September 26, 2025Is Silicon Valley Still the Tech Capital?
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, our hosts discuss Silicon Valley’s history and future.
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September 25, 2025Google’s Conversational Photo Editor Is the Rare AI Feature People Will Actually Use
Google’s tool greatly simplifies photo editing; just tell your phone what changes you want in the photo, and it’ll execute them. It also hints at the coming leap in how we interact with computers.
September 25, 2025Meta Poaches OpenAI Scientist to Help Lead AI Lab
Yang Song, who previously led the strategic explorations team at OpenAI, is the new ‘research principal’ of Meta Superintelligence Labs.
September 24, 2025This AI-Powered Robot Keeps Going Even if You Attack It With a Chainsaw
A single AI model trained to control numerous robotic bodies can operate unfamiliar hardware and adapt eerily well to serious injuries.
September 24, 2025A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip
Mindstate Design Labs, backed by Silicon Valley power players, has created what its CEO calls “the least psychedelic psychedelic that’s psychoactive.”
September 23, 2025OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers
The new sites will boost Stargate’s planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors.
September 23, 2025Why One VC Thinks Quantum Is a Bigger Unlock Than AGI
Venture capitalist Alexa von Tobel is ready to bet on quantum computing—starting with hardware.
September 22, 2025Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center
Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center.
September 22, 2025I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
September 20, 2025Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space
A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.
