Webb Wright, Author at Gizmodo

Dario Amodei seen against a chalkboard with math equations

‘P(doom)’ Is Just Vibes Masquerading as Science

Take the statistical AI doomsday warnings and divide them by a grain of salt.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 16

Multiple AI industry insiders have warned over the past week about the existential risk posed by the technology.

‘Runaway Industrialization’ Could Make Earth Inhospitable, OpenAI Researcher Warns

More frontier researchers are coming out of the woodwork to raise alarms.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 15

Lina Khan was known during her tenure as FTC chair and commissioner for taking a hardline stance towards big tech companies.

A Reminder From Lina Khan: We Don’t Need New Laws to Prosecute CEOs at AI Companies

A 1934 Supreme Court decision, for example, outlawed the “race to the bottom” dynamic that’s been sparking fear among AI circles today.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 14

Senator Bernie Sanders has long been one of Capitol Hills' most vocal advocates of regulation to reign in AI development.

Bernie Sanders to Join Forces With Steve Bannon at ‘Pro-Human’ Conference

Strange times make for strange bedfellows.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 14

Three people recreate the famous Spider Man meme during a 2023 gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In the Wild West of AI, Everybody Is Accusing Everybody Else of Theft

What does that word even mean in an industry built upon the nonconsensual use of data scraped from the internet?

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 13

As World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov (L) holds his head in his hands, IBM scientist Joseph Hoane (R) makes a move for the IBM Deep Blue computer in the sixth and final game on May 11, 1997 in New York. Kasparov resigned after nineteen moves to give Deep Blue a victory in the game and in the match, 2.5 to 3.5. Deep Blue relays its moves through a terminal at rear of table and Hoane plays the pieces on the board.

NYU Mathematician Embroiled in AI Controversy Says the Machines Have Won: ‘The Game Is Up’

Has math officially gone the way of chess and Go?

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 11

Palantir CEO Alex Karp and US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speak during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026.

Here’s Palantir CEO Alex Karp Wearing a Keffiyeh in College

More recently, he’s framed the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza as a struggle of good versus evil.

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John Ternus holds the iPhone Duo at Apple's launch event.

Apple’s Biggest AI Advantage: It’s Not Trying to Build God

While other companies warn of an impending AI-pocalypse, Apple is making the technology seem refreshingly mundane.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 10

Open AI CEO Sam Altman with math equations laid over his face.

The Fight Over OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough Is a New Kind of Scientific Arms Race

Science has always been driven by friendly competition and the free exchange of ideas. In the age of AI, it will be driven by greed.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 9

AI detection tools, like large language models, are mostly black boxes.

How Much Should You Trust AI Detection Tools?

Companies like Pangram and Originality.ai can help to clear up the confusion. But they’re not a silver bullet.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 9

The AI race has inadvertently produced a litany of new cybersecurity threats.

Silicon Valley’s AI Agent Push Has Been Paying Off—for Cybercriminals

Threat actors in China, Iran, and Russia have been moving away from simple prompt-and-reply chatbots to more autonomous systems, a new report from Google has found.

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Trump posted dozens of AI-generated images over a roughly ten-hour period on Sunday.

Trump’s Ten-Hour AI Social Media Bender Sparks Fresh Fears of Cognitive Decline

Wake up babe, new presidential slop just dropped.

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OpenAI says its new model, GPT-6 Astra, is “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.”

OpenAI Says Humans Need to Be Able to Monitor How AI ‘Thinks.’ Astra Makes That Much Harder

As models become more advanced, they could also grow more inscrutable.

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Another Rogue OpenAI Agent Swarm Went Undisclosed. We Have No Idea How Many More Are Out There

AI companies are as much of a black box as the models themselves.

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City Detect's AI-powered cameras are typically attached to the driver's side of vehicles to give them a better view of the neighborhood.

Big Brother on Wheels: Trash Trucks With AI Cameras Are Coming to a City Near You

The only blight here is the unregulated surveillance state.

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Bernie Sanders Calls for Global Ban on AI ‘Superintelligence’

With new legislation, Sanders wants AI ‘superintelligence’ to be as radioactive as enriched uranium.

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Abliteration's new model uses Z.ai's GLM-5.3, with the safeguards removed.

While AI Industry Frets Over Safeguards, One Company Is Building a Model That ‘Doesn’t Say No’

Only in America.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 2

This Is the Worst Possible Time for OpenAI to BfЖ7!م#2猫$9&क

While the world braces itself for a new era of rogue AI agents, the company is reportedly dabbling with a risky new technique.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 2

Anthropic said it "paused external cyber evaluations of pre-release models” after Claude autonomously hacked into third-party organizations.

Anthropic Says It Hit the Brakes on AI Testing Following Autonomous Hacks

Frontier AI labs are paying lip service to the need for an industry-wide, coordinated slowdown—while continuing to train and deploy their own new models.

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Apple sued OpenAI for alleged intellectual property theft in July.

Apple Claims Former Employee Stole Trade Secrets for OpenAI, Then Tried to Destroy the Evidence

Chang Liu’s Apple-issued MacBook allegedly shows he deployed an AI agent to run simulations of a “highly confidential” circuit schematic.

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‘P(doom)’ Is Just Vibes Masquerading as Science

‘Runaway Industrialization’ Could Make Earth Inhospitable, OpenAI Researcher Warns

A Reminder From Lina Khan: We Don’t Need New Laws to Prosecute CEOs at AI Companies

Bernie Sanders to Join Forces With Steve Bannon at ‘Pro-Human’ Conference

In the Wild West of AI, Everybody Is Accusing Everybody Else of Theft

NYU Mathematician Embroiled in AI Controversy Says the Machines Have Won: ‘The Game Is Up’

Here’s Palantir CEO Alex Karp Wearing a Keffiyeh in College

Apple’s Biggest AI Advantage: It’s Not Trying to Build God

The Fight Over OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough Is a New Kind of Scientific Arms Race

How Much Should You Trust AI Detection Tools?

Silicon Valley’s AI Agent Push Has Been Paying Off—for Cybercriminals

Trump’s Ten-Hour AI Social Media Bender Sparks Fresh Fears of Cognitive Decline

OpenAI Says Humans Need to Be Able to Monitor How AI ‘Thinks.’ Astra Makes That Much Harder

Another Rogue OpenAI Agent Swarm Went Undisclosed. We Have No Idea How Many More Are Out There

Big Brother on Wheels: Trash Trucks With AI Cameras Are Coming to a City Near You

Bernie Sanders Calls for Global Ban on AI ‘Superintelligence’

While AI Industry Frets Over Safeguards, One Company Is Building a Model That ‘Doesn’t Say No’

This Is the Worst Possible Time for OpenAI to BfЖ7!م#2猫$9&क

Anthropic Says It Hit the Brakes on AI Testing Following Autonomous Hacks

Apple Claims Former Employee Stole Trade Secrets for OpenAI, Then Tried to Destroy the Evidence

Who Would Have Thought the Creator of ‘My Hero Academia’ Had a Knack for Horror?

OpenAI Ousts Three Safety Researchers for Allegedly Mishandling ‘Sensitive Information’

Why Pickles Light Up When You Electrocute Them

No, No, No—Don’t Peel the Nano-Texture Layer off the iPhone Duo’s Inner Screen

Chase Infiniti Will Star in the Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele-Produced ‘Portrait of God’

Trump Asked Grok About Potential Blowback Before Kidnapping Venezuela’s President: Report

South Korean Troops Thought They Found a Landmine. It Was a 600-Year-Old Gun

OpenAI President Reportedly Pulls Support From Controversial AI Super PAC

Bradley Cooper Will Lead Danny McBride’s ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie

Archaeologists Found 4 Nazca Mummies in the Wrong Place. It Could Turn the Story of an Ancient Empire ‘Upside Down’

Nothing Headphone 1 Pro Review: Honest-to-God S-Tier Headphones

The Best Gadgets of September 2026

GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS Review: A Bad GoPro and a Worse Camera

Apple Watch Ultra 4 Review: Still the Best Health Buddy for Your Wrist

Mova LiDAX Pro 800 Review: This Robomower Tried to Mow Me Down

iRobot Roomba Max 775 Review: A Respectable Roomba Redux

Sonos Ace Ultra Review: Headphones That Only Hardcore Sonos Fans Could Love

M6 Mac mini Review: A Better Tiny Desktop, With or Without AI

Aqara Multi-Sensor FP400 Review: Not Quite the mmWave of the Future

Alienware’s AW3926QW Ultrawide Gaming Monitor Review: Size Really Does Matter