Month: May 2026

Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss how Donald Trump’s visit to China could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes couldn’t be higher.

The plaintiffs and defense have rested their cases, as well as their rear ends.

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.

Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall.

In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights.

Musk’s lawyers questioned Altman over allegations of deception and his network of financial investments, but the OpenAI CEO painted a picture of Musk as obsessed with controlling the company.

Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.

China’s Unitree, famous for making low-cost dancing robots, will now sell you a giant, wall-smashing mecha.

The former OpenAI chief scientist may be estranged from the company, but he still came to its defense as he testified on Monday.

For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad.