Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be "temporarily pausing teens’ access to existing AI characters ...

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Spraying a fast-drying clear coat onto a vehicle at Flow Lexus in Kernersville, N.C. There’s an iron law in the paint business: The faster it dries, the worse it looks. But then AI took a crack at it.

“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack. Internal Slack messages reviewed by WIRED reveal growing ...

A federal judge on Friday ordered federal law enforcement participating in the Minnesota immigration crackdown to stop pepper spraying, detaining and pulling over peaceful protesters. The preliminary ...

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Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...