Today on Uncanny Valley, we address one of the most pressing questions in education right now: What constitutes cheating at school in today’s world of AI?
Let’s Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom Read More »
In the US state’s coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
Kentucky’s Bitcoin Boom Has Gone Bust Read More »
The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X near Portland, Oregon.
Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X Read More »
As Donald Trump pens deals in the Middle East, the gulf nation opens a research lab in San Francisco.
When Anthropic’s older Claude model played Pokemon Red, it spent “dozens of hours” stuck in one city and had trouble identifying non-player characters. With Claude 4 Opus, they noticed an improvement in Claude’s long-term memory and planning capabilities.
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.
Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI Read More »
As Google and Microsoft push agentic AI systems, the kinks are still being worked on how agents interact with each other—and intersect with the law.
Who’s to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up? Read More »
Concocted by sicko programmers, esolangs are the high comedy of the coding world. They test my patience.
Esoteric Programming Languages Are Fun—Until They Kill the Joke Read More »
Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up.
The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin Read More »
Io, a firm Ive and Sam Altman cocreated, will now merge with OpenAI.
OpenAI’s Big Bet That Jony Ive Can Make AI Hardware Work Read More »