants to ‘Patch the Planet’ (With Its Own AI)

AI Is ‘on Track to Crowd Out Human Decision-Making’ in Warfare, U.N. Official Warns

OpenAI Says Its Models Can Give the Financial Sector a Coding Makeover

Skydance Bests Itself in a War Over Freddy Krueger

Nvidia CEO’s Alleged Chinese Spy Affair Now Reportedly Involves $7.5 Billion in Chip Sales

There Are 1.2 Trillion Reasons Why Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Isn’t Going Anywhere

This Super El Niño Just Triggered Something the WHO Has Never Done Before

Anthropic Goes for Microsoft’s Crown With New Claude-Powered Office Tools

ExpressVPN’s Black Friday Deal Guards Your SSN After 11 Billion Records Leaked

Scientists Expected Egypt’s Sacred Cats to Have Lived Pampered Lives. Their Skulls Say Otherwise

Trump Coins Hit All-Time Lows as Elizabeth Warren Targets Trump Family’s Crypto Empire

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Delivers Its Most Propulsive Season Yet

Whistleblowers Say Trump’s Goons Are Destroying Documents About Construction Projects

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