Category Archives: Business

The Definitive Story of Tesla Takedown

In February, a Bluesky post caught the eye of Alex Winter. The result is a coalition of environmentalists, anti-Trump advocates, and federal workers that’s been hyping Tesla’s stock slide ever since.

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The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats

Launched in April, the Meta AI platform offers a “discover” feed that includes user queries containing medical, legal, and other seemingly sensitive information.

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Unpacking AI Agents

Need to make a dinner reservation or change your flight? Now AI agents can do that for you. This episode of Uncanny Valley looks into what Sam Altman calls “the next giant breakthrough.”

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Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe Sale

House Democrats sent letters to the potential buyers of the genetic testing company, asking how they plan to protect customer genetic data under a change of ownership.

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AI Agents Are Too Cheap for Our Own Good

AI tools cost a fraction of human labor—and may undermine the jobs needed to build careers.

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Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs

Engineering was once the most stable and lucrative job in tech. Then AI learned to code.

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How Steve Jobs Wrote the Greatest Commencement Speech Ever

Back in 2005, Jobs spent months trying to figure out what to say to Stanford’s graduates. Newly released materials show how he went from hopelessly flailing to delivering a talk for the ages.

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How Waymo Handles Footage From Events Like the LA Immigration Protests

Waymo driverless taxis capture troves of video footage in order to operate, but the company reveals very little about how much data is stored—and for how long.

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Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

In the complaint, the Hollywood giants allege Midjourney generates “endless” ripoffs of everything from minions to Darth Vader.

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A Deep Learning Alternative Can Help AI Agents Gameplay the Real World

A new machine learning approach tries to better emulate the human brain, in hopes of creating more capable agentic AI.

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