Category Archives: Business

WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about one author’s journey to flee the US, social media surveillance, chatbots and the world of AI, and conspiracy theories for an autism cure.

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Google Search Could Change Forever in the UK

New regulation from the UK’s competition authority means Google may be forced to make major changes in the way that people use its search engine.

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Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse chief is urging employees to adopt AI across every workflow as part of a broader shift inside the company.

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How China Is Hoping to Attract Tech Talent

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we uncover how America’s new $100,000 H-1B golden visa has thrown tech workers and their employers into chaos.

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The City That Made the World Fall for a Monster

How Hong Kong gave rise to Labubu and a designer toy movement now shaping global culture.

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Inside Intel’s Hail Mary to Reclaim Chip Dominance

The struggling American chipmaker is betting that a new plant and fresh product line will help turn around its fortunes.

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This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment

With the US falling behind on open source models, one startup has a bold idea for democratizing AI: let anyone run reinforcement learning.

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OpenAI Sneezes, and Software Firms Catch a Cold

OpenAI revealed last week the custom AI tools it uses internally. The news sent some software companies into turmoil.

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Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone

The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

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Jony Ive Says He Wants His OpenAI Devices to ‘Make Us Happy’

“I don’t think we have an easy relationship with our technology at the moment,” the former Apple designer said at OpenAI’s developer conference in San Francisco on Monday.

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