2025-02-20

Grok 3 model puts xAI at the top tier of frontier model developers

The research lab is only a year old but has the advantage of top talent and big money. [...]

2025-02-20

Playing by the rules of AI

The uncertainty of future regulation and rapid AI advances call for measured approaches to its adoption. [...]

2025-02-20

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED. [...]

2025-02-20

The Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

This week, the Uncanny Valley hosts discuss the lawsuits, bidding wars, and power plays over OpenAI. [...]

2025-02-20

DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

The restrictions are already in place at the General Services Administration along with several other agencies. Soon they’ll roll out to most of the federal government, sources say. [...]

2025-02-20

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down

Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims. But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web. [...]

2025-02-20

Netflix Plans to Spend $1 Billion Making Content in Mexico Over the Next 4 Years

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the money will go toward projects like Alfonso Cuarón’s film Roma, which was made in Mexico and went on to international acclaim. [...]

2025-02-20

Tubi Is Not the Next Netflix. It’s Something Better

The ad-supported service is home to the biggest content library of any streamer. So why is Tubi still considered a social punching bag? [...]

2025-02-20

Beloved game veteran Carter Lipscomb passes away

Carter Lipscomb, a game industry veteran with a big personality, has passed away. [...]