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05.14.24

KEY NOTES | 2-MINUTE READ

How to Watch Google I/O 2024, and What to Expect

BY BOONE ASHWORTH

The annual developer conference kicks off with a keynote address. Look out for updates on Android, Search, and Assistant, plus a whole lot of AI news.

● Live: Join us for up-to-the-minute coverage from WIRED's reporters on the ground at Google I/O 2024. Tune in right here at 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 5.30pm UK time.

ALL MIXED UP | 7-MINUTE READ

The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy

BY ANDY GREENBERG

Today's verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.

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RED FLAGS | 6-MINUTE READ

How A Controversial Gun-Detection Technology Found Its Way to NYC

BY GEORGIA GEE

NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv's gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it's not designed for that environment. Emails obtained by WIRED show how the company still found an in.

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BREAKING NEWS | 3-MINUTE READ

ChatGPT Gets a Snappy, Flirty Upgrade With OpenAI's GPT-4o AI Model

BY WILL KNIGHT

Prepare for ChatGPT to get more emotional. OpenAI demonstrated upgrades that make the chatbot capable of snappier conversations and showed the AI helper picking up on and expressing emotional cues.

▸ Find out more: With OpenAI's release of GPT-4o, you may be wondering is ChatGPT Plus still worth it? Here's a quick breakdown to help you understand what's available with OpenAI's free version versus what you get with ChatGPT Plus.

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AI DON'T AGREE | 4-MINUTE READ

Protesters Are Fighting to Stop AI, but They're Split on How to Do It

BY MATT REYNOLDS

PauseAI protests are underway in London, New York, San Francisco, and across the globe. Its members have wildly different opinions on what the group should do next.

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XENOTRANSPLANTATION | 2-MINUTE READ

The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died

BY EMILY MULLIN

The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there's "no indication" that the transplant was related to his death.

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ROLL CREDITS | 3-MINUTE READ

I Am Once Again Asking Our Tech Overlords to Watch the Whole Movie

BY BRIAN BARRETT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has seemingly cited Her as an inspiration for ChatGPT's conversational voice assistant update. Maybe don't!

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MODEL CITIZENS | 4-MINUTE READ

Generative AI Is Totally Shameless. I Want to Be It

BY PAUL FORD

What I love, more than anything, is the quality that makes AI such a disaster: If it sees a space, it will fill it—with nonsense, with imagined fact, with links to fake websites. It is simply put: shameless.

DEALS | 4-MINUTE READ

It's International Masturbation Month! Here Are 9 Great Sex Toy Deals

BY JAINA GREY

The sun's shining, the birds are chirping, and the vibrators are buzzing. It's time for Masturbation May.

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Monster Hunter series sales top 100 million worldwide

May 14, 2024 | by Julian L. Mertz | No comments

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Monster Hunter series sales top 100 million worldwide

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Capcom has announced that it has shifted a gargantuan 100 million copies of the Monster Hunter series thus far as the beloved Japanese franchise celebrates its 20th Anniversary. Monster Hunter World and its Iceborn expansion remain the most successful games in the series selling over one million units each year in the seven years since its […]

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Monster Hunter series sales top 100 million worldwide

Monster Hunter series sales top 100 million worldwide

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