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The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Perso...
Built with Gemini, Google’s AI health coach will be everything but a doctor.
Google Pixel 10 Series, Pixel Watch 4, Pixel Buds ...
The Pixel 10 series is here. These are the first official flagship Android phones with magnetic Qi2 wireless charging. Also in tow are the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a earbuds.
10 Crazy Features Powering Google's Pixel 10 Phone...
Google’s latest AI features include real-time translated phone calls in your own AI-generated voice, an AI camera coach that makes you a better Instagram husband, and a voicemail replacement.
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperform...
Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
I Went to an AI Film Festival Screening and Left W...
Runway AI paired up with Imax to screen 10 AI-generated winning selections. The festival has been derided by some cinephiles, while others insist it’s part of a natural technological evolution.
AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrive...
An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition?
OpenAI Is Poised to Become the Most Valuable Start...
The AI startup is chasing a $500 billion valuation, with backers betting it can become the next Apple or Google. There are reasons for skepticism.
The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era
As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past.
WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dig into WIRED’s latest—from crude deportation memes to GPT-5’s negative reception.
Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them
Since the start of the AI boom, teachers have been tasked with figuring out if LLMs are helpful tools or a cheat code. This is how they’re bringing AI to their curricula.
Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hyste...
From calculators to ChatGPT, the introduction of new technology into schools has long inspired frenzied discourse: Will it revolutionize the system or rot kids’ brains? It often does neither.
The End of Handwriting
For years, smartphones and computers have threatened to erase writing by hand. Would that be so bad?
What Do Kids Actually Think About AI?
Parents, teachers, and experts have big opinions about the impacts of AI on young people and education. But what do the students themselves say?
How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obse...
Between homeschool provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempts to gut the Department of Education, teaching kids looks different now. Silicon Valley’s answer? Microschools.
AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments Th...
Artificial intelligence software is designing novel experimental protocols that improve upon the work of human physicists, although the humans are still “doing a lot of baby-sitting.”
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in ...
This week on Uncanny Valley, we talk about one of the most notorious American corporations. So what does Palantir actually do?
Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag
Software engineers are finding that OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model is helping them think through coding problems—but isn’t much better at actual coding.
Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Hu...
The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to spend trillions of dollars to win.