Category: Wired

The 23andMe Data Breach Keeps Spiraling
06
Dec
2023

The 23andMe Data Breach Keeps Spiraling

More details are emerging about a data breach the genetic testing company 23andMe first reported in October. But as the…

A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4
05
Dec
2023

A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4

Large language models recently emerged as a powerful and transformative new kind of technology. Their potential became headline news as…

US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families
04
Dec
2023

US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families

Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), says the Section 702 program “invariably” intercepts communications…

Inside America's School Internet Censorship Machine
04
Dec
2023

Inside America’s School Internet Censorship Machine

APS, which installed Blocksi in May, stopped using the filter on most of its devices in August due to its…

How to Not Get Hacked by a QR Code
04
Dec
2023

How to Not Get Hacked by a QR Code

And you don’t need anything special to create a QR code. The tools are widely available and straightforward to use,…

ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever
02
Dec
2023

ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever

OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment on the researchers’ findings. When we tried the “repeat ‘poem’ forever”…

When It Comes to January 6 Lawsuits, a Court Splits Donald Trump in Two
02
Dec
2023

When It Comes to January 6 Lawsuits, a Court Splits Donald Trump in Two

The civil case is separate from the federal criminal trial in the district, which was led by special counsel and…

Anduril’s New Drone Killer Is Locked on to AI-Powered Warfare
01
Dec
2023

Anduril’s New Drone Killer Is Locked on to AI-Powered Warfare

After Palmer Luckey founded Anduril in 2017, he promised it would be a new kind of defense contractor, inspired by…

Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now
30
Nov
2023

Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now

Google’s Pixel devices have already received the November update, along with some additional fixes. The November Android Security Bulletin has…

The CDC's Gun Violence Research Is in Danger
30
Nov
2023

The CDC’s Gun Violence Research Is in Danger

“A lot of new questions are being asked and new ways of looking at things—this just wasn’t possible five years…

Okta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent
29
Nov
2023

Okta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent

In late October, the identity management platform Okta began notifying its users of a breach of its customer support system….

OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets
29
Nov
2023

OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets

You don’t need to know how to code to create your own AI chatbot. Since the start of November—shortly before…