You went down the coding agent rabbit hole last November along with everyone else? It was an intense time for the nerds. I spent a…
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OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Aren’t Picking Sides
OpenAI and Anthropic have battled for workers, customers, and public attention. The rival AI labs have been on opposite sides of policy proposals, and their…
Why Apple Might Put Cameras Into Its Next AirPods
If you were to ding Apple’s privacy credentials in one move, you could do worse than to launch AirPods with cameras. Whether or not they…
AI Has Come for Serif Fonts
As public backlash to the seeming omnipresence of artificial intelligence intensifies, the collective quest to weed out—and reject—telltale signs of its use continues. One of…
The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss why the race among the top AI companies to go public has just gotten started but is already…
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
Rob Williams knows how to pitch Jeff Bezos: You write a press release as if your product has already been built. Bezos reads it and…
Alpha School’s Ritzy New York City Campus Costs $65,000 a Year—but Isn’t Actually a School
In the fall of 2025, top executives from Alpha School gathered a group of wealthy New York City parents at a series of information sessions…
Quantum Computing Is Having Its Public Market Moment
Quantinuum lost nearly $200 million last year, saw revenue drop the first quarter of 2026, and says its technology may never work–yet investors are clamoring…
OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
The CEOs of several major artificial intelligence companies are urging members of Congress to adopt new laws that would make it harder for bad actors…
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
“Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was created…