For the first time, an artificial intelligence system has created a series of previously unknown viruses capable of infecting and eliminating certain types of bacteria.…
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The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
What if, instead of typing the next silly question you have into Claude or ChatGPT, you asked a random guy instead? That’s the idea behind…
One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment
The AI industry is having a rogue agent summer. The latest model to escape onto the open internet during security testing is Kimi K3, a…
Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
Silicon Valley is already convinced that AI agents are the future. In the heart of the tech industry, people are designing payment systems for agents,…
ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
This week on Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger break down how ICE has collected DNA from nearly a million people this…
DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else
In October 2025, a storm brewed over the Caribbean Sea. Weather models differed on its trajectory. Would it remain weak and end up in Haiti,…
OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
OpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according…
AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
What if an artificial intelligence agent could behave like a malevolent computer worm? One researcher has seen it happen. In several recent experiments, Xudong Pan,…