Apple and Google have been ordered to take down apps that can “nudify” or “undress” people and told that they must stop profiting from the…
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A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his startup Foundation Future Industries have…
Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis
This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses the details behind Apple suing OpenAI over alleged stolen hardware secrets. And the company’s headaches don’t stop…
Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
Anthropic threw its support behind the first wave of frontier AI safety laws in the United States last year, securing new transparency requirements in California…
Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI
In early July, Meta rolled out a new feature where anyone using its AI app could tag public Instagram accounts and generate images using their…
AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet
If you think an artificial intelligence model running on thousands of cutting-edge computer chips is smart, allow me to introduce you to the concept of…
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company started by exiles from OpenAI, has released its first model, called Inkling. The startup’s new model is open-weight,…
The Apple FaceID Veteran Building a Frontier AI Model for the Human Brain
The co-inventor of Apple’s FaceID and Vision Pro technology has spent the last six years building a frontier artificial intelligence model that could one day…
My Ebike Delivery Went Missing. When I Tried to Recover It, I Ended Up in Chatbot Hell
A few months ago, my fiancée and I splurged on a pair of ebikes. We live in an especially hilly area of Atlanta, which is…
OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss
A group of rank-and-file OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a super PAC pushing for stricter regulations on frontier AI labs. Guardrails Alliance,…