Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a new "mega API" for accessing Internal Revenue Service records, IRS sources tell WIRED. For the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a single API layer above all IRS databases at an event previously characterized to WIRED as a "hackathon," sources tell WIRED. Palantir representatives have been on-site at the event this week, a source with direct knowledge tells WIRED. APIs are application programming interfaces, which enable different applications to exchange data, and could be used to move IRS data to the cloud and access it there. DOGE has expressed an interest in the API project possibly touching all IRS data, which includes taxpayer names, addresses, social security numbers, tax returns, and employment data.

Nearly three months into President Donald Trump's term, the future of American AI leadership is in jeopardy. Basically any generative-AI product you have used or heard of--ChatGPT, Claude, AlphaFold, Sora--depends on academic work or was built by university-trained researchers in the industry, and frequently both. Today's AI boom is fueled by the use of specialized computer-graphics chips to run AI models--a technique pioneered by researchers at Stanford who received funding from the Department of Defense. They rely on a training method called "reinforcement learning," the foundations of which were developed with National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. "I don't think anybody would seriously claim that these [AI breakthroughs] could have been done if the research universities in the U.S. didn't exist at the same scale," Rayid Ghani, a machine-learning researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, told me.

Waymo, the autonomous driving tech company behind the human-less ride shares taking over America's major cities, is celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with everyone's favorite wholesome show: Netflix's Love On The Spectrum. In the latest episode of Driven -- Waymo's celebrity video series hosted by TV personality Andrew Freund -- the company shines a spotlight on beau-of-the-moment Connor Tomlinson, star of the show's recent hit season, as he hitches a ride in a Waymo. "It is mind blowing to be in a car that is fully autonomous," Tomlinson tells Freund. "This reminds me of that scene in Jurassic Park." For the second episode of the video series' second season, Waymo brought in national nonprofit the Autism Society.

About a dozen years after the first game, and three years after it was announced, Monaco 2 has finally arrived. The new co-op heist game from developer Pocketwatch Games and publisher Humble Bundle launched on Thursday, April 10 on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles for 24.99. Set in a colorful, isometric world with a cartoony art style, Monaco 2 follows in the silent footsteps of its predecessor with a unique heist-based mission design that can be enjoyed solo, in split-screen, or online co-op with friends. There are several playable characters, each with their own abilities and roles. And as is often the case with heists, things will certainly go wrong.

Enterprise Connect 2025, the largest communications, collaboration and CX Conference in North America, highlighted a critical shift in enterprise communications and CX, emphasizing AI-enabled transformation, deep platform integration, and workflow automation. This year's event reinforced that technology decisions must be strategic, outcome-focused, and scalable. Below are the most significant insights business and IT leaders must understand to drive measurable impact and maintain a competitive advantage in 2025 and beyond. AI-powered agents have moved beyond proof-of-concept to full-scale enterprise deployment. Organizations leveraging AI-driven customer service and internal automation are seeing measurable gains in efficiency, cost savings, and user satisfaction. AI is not replacing human interaction but augmenting it, allowing organizations to deliver faster, more consistent, and context-aware experiences.

Ireland's data privacy regulator is investigating Elon Musk's X. The country's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Friday (via Reuters) that it's opening an inquiry into the social platform's use of European users' public posts to train its Grok AI chatbot. In this case, Ireland handles EU regulation enforcement because X's European headquarters are in Dublin. The DPC said it will probe "the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts posted on the'X' social media platform by EU/EEA users." Under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules, Ireland has the legal muscle to fine X up to four percent of its global revenue.

Every day, the world seems to be slipping further and further into dystopia, with President Donald Trump placing tariffs on islands inhabited by penguins and the country's head of Medicare and Medicaid touting AI-first healthcare. In case you needed an even higher dose of Orwellian anxiety in your life, though, Black Mirror has finally returned for season 7 with six brand new episodes. In its new season, the anthology series about our, shall we say, complicated relationship with technology takes on AI sentience, subscription pricing models, lost loves, high school grudges, and the privatization of health care. It's also got plenty of action, romance, and a heaping helping of tech-era terror. As with any anthology series, Black Mirror has plenty of hits, and also its share of misses, and season 7 is no exception, which only makes it more perfect for ranking.

When ChatGPT first gained popularity in 2022, GPT-3.5 was the default model. In March 2023, the more advanced GPT-4 replaced it. Since then, both models have been lapped by a much more capable GPT-4o, which will soon replace GPT-4. On Thursday, OpenAI updated its ChatGPT release notes to announce that GPT-4 was being retired from ChatGPT and fully replaced by GPT-4o starting April 30. In the changelog, OpenAI said that GPT-4o consistently outperformed its predecessor in writing, coding, and STEM in head-to-head evaluations.

Want to catch up on the latest health and wearable tech news? As ZDNET's editor of health and wearable technology, I keep up with the daily rumors and news of new tech, so you don't have to. I've rounded up some of the week's most memorable stories on smartwatches and fitness trackers. Keep reading to learn about the latest features landing around your wrist. Samsung is seeking an upgrade on its FDA-cleared obstructive sleep apnea detection feature, thanks to a collaboration with Stanford Medicine.

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