2025-03-05

Pioneers of Reinforcement Learning Win the Turing Award

Having machines learn from experience was once considered a dead end. It's now critical to artificial intelligence, and work in the field has won two men the highest honor in computer science. [...]

2025-03-05

Algorithms from the 1980s power today's AI breakthroughs, earn Turing Award for researchers

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton have won the 2024 A.M. Turing Award for developing key technologies that power modern artificial intelligence, including recent breakthroughs in large reasoning models. [...]

2025-03-05

AI is changing camera tech for the better but photography for the worse

AI has already revolutionized some photography technology, but is it worth the negative impact it could have on the medium itself? [...]

2025-03-05

Sam Altman tweets delay to ChatGPT-4.5 launch while also proposing a shocking new payment structure

ChatGPT-4.5 suffers launch delay and Sam Altman proposes new pricing structure [...]

2025-03-05

DOGE’s $1 Federal Spending Limit Is Straight Out of the Twitter Playbook

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Elon Musk’s move to put spending limits on US government employee credit cards, plus how DOGE is embracing AI. [...]

2025-03-05

I can get answers from ChatGPT, but Deep Research gives me a whole dissertation I'll almost never need

ChatGPT Deep Research is often unnecessary. [...]

2025-03-04

Apple updates the iPad Air with an M3 chip and a new Magic Keyboard

It's been less than a year since Apple update the iPad Air, but the company is taking another opportunity to speed things up by adding the M3 chip to the mix. The new iPad Air still comes in 11- [...]

2025-03-04

The new base iPad comes with twice the storage but no Apple Intelligence

Apple has been steadily updating its product lineup over the last year or so to make sure as many devices work with Apple Intelligence as possible. But shockingly enough, the new base iPad now has an [...]

2025-03-04

Apple's new entry-level iPad ups the performance for the same price, but doesn't support Apple Intelligence

Apple has unveiled a new bass model iPad with A16 chip and double the storage. [...]