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Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their work, recruit talent, and shape the global conversation on AI.

It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning, a top AI conference, this month.

Daggermouth could be the first best-selling novel partly written by a chatbot.

OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-5.6, is waiting for government approval.

Organizations across the Internet need to move quickly to patch vulnerabilities.

Tame producer prices keep US rate hike bets in check.

The conference will delve into the findings of this year’s IITPSA Skills Survey, which will analyse the impact of AI on ICT jobs in SA.

OpenAI joins the IPO flurry.

Google’s AI subscription lineup went through its biggest overhaul yet at Google I/O 2026 in May. What was once a single AI Premium tier has expanded into four plans: a free tier, Google AI Plus, Google AI Pro, and now two versions of Google AI Ultra. one at $100/month and one at $200/month. The […]

Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on AI. Is it money well spent? Merryn Somerset Webb explains why it could be a colossal false start. (Source: Bloomberg)

The new career path for professors: join Anthropic.

IBM announced preliminary results that spooked the software market generally; this is a story, however, specifically about IBM and its mainframe franchise.

An interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field about building Figma, and why he believes AI gives the company a tailwind.

Your next drive-thru order might be taken by a bot. And you might not even notice.

New EU rules stipulate that people must be told when they’re interacting with AI or looking at AI-generated or -edited content, leading to fear of “disclosure fatigue.”

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Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickbait.

An ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simply doing everything for inconsiderate partners.

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This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open- vs. closed-source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search-engine results.

The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

Avi Schiffmann has a new version of his controversial AI companion. It’s more expensive, and you can’t change its personality.