The Rare Earth Metal Driving Tensions Between the US and China
Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing any time soon.
Month: November 2025
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
Computer Vision
TL;DR Computer vision enables machines to understand and interpret images and video, enabling them to make decisions about the world around them. Computer vision is the field of AI focused on enabling computers to see, understand, and analyse visual information. It draws from imaging, physics, machine learning, and cognitive science to transform raw pixels into…
Robotics
TL;DR Robotics is about building machines that sense, decide, and act in the physical world using mechanical design, electronics, and intelligent algorithms. Robotics explores how we design and build machines that can understand their environment, make decisions, and perform tasks with precision. It sits at the intersection of engineering and intelligence, shaping everything from manufacturing…
Abductive Logic Programming (ALP)
TL;DR Abductive Logic Programming (ALP) is a logic-based AI method that infers the best possible explanation for observations when some facts are missing. Abductive Logic Programming (ALP) is a reasoning framework that combines classic logic programming with abductive inference, allowing systems to propose plausible explanations for incomplete information. It is widely used in AI for…
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
TL;DR Natural language processing enables computers to understand and generate human language, allowing them to interact with us more naturally. Natural language processing is the branch of AI focused on teaching computers to interpret, generate, and work with human language. It blends linguistics, computer science, and machine learning to build systems that can read text,…
Jeff Bezos’ New AI Venture Quietly Acquired an Agentic Computing Startup
Project Prometheus has raised over $6 billion in funding and hired over 100 employees, a handful of whom joined through its acquisition of General Agents, according to records and sources.
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
WIRED Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files Fallout
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we cover the news of the week and take a closer look at the Gemini 3, Google’s latest AI model and chatbot.