26 Jun 2026
Former Facebook VP Says Zuckerberg 'Profoundly Failed' in AI Race, Allowing Nvidia to Win
Meta helped shape the modern internet. Its platforms connect billions of people every day, and for years the company invested heavily in artificial intelligence before generative AI became the technology industry's biggest battleground. Yet one of Facebook's most influential former executives believes the company failed to turn those advantages into leadership.
26 Jun 2026
SpaceX employees got rich off stock options. Ex-Blue Origin workers say theirs are worthless.
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have cosmic ambitions for Blue Origin and SpaceX. Getty Images SpaceX's record-breaking IPO has turned former employees into millionaires — and left alums of a rival rocket company with a serious case of FOMO.
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
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.
25 Jun 2026
Microsoft Forecast: Strong Buy With Near-Unanimous Analyst Support
Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction ) has been one of the cleanest setups in mega-cap tech this year.
25 Jun 2026
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities
US artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology firm Alibaba of "brazenly" and "illicitly" extracting its Claude AI model's capabilities.
