Elon Musk announces Grok, a ‘rebellious’ AI with few guardrails

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  11.06.23 HELP WANTED | 6-MINUTE READ This AI Bot Fills Out Job Applications for You While You Sleep BY CAITLIN HARRINGTON AI-powered services like LazyApply zip through the grunt work of job applications, helping one programmer apply for 5,000 jobs. But they can make mistakes, and some recruiters scorn the technology. GO WILD | 3-MINUTE READ OpenAI Wants Everyone to Build Their Own Version of ChatGPT BY WILL KNIGHT At OpenAI's first developer conference, the company behind ChatGPT announced new tools that let anyone create a customized chatbot or AI agent—no coding skills required. PRODUCT REVIEW | 3-MINUTE READ Apple's Newest MacBook Pro Wins on Performance, Battery Life, and Looks BY CHRISTOPHER NULL With a new M3 processor inside that juices performance across the board, the latest edition of Apple's world-class laptop smokes the competition. SPICY LANGUAGE | 4-MINUTE READ Elon Musk Announces Grok, a 'Rebellious' AI With Few Guardrails BY WILL KNIGHT xAI, Elon Musk's new company, claims to have built a powerful language model with cutting-edge performance in just two months. ADVERTISEMENT GET WIRED Our Fall Sale is Officially live! Subscribe to WIRED for only $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus FREE WIRED stickers as a special bonus! IT'S A WHOPPER | 3-MINUTE READ The World's Broken Food System Costs $12.7 Trillion a Year BY MATT REYNOLDS The hidden costs of the global food system are equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP, according to new analysis from the United Nations. DO IT YOURSELF | 3-MINUTE READ 30 Essential Home Repair Tools You Should Have BY MATT JANCER Become your own repair person and you won't have to wait around between the hours of 9 and 7. PAY UP | 5-MINUTE READ Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation. But these services bring problems of their own. TEE US UP | 2-MINUTE READ We Asked a Savile Row Tailor to Test All the 'Best' T-Shirts You See in Social Media Ads BY CHRIS HASLAM Bombarded by social media ads promising the "perfect" T-shirt whatever your shape, WIRED put these claims to the test with world-famous Savile Row tailors Gieves & Hawkes. ROCK THE CASHBOT | 4-MINUTE READ Johnny Cash's Taylor Swift Cover Predicts the Boring Future of AI Music BY KATE KNIBBS With covers of "Blank Space" and Aqua's "Barbie Girl" going viral, Johnny Cash is suddenly the voice of AI. The choice is telling. Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on jobs.wired.com. Occupational Safety and Health Engineer Booz Allen Hamilton Location: Stafford, VA, USA APPLY NOW Enterprise Account Executive MongoDB Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA APPLY NOW ADVERTISEMENT Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.