Big Tech

Uncanny Valley
China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use.
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

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The Big Interview
‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
Katie Drummond


Chat Control’s Back
A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway
Isabella Ward



Under Fire
3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers
Paresh Dave

Snack Time
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’
Lauren Goode and Paresh Dave

Spec Ops
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Hallucinations
A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews
Fernanda González


Change of Heart
‘Hands Off Our NHS’: Anti-Palantir Protests Break Out in UK Over Deal With National Health Service
Joel Khalili
Detained
A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents
Lauren Goode, Paresh Dave, and Louise Matsakis

Losing Face
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron
