Tag: Gear / Gear News and Events

I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend—Its Answers Were All Wrong

Want to know what our reviewers have actually tested and picked as the best TVs, headphones, and laptops? Ask ChatGPT, and it’ll give you the wrong answers. Source

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Tesla Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans

The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senator’s questions—occasioned a call for more transparency. Source

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AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps

Weather forecasting has gotten a big boost from machine learning. How that translates into what users see can vary. Source

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A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work

The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings. Source

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The Deceptively Tricky Art of Designing a Steering Wheel

Veteran designers in the auto industry—and Jony Ive—tell us how hard it is to make a functional yet beautiful steering wheel. Source

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Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it’s unlikely to solve the real problems. Source

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