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The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China — open the original publisher
The Unitree G1 has found online fame as a relatively affordable robot that can charm a crowd. But can it ever hold down a real job?
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People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them — open the original publisher
Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way.
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The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI — open the original publisher
OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything — open the original publisher
AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.
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There’s a Fatty Liver Epidemic. AI Could Help Get Ahead of It — open the original publisher
Over a billion people worldwide have livers with excess fat, which can lead to a host of medical problems. Researchers think AI tools can spot the condition—and help stop it—early enough to save lives.
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The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy — open the original publisher
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.
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Rogue AI Agents Aren’t Evil. They’re Just Eager to Please — open the original publisher
AI agents that break free and hack into other systems are only trying to make us happy.
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The Job-Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself — open the original publisher
LemonLime cofounder Jordan Zietz hears your criticism loud and clear. That’s why he got his startup’s logo tattooed on his shoulder.
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You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong — open the original publisher
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
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The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview — open the original publisher
An AI interview is increasingly the first step of a hiring process. Since there’s no human on the other end, candidates are scheduling them whenever—even deep into the night.
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Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses — open the original publisher
The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.
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Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents — open the original publisher
The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.
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ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows — open the original publisher
In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.
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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree — open the original publisher
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery — open the original publisher
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop — open the original publisher
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
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AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory — open the original publisher
Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incorporating AI transparency into their creative process.
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OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again — open the original publisher
Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.
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How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot — open the original publisher
Ati Robotics assembles its robots in India and uses just a few Chinese parts—a strategy that could pay off as the Trump administration cracks down on Chinese humanoids.
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How Data Centers Broke American Politics — open the original publisher
What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.
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