AI

A Harvard Business School study shows that several AI companions use various tricks to keep a conversation from ending.

California-based Cognixion is launching a clinical trial to allow paralyzed patients with speech disorders the ability to communicate without an invasive brain implant.

Fraud continues to cause significant financial damage globally, with U.S. consumers alone losing $12.5 billion in 2024—a 25% increase from the previous year according to the Federal Trade Commission. This surge stems not from more frequent attacks, but from fraudsters’ increasing sophistication. As fraudulent activities become more complex and interconnected, conventional machine learning approaches fall short

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a roadmap for the billionaire ever since.

Google has launched a new AI-based protection in Drive for desktop that can shut down an attack before it spreads—but its benefits have their limits.

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out.

In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence’s environmental impacts, MIT News explores some of the ways experts are working to reduce the technology’s carbon footprint. The energy demands of generative AI are expected to continue increasing dramatically over the next decade. For instance, an April 2025 report from the International Energy Agency predicts

The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video generation model.

After seven rocky years, the company’s assets will be sold to Dazzle, a new AI firm that Mayer founded.

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, our hosts discuss Silicon Valley’s history and future.