Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America

WIRED talks to the director of the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence about Latam-GPT, the large-language model that aims to address the region’s specific needs and change the current technological dynamic.

China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World

On September 3, China will hold a “Victory Day” military parade in Tiananmen Square to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan—and to send the West a message.

WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we look back at the week’s biggest stories—from the researchers leaving Meta’s new superintelligence lab, to the dark money group funding Democratic influencers.

The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy”

New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases.

With new in-house models, Microsoft lays the groundwork for independence from OpenAI

Microsoft is still deeply tied to OpenAI, but who knows what the future holds.

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

Longtime acolytes are sidelined as CEO directs biggest leadership reorganization in two decades.

FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.

Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster

Firefly Aerospace reveals why its Alpha booster exploded after launch in April.

Google warns that mass data theft hitting Salesloft AI agent has grown bigger

Assume all Salesloft credentials are compromised after Workspace breach, Google says.