Louise Matsakis

Inside the Summit Where China Pitched Its AI Agenda to the World Behind closed doors, Chinese researchers are laying the groundwork for a new global AI agenda—without input from the US.

Behind closed doors, Chinese researchers are laying the groundwork for a new global AI agenda—without input from the US. www.wired.com/story/china-...

The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.

"AI companies used what amounts to the collective history of our species to create software that obscures its very richness and complexity."

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You can probably tune a chatbot so it won't tell people to mutilate themselves if you throw enough money at the problem, but not being able to distinguish Warhammer lore sourced from a message board and an actual rite of submission to an ancient blood god is kind of baked into the technology.

This snippet is particularly insightful. Once again, "attention is all we need", in reverse :)

The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.

"But perhaps the most convincing piece of evidence suggesting that ChatGPT regurgitated the language of Warhammer 40,000 is that it kept asking if The Atlantic was interested in PDFs." Amazing blog from @lmatsakis.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.

I wrote about how AI chatbots strip cultural and historical context away from language. What remains is merely a ghost in the machine, and it's repeatedly making people confused and scared www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.

Love this from @lmatsakis.bsky.social about *why* it seemed like ChatGPT was satanic www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

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Welcome to the 1st edition of WIRED's Made in China newsletter: How Chinese Short Dramas Conquered the World, aka "The Secret Life of My Not-Billionaire BF Who's Addicted to Vertical Soap Operas."

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Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China How did steamy, short soap operas that originated in China become the hottest thing in Hollywood, seemingly overnight?

The first edition of Made in China is here! Working with @lmatsakis.bsky.social (and @zeyiyang.bsky.social!) has been the privilege of my career and this newsletter is already so fantastic.

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Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China How did steamy, short soap operas that originated in China become the hottest thing in Hollywood, seemingly overnight?

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3 apps Made in China (RedNote, DeepSeek, and Temu) have topped US app stores this year. While Trump cuts science funding, Beijing is racing ahead. If you want to know where tech is going, you need to understand China. You can do that by signing up for our newsletter: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

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One of the highlights of my career has been reporting on China & working closely with @zeyiyang.bsky.social. So I’m really excited to share that we’re launching a new newsletter together for @wired.com. It's called "Made in China."

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Smashing "subscribe" so hard on the new MADE IN CHINA newsletter by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social that I nearly threw up www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

EPA Employees Still in the Dark as Agency Dismantles Scientific Research Office On Monday, some employees at ORD, the largest office in the agency, began receiving emails detailing that they had been assigned new positions within the EPA. "There is no action you need to take the ...

NEW from me: after EPA announced it would officially do away with its scientific research arm Friday, officials at the Office of Research and Development had few answers for employees on a Monday call about how many of them will be reassigned to other offices—and how many will lose their jobs

Lutnick has predicted that Trump's tariffs would raise “hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars” for the US government. But Cantor Fitzgerald, which is now controlled by Lutnick's sons, is letting investors bet the tariffs will be ruled illegal in court, entitling everyone to a refund

Trump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

SCOOP: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been one of the loudest cheerleaders for Trump's tariffs. But his former investment bank is offering clients a way to bet they won’t survive in court. new from me & @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cantor...

Trump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

Trump's Commerce Secretary loves tariffs. His former investment firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, is letting clients essentially bet that the tariffs will be struck down in court, per a letter obtained by WIRED. Scoop w/ @lmatsakis.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/cantor...

Trump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

NEW: A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court.

scoop from @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:

Trump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

NEW by @lmatsakis.bsky.social: Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is betting that Trump’s tariff bills will be struck down in court. The company is buying the rights to potential tariff refunds. www.wired.com/story/cantor...

ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants.

NEW: ICE is getting direct access to the medical records of tens of millions of Americans; while HHS tells us it's to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and DHS tells us it's to find impermissible benefits, the actual agreement, which we reviewed says it's to identify and locate aliens.

Some Cities in China Are Advertising Exclusive Subsidies for Huawei-Powered Cars WIRED identified 10 local governments in China that are offering discounts to consumers who choose cars running Huawei software. It’s not always clear who is footing the bill.

SCOOP: @zeyiyang.bsky.social identified 10 local governments in China that are offering discounts to consumers who choose cars running Huawei software. It’s not always clear whether the government, Huawei, or third-party vendors are paying for them www.wired.com/story/huawei...