21 Jun Seriously, What Is ‘Superintelligence’? In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Meta’s recent investment in Scale AI and its move to build a superintelligence AI research lab. So we ask: What is superintelligence anyway?
21 Jun ‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit A week after Disney and Universal filed a landmark lawsuit against Midjourney, the generative AI startup’s new V1 video tool will make clips of Shrek, Deadpool, and other famous creations.
21 Jun ‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on X that a high-pressure nitrogen tank failure was behind the explosion of the company’s massive Starship rocket.
20 Jun The 65 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (June 2025) Sally, The Last Showgirl, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
19 Jun Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools From writing code to testing the new Alexa+, Amazon engineers used generative AI throughout the build process. We talk to Amazon’s Daniel Rausch about the next version of the voice assistant.
19 Jun The Minnesota Shooting Suspect’s Background Suggests Deep Ties to Christian Nationalism Experts say that the suspect showed clear ties to forms of so-called charismatic Christianity that views abortion as a sacrifice to demons and seeks the end of secular democracy.
19 Jun The EPA Plans to ‘Reconsider’ Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos President Donald Trump has supported use of asbestos in the past and blamed the mob for its bad reputation.
18 Jun How Private Equity Killed the American Dream In her new book Bad Company, journalist Megan Greenwell chronicles how private equity upended industries from health care to local news—and the ways workers are fighting back.
18 Jun The 56 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (June 2025) Underdogs, Doctor Who, and Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
18 Jun Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.