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Thinking Machines cofounders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz are leaving the fledgling AI lab and rejoining OpenAI, the ChatGPT-maker announced on Wednesday. OpenAI’s CEO of applications, Fidji Simo, shared the news in a memo to staff...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to introduce legislation that would effectively legalize robotaxis in the state — except for its most populous metropolis: New York City.  Hochul, who made the comments Tuesday during her State of...

Why your LLM bill is exploding — and how semantic caching can cut it by 73%

Our LLM API bill was growing 30% month-over-month. Traffic was increasing, but not that fast. When I analyzed our query logs, I found the...

Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that's called Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). In...

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Jan. 11 #475

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New...

Bose Promo Code: 40% Off Bose for January 2026

If you hate hearing the sound of the world around you, Bose products are for you. And WIRED has Bose coupon codes to help...

McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

If there is one point of consensus among the CES 2026 keynote speakers, it is that AI is reshaping technology with a speed and...

TII’s Falcon H1R 7B can out-reason models up to 7x its size — and it’s (mostly) open

For the last two years, the prevailing logic in generative AI has been one of brute force: if you want better reasoning, you need...

L’Oréal’s CES 2026 beauty devices include a skin-like flexible LED mask

Over the last ten or so years, L'Oréal has brought a taste of beauty tech to the masses at CES 2026. This time, it...

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Jan. 4

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York...

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