The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China

When Edward Warchocki speaks with you, he sounds like a regular guy. “Not super intelligent, but very emotional, very easy to make friends with,” says…

Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want

Tim O’Reilly’s yardstick for measuring the worth of a company, person, or society has long been create more value than you capture. It’s no surprise…

These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI

For 28 days, Keshav had a new item on his daily to-do list: masturbate for research purposes. Both before and after self-pleasuring, he logged his…

People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

As a licensed officiant at Las Vegas Immersive Weddings, a chapel that offers novelty-themed marriage packages, Kevin Breen has officiated just about every kind of…

The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

OpenAI’s leaders are rallying workers to respond to one of the largest crises in the company’s history—which spans across its AI safety, cybersecurity, and alignment…

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500-Words—and Barely Says Anything

Today on Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger break down Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500-word AI manifesto and why it ultimately rings…

There’s a Fatty Liver Epidemic. AI Could Help Get Ahead of It

All over the world, a slow, insidious change is taking place in the composition of the livers of more than a billion people. While the…

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

White House officials are almost certain to revise the Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence guidelines and expand its oversight of AI models, according to people…

Rogue AI Agents Aren’t Evil. They’re Just Eager to Please

Artificial intelligence agents merrily breaking free and hacking other systems might seem like a sign of the impending machine uprising. In reality, it happens when…

4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 Smartphones

Google’s Pixel Camera chief, Isaac Reynolds, thinks year-to-year upgrades to smartphone cameras are still critical, even though some detractors think they’re passé. “A person who…