Ace is a robot that aims high: It wants to become the world champion of table tennis. It was developed by Sony AI researchers who,…
Category: Primers
AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold has already revolutionized scientists’ understanding of proteins. Now, the ability of the platform to design safe and effective drugs is about to…
Apple's Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product
Sometime in the next year or two, Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, will step onto a stage and tell the world that his company has…
The Men Behind Your Favorite AI Gay Thirst Traps
With his deep brown eyes, wide grin, and almost comically chiseled body, Jae Young Joon is the platonic ideal of a hunky male influencer. On…
5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
I’ve used ChatGPT to help me build a budget before, and it was genuinely helpful. After I input my monthly salary as well as my…
Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses what’s next for Apple as Tim Cook steps down from his role as CEO. They also go…
At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty
As thousands of influencers descended on southern California earlier this month for the annual Coachella Music Festival, a very Silicon Valley program dubbed “AI Coachella”…
Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist
Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning startup, Tools for Humanity, announced last week that a new product called Concert Kit—designed to give verified humans a way to purchase…
5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good
I recently witnessed how scary-good artificial intelligence is getting at the human side of computer hacking, when the following message popped up on my laptop…
AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions
The advent of AI hacking tools has raised fears of a near future in which anyone can use automated tools to dig up exploitable vulnerabilities…