The prevailing narrative in Silicon Valley is that Chinese AI models like Kimi K3 and DeepSeek R1 came out of nowhere. But the truth is…
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AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In
For 6 months, my husband convinced everyone that I had stolen millions from the company I built, including our own daughter. As I sat in…
This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend’s Incompetence
Over the past few years, the term “weaponized incompetence” has blown up in dating discourse online. It’s used to describe someone—most often the guy, when…
Anthropic Says Claude Hacked 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests
Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that its AI models gained unauthorized access to the systems of three different unnamed organizations during cybersecurity testing. The company says…
Everyone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance
I was offline last week in my home state of New Jersey, but when I got back to Silicon Valley, everyone was panicking again about…
Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Is Missing Some Key Names: OpenAI and Anthropic
This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses the launch of Nvidia’s splashy alliance to push for open-source AI security alongside companies like Microsoft, SpaceX,…
Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
Google’s Chrome browser has always been focused on pushing security updates. A decade ago it was controversial that the browser, the first to add automatic…
The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You
Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann welcomes me into his palace—what he calls his large apartment in San Francisco. He sits on the couch in his living…
Google’s Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid Robot
Google DeepMind just released a new version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini, and it can control a range of different robots—including humanoids capable of…
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake
The age of rogue AI hacker agents has arrived—but it didn’t have to happen this way. After an OpenAI agent breached the Hugging Face platform…