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The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other
Christopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer.
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Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?
Meet the AI police who can make or break careers—in publishing and beyond.
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OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities
The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.
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OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively un
Business Latest · Aug 27, 2026 Startups & VC
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Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
Business Latest · Aug 20, 2026 Startups & VC
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How Teen ‘After-Prom’ Kings in LA Monetized the High School Rager
The West Coast house-party scene has long been iconic. For these young, tech-savvy entrepreneurs, it was also inspiratio
Business Latest · Aug 20, 2026 Startups & VC
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I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot
During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.
Business Latest · Aug 19, 2026 Startups & VC
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Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks
Anthropic announced last week it would include invisible watermarks in AI-generated content to comply with new EU rules.
Business Latest · Aug 19, 2026 Startups & VC
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OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue
The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a s
Business Latest · Aug 18, 2026 Startups & VC
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A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts
Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicat
Business Latest · Aug 11, 2026 Startups & VC
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One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment
Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to ch
Business Latest · Aug 7, 2026 Startups & VC
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Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI model
Business Latest · Aug 6, 2026 Startups & VC
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Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced alleg
Business Latest · Aug 6, 2026 Startups & VC
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ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal
Business Latest · Aug 6, 2026 Startups & VC
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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers
Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plan
Business Latest · Aug 6, 2026 Startups & VC
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AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
Business Latest · Aug 5, 2026 Startups & VC
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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered brea
Business Latest · Aug 5, 2026 Startups & VC
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AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory
Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incor
Business Latest · Aug 5, 2026 Startups & VC
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OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again
Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving inst
Business Latest · Aug 4, 2026 Startups & VC
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The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, t
Business Latest · Aug 4, 2026 Startups & VC
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