Category Archives: Business

Who’s Elon Musk’s Biggest Fan? His Mom

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we tell you everything you need to know about Maye Musk.

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Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue

Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

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A Livestreamed Tragedy on X Sparks a Memecoin Frenzy

When a young man from California broadcast his death on X, profit-hungry traders piled into a cryptocurrency created in his image.

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OpenAI’s Deep Research Agent Is Coming for White-Collar Work

The research-focused agent shows how a new generation of more capable AI models could automate some office tasks.

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Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data

Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker’s customers and developers.

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DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

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Designer Ray-Ban Metas, An EV to Mock Tesla, and Portable Pizzas—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Plus: iRobot unveils its new robo vacs, JBL pimps its most beloved speakers, a bright future for TCL TVs, and more.

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An AI Coding Assistant Refused to Write Code—and Suggested the User Learn to Do It Himself

The old “teach a man to fish” proverb, but for AI chatbots.

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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models

A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”

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Meta Tries to Bury a Tell-All Book

Mark Zuckerberg might be in his post-fact-checking-era. But that hasn’t stopped Meta from going after the author of Careless People.

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