I was recently digging through my Instagram settings, trying to disable Meta’s now-defunct feature that allowed anyone to create AI deepfakes of me without consent.…
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The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview
When Tim Millard received an email about interviewing for a media relations job in January, six months into his job hunt, he assumed he’d speak…
Meetily Lets You Transcribe and Summarize Meetings Without a Subscription—Here’s How
During the meeting, you can watch the transcription take place nearly in real time if you want, or minimize the window and focus on your…
How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs
Have you noticed how desperate tech companies are to get you to use their artificial intelligence features, even if you don’t want to use them?…
Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses
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.…
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…