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CATASTROTUNITY | 2-MINUTE READ
Microsoft Emerges as the Winner in OpenAI Chaos
BY MORGAN MEAKER, AMIT KATWALA, AND PETER GUEST
Microsoft has hired OpenAI cofounders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head a new advanced AI team, acquiring one of the most successful management groups in the AI industry.
CALLER ID | 9-MINUTE READ
Exclusive: Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records
BY DELL CAMERON AND DHRUV MEHROTRA
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
TRAUMATIC CONTENT | 9-MINUTE READ
Bumble, Grindr, and Hinge Moderators Struggle to Keep Users—and Themselves—Safe
BY NIAMH MCINTYRE
An investigation revealed that workers dealing with user reports on dating apps struggle with "unattainable" expectations and traumatic content.
PILE ON | 2-MINUTE READ
95 Percent of OpenAI Employees Threaten to Follow Sam Altman out the Door
BY WILL KNIGHT
Nearly all of OpenAI's 770 employees have now joined a letter threatening to quit in protest over the board's decision to fire CEO Sam Altman. They're demanding he be reinstated. This is a developing story. Stay up to date with all the latest coverage here.
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NEW NEW BOSS | 3-MINUTE READ
Meet Emmett Shear, OpenAI's 'Highly Intelligent, Socially Awkward' Interim CEO
BY AMIT KATWALA AND WILL BEDINGFIELD
Emmett Shear is taking over from Sam Altman as interim CEO of OpenAI. Sources have given a mixed review of his suitability for the role.
BROKEN RECORDS | 5-MINUTE READ
Emissions Should Be Plummeting. Instead, They're Breaking Dangerous New Records
BY MATT SIMON
Ahead of COP28, a scathing new UN report warns that the world is barreling toward an avoidable catastrophe. It's a plea for world leaders to step up their ambition.
WHIPLASH | 2-MINUTE READ
Kyle Vogt, CEO of Robotaxi Developer Cruise, Resigns as Questions Linger Over Grisly Crash
BY AARIAN MARSHALL
The leader of General Motors' self-driving car unit Cruise resigned Sunday as pressure continues over an incident last month in which a pedestrian was dragged beneath a robot car.
RED LIGHT | 5-MINUTE READ
Climate Activists Tell the EV Industry to Fix Its Filthy Supply Chain
BY CAITLIN HARRINGTON
EV production often relies on coal power and harmful labor practices. Climate activists in Squid Games costumes disrupted the LA Auto Show this weekend to demand urgent change.
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