07 AUGUST 2026

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Is This Poker Player Bluffing? The AI Thinks So

ESPN unveiled an “AI tells detection” tool during broadcasts of the 2026 Worl...

How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot

Ati Robotics assembles its robots in India and uses just a few Chinese parts—...

A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of...

Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has deve...

7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely T...

Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Te...

The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Mes...

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and ...

Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X

As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese...

AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creat...

Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. Th...

This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfrien...

An ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simpl...

Big Tech's AI capex push revives confidence in ...

Fresh spending commitments from hyperscalers strengthen the outlook for AI ch...

Gemini Robotics ER 2: powering robotics with video u...

Gemini Robotics ER 2 helps robots reason, collaborate, and solve real-world t...

AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a we...

I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It ...

A German startup sent a camera-wearing chef to my apartment. In exchange for ...

Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Is Missing Some Key Na...

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open- vs. closed-source debate in...

Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug ...

The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before t...

The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You

Avi Schiffmann has a new version of his controversial AI companion. It’s more...

Gemini Robotics 2 Brings Google's AI Into the Physic...

The latest version of Google DeepMind's AI model includes a significant jump ...

OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes Down to Human Error

If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, i...

LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the ...

Despite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending...

Anthropic Says Claude Hacked 3 Organizations During ...

In a review triggered by OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered...