Wired

2026-10-07

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

OpenAI releases Dots agents for ChatGPT; Wired review finds rough behavior

OpenAI has rolled out Dots, an "always-on" agent feature inside ChatGPT that can run recurring tasks, proactively message users, and be connected to personal accounts (Wired notes the feature is currently behind a $100/month subscription). A Wired reporter testing Dots found useful task automation but also missteps — such as misremembering a name, mishearing input, and an awkward mirrored emotional reply — highlighting early reliability and privacy concerns.

6.0

2026-10-02

COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI · Ars Technica

Apple to tighten macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls citing AI agent risks

Apple announced it will introduce additional controls for the macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ permission after reports that desktop AI agents (including claims about Meta’s Muse and a Wired story about ChatGPT’s Mac app) highlighted risks of apps accessing files, messages and other personal data. The company says it will require very explicit user actions before granting this high level of access and has posted guidance for developers.

7.0

2026-09-29

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · AWS Machine Learning

Condé Nast builds multimodal video discovery with Amazon Bedrock and TwelveLabs Marengo

Condé Nast partnered with the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center to build a multimodal video discovery system using TwelveLabs' Marengo embeddings via Amazon Bedrock and indexed in Amazon OpenSearch Service. The decoupled architecture — embedding generation on Bedrock and low-latency k-NN search on OpenSearch — enables intent-based, image-driven, and timestamped searches across transcripts, audio, and visuals, reducing average discovery time from ~250 minutes to under 2 minutes per task.

6.0

2026-09-22

STARTUPS · 2 SOURCES · WIRED AI · The Verge AI

Rabbit releases OS3, a cross‑platform agentic operating system usable without the R1

Rabbit announced OS3, a cloud‑backed, cross‑platform agentic operating system (also delivered as an R1 update) that can be accessed via browser, Telegram, iMessage, or a local agent node on Windows/Mac/Linux. The company says OS3 uses its DLAM (Direct Large Action Model) to execute local software tasks (including writing and debugging code), links up to five machines per account, and will be the software foundation for a forthcoming ‘cyberdeck’ device rather than an R2.

6.0

2026-09-19

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Flock Safety offers voluntary buyouts amid backlash over license-plate recognition

Wired reported that Flock Safety unveiled a voluntary severance/buyout program it described as the company’s “most generous,” and expects a significant portion of its roughly 1,500-person workforce to express interest, granting buyouts to a majority of those who apply. The move follows mounting backlash over its license plate recognition technology, including a Washington Post report identifying 46 alleged misuse cases, state suspensions in Florida and Texas, and about 90 cities dropping Flock in August.

6.0