This AI Model Can Intuit How the Physical World Works
The V-JEPA system uses ordinary videos to understand the physics of the real world.
Science, Artificial Intelligence
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WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we bring you the news of the week, then dive into how some DOGE operatives are still at work in the federal government—despite reports claiming otherwise.
Politics, Politics / Politics News, Uncanny Valley
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Here’s What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup
AI startups say the promise of turning dazzling models into useful products is harder than anyone expected. Three founders discuss what it takes.
Business, Business / Tech Culture, Backchannel
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AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Unreal
Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database
An AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.”
Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Explicit Problems
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Can AI Look at Your Retina and Diagnose Alzheimer’s? Eric Topol Hopes So
The author of Super Agers believes AI could bring big changes to the world of medicine.
Science, Science / Health, The Big Interview
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Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Believes the Market Will Reward Safe AI
The Trump administration might think regulation is killing the AI industry, but Anthropic president Daniela Amodei disagrees.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech, Business / Regulation, Business / Tech Culture, The Big Interview
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What Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk to writer Evan Ratliff about how he created a small startup made entirely of AI employees—and what his findings reveal about the reality of an agentic future.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Uncanny Valley
Jon M. Chu Says AI Couldn’t Have Made One of Wicked’s Best Moments
The Wicked: For Good director says being able to improvise on set allows for the kind of moments that are hard for machines to make.
Culture, Culture / Movies, The Big Interview
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AMD CEO Lisa Su Says Concerns About an AI Bubble Are Overblown
Lisa Su leads Nvidia’s biggest rival in the AI chip market. When asked at WIRED’s Big Interview event if AI is a bubble, company said “Emphatically, from my perspective, no.”
Business, Business / Big Tech, Business / Computers and Software, Business / Tech Culture, The Big Interview
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ByteDance and DeepSeek Are Placing Very Different AI Bets
The diverging path of China’s two leading AI players shows where the country’s artificial intelligence industry is headed.
Business, Made in China
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A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades.
Science, Underground
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An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design
The Chinese video game giant Tencent is now building some of the world’s best 3D AI models. This could have implications far outside game design.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
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New Hearing Aid Company, Foretell, Brings in Steve Martin and Others as Fans
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. Now, it wants to be in your ears.
The Big Story, Sound On
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Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
Security, Security / Privacy, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Egg-o-nomics
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AWS CEO Matt Garman Wants to Reassert Amazon’s Cloud Dominance in the AI Era
As Google and Microsoft continue to surge, the AWS chief lays out his pitch: cheaper, reliable AI delivered at hyperscale.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Behavior
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Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—and a Way for Customers to Build Their Own
Nova Forge lets Amazon’s customers train frontier models for different tasks—a potential breakthrough in making AI actually useful for businesses.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Training Days
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Artificial Intelligence
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, Outsourcing
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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.
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Roses Are Red
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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.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Ace Up Sleeve
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