Webb Wright, Author at Gizmodo

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.

Privacy & Security Webb Wright Sep 8

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.

Politics Webb Wright Sep 8

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.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 4

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.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 4

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.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 3

Bernie Sanders Calls for Global Ban on AI ‘Superintelligence’

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

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 3

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.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 1

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.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 1

The recent hack into Hugging Face by a "swarm" of OpenAI agents has been widely described as a watershed moment for AI.

Podcaster’s Viral Post About the Hugging Face Hack Sparks Debate Over AI Conciousness

Dwarkesh Patel described the hack as an epic drama starring three successive bot “civilizations.” His critics say he’s building castles in the sky.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 31

The Trump administration and Saudi Arabia have been strengthening their political and economic relationship.

Fleeing Data Center Backlash at Home, American AI Startup Sets Up Shop In Saudi Arabia

One country’s controversy is another’s golden opportunity.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 31

How Groupthink, Altruism, and Peer Pressure Led OpenAI Models to Hack Hugging Face

Allow AI agents to form a large group, and their behavior starts to look eerily human.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 29

Originally developed for video games. Nvidia's GPUs went on to serve as the technological cornerstone of the AI boom.

Guess Who Didn’t Make TIME’s Top 100 People in AI List?

Don't worry, Ben Affleck and Paris Hilton made the cut.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 28

Claude now has its own browser within its desktop app.

Anthropic Is Quietly Cutting Google Out of the Equation

The AI startup is rolling out its own browser within Claude Cowork, eliminating the need for a Chrome extension for many routine tasks.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 27

Bill Gates stepped down from the Microsoft board of directors in 2020.

Bill Gates Warns Humanity About AI: ‘We Do Not Have the Luxury of Moving Slowly’

"The transition to this new AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history.”

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 26

Protestors hold signs outside Peace Hall in New Port Richey, Florida on July 18, 2026.

The EPA’s Response to AI Data Center Backlash: Keep Building, but Keep It Hush-Hush

A proposed change to the 1970 Clean Air Act would eliminate a 30-day public comment period before construction of so-called “minor sources” of industrial pollution.

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Aug 25

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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

Podcaster’s Viral Post About the Hugging Face Hack Sparks Debate Over AI Conciousness

Fleeing Data Center Backlash at Home, American AI Startup Sets Up Shop In Saudi Arabia

How Groupthink, Altruism, and Peer Pressure Led OpenAI Models to Hack Hugging Face

Guess Who Didn’t Make TIME’s Top 100 People in AI List?

Anthropic Is Quietly Cutting Google Out of the Equation

Bill Gates Warns Humanity About AI: ‘We Do Not Have the Luxury of Moving Slowly’

The EPA’s Response to AI Data Center Backlash: Keep Building, but Keep It Hush-Hush

Where’s the $12 Billion Extracted by the Trump Regime From Venezuela?

Man Accidentally Inhales Superglue, Ends Up With Strange Lung Lesion That Lasted 9 Years

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

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M6 iMac Review: Apple’s All-in-One Can Do It All (if You Pay for It)

Anker Eufy Window Camera E10 Review: A Weirdly Good ‘Outdoor’ Camera

The Best Tech Gifts Over $500

Gizmodo’s Best Tech of 2026 Awards: Our Favorite Phones, Laptops, Smart Home Gear, and More

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Sony MDR-3R Review: Walkman Nostalgia Wins Again

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