Editor at Large @WIRED. Signal: stevenlevy.72

Joined March 2007
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People sometimes tell me they've fallen off the Plaintext newsletter list, through no fault of their own. If you're a WIRED subscriber and want my newsletter, you can follow this link and give it every week. wired.com/newsletter/plainte…
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The $1 M auction for the secrets of the CIA Kryptos sculpture was months ago--now we learn that Paradigm, a crypto-centric VC firm won. Here are their plans--and the line they didn't cross. wired.com/story/crypto-guys-…
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Here's an exclusive inside look at Flourish, a startup full of neuroscientists and AI researchers working together to make discoveries about the brain and use them to create a more efficient form of AI that learns like people do. wired.com/story/jeff-bezos-i…
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The recent AI agent breakthrough is just as big a bang as ChatGPT. Only techies realize this now but eventually no one will be able to ignore it. My report from inside this huge shift. wired.com/story/how-ai-agent…
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The good news: Google's upgraded AI search is better than the (less useful than they used to be) 10 Blue Links. Not so good: One more traffic-sucking blow for websites and online publications. wired.com/story/even-if-you-…
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Philosopher Nick Bostrom once was considered a doomer. Now he's considering whether AI's risk of annihilating humanity might be worth it--because we're all going to die unless AI saves us. If all goes right, he's looking forward to humanity's "retirement." wired.com/story/nick-bostrom…
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The search for Satoshi has resulted in a very crowded rabbit hole, but no bunny. Even ace investigators like NYT's John Carryrou and detective Tyler Maroney--who each ID'd a different Nakamoto--have not closed the case. Both can't be right, and both may be wrong. wired.com/story/you-found-sa…
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I constantly hear about how AI will solve the world's intractable problems. Then I click on a link to an article that's on a site I subscribe to, and my computer loaded with AI apps can't figure out I paid for it already.
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John Ternus, your mission as CEO is to do for AI what Apple has done for desktop computing, mobile, and music--harness the power of a messy technology and make it accessible and delightful. Do you choose to accept? If not someone else will, and Apple will suffer. wired.com/story/apples-next-…
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Steven Levy retweeted
In June of 2017, @StevenLevy wrote a fantastic article on Apple Park, the company’s new headquarters and Steve Jobs’ legacy. The details of this place will astound and amaze you. I’m still grappling with the size & weight of the glass front doors!
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It's efficient and economical to have AI write drafts of of a news story or, god forbid, something longer. After all, people just want the info, right? Wrong. If this is the wave of the future, I'd rather drown. wired.com/story/backchannel-…
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Thanks! I still think iPod is the perfect thing. No worries about child predators, too much screen time, or attention drains. Just fun.
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@StevenLevy While waiting for @Pogue's new Apple book to arrive, I am re-reading your "The Perfect Thing" (2006). I still own & use several iPods. Your book both rekindles my excitement & gives me new appreciation of just what was accomplished in making this beautiful device! 👏🏼
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