25 Jun 2026
Sen. Blumenthal demands Tesla be held accountable for alleged self-driving crash
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is calling for Tesla to be held accountable for its role in a fatal crash last week in Texas in which police say a driver was using his Model 3’s assisted driving system before it slammed into a brick house, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila.
25 Jun 2026
Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss Amazon’s controversial decision to drop Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI’s Sam Altman—which reportedly did not paint him in a favorable light. Alongside Google DeepMind’s $75 million brand-new partnership with indie film studio A24, how much of a dent is AI actually having in the films we see? They also dive into the recent upheaval of…
25 Jun 2026
Is A24 Still Cool?
Cool is a slippery thing. One minute you have it, the next minute it’s out your hands like a water balloon. For an older generation, Marty Scorsese epitomized cool. That hasn’t been the case for a while — I’d say sometime after The Wolf of Wall Street and before his third consecutive manicured period drama. When he made a deal a few weeks ago with an AI startup and enthused how he’d use it to…
25 Jun 2026
OpenAI Will Initially Only Release ChatGPT 5.6 To Government-Approved Customers
So much for voluntary review. Primakov/Shutterstock You may not be able to use the new ChatGPT 5.6 as soon as it's finished.
25 Jun 2026
Nonprofit aims to help displaced workers as businesses adopt artificial intelligence
As businesses adopt artificial intelligence, fears of a wave of job displacement continue to grow. A new nonprofit called RAISE US aims to bring together states, major businesses and AI firms to prepare workers, companies and local economies for what’s to come. It’s a bipartisan effort, co-founded by Republican Eric Holcomb and Democrat Gina Raimondo.
25 Jun 2026
One Wall Street Analyst Sees 50% Upside in SpaceX. Why I'm Still Not Buying the Stock.
Wall Street analysts are already offering their opinions on Space Exploration Technologies ( SPCX +0.61% ) , with one firm forecasting 50% upside. Oppenheimer analyst Tim Horan, who already had a buy rating on SpaceX before its IPO, recently upped his price target from $190 to $250. Horan praised the company's vertical integration, saying it can disrupt a lot of different industries. One of those…
25 Jun 2026
Battle of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Computing Companies: Is AMD, Broadcom, Nvidia, or Marvell the Best Stock to Buy Now?
There are four major competitors in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip game: Nvidia ( NVDA 1.42% ) , AMD ( AMD 1.48% ) , Broadcom ( AVGO 3.39% ) , and Marvell ( MRVL 4.97% ) . These four can be split up into two groups: designers of broad-purpose computing chips and designers of narrow-purpose custom AI chips. Nvidia and AMD both make GPUs, which fall into the broad-purpose category, while…
25 Jun 2026
Anthropic Urges Congress to Crack Down on AI Distillation By Chinese Rivals
Anthropic is calling on Congress to strengthen protections against AI model distillation after claiming that Alibaba-affiliated operators carried out the largest known effort to extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot.
