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Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to emails dating back to 2018.

Today on Uncanny Valley, we’re diving into recent reports that the Trump administration is considering an executive order that would establish some sort of federal oversight over new AI models.

Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.

Chrome users were caught off guard by a 4-GB Google AI model baked into Chrome, sparking privacy concerns. The good news: You can easily uninstall it. The bad? You might not want to.

The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.

OpenAI’s chatbot has some weird linguistic tics in Chinese that are driving users crazy.

The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.

As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?

Musk was “prepared to do the for-profit, provided he would get control.”

Nordschleife-specialist Manthey has developed an upgrade package for the Porsche EV.

"The spacecraft can also be refueled, and it can refuel others."

Companies like Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify use AI to let anyone build a web app in seconds—and in thousands of cases, spill highly sensitive data onto the public internet.

Messages between Shivon Zilis and Tesla executives reveal plans in 2017 to start a rival AI lab, potentially led by Altman or Demis Hassabis.

Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is set to become SpaceX's busiest launch site—for now.

Deal follows others with Microsoft, Amazon, and more.

TSMC backs renewables during record demand for energy-hungry chip manufacturing.

Chairman Brendan Carr celebrates FCC court loss in case over Biden-era rule.

To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.

Trump forced to admit Biden was right on AI safety testing.

In an unexpected turn, the two companies signed a deal for Anthropic to use computing resources from Elon Musk’s xAI.