The legal battle over whether prediction markets are a form of gambling has overshadowed something else entirely: They’re already a new form of media.

The legal battle over whether prediction markets are a form of gambling has overshadowed something else entirely: They’re already a new form of media.

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.

The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better software.

Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickbait.

The AI “startups” worth billions of dollars are raising alarm bells about Chinese AI. The smaller players have a totally different take.

The AI “startups” worth billions of dollars are raising alarm bells about Chinese AI. The smaller players have a totally different take.

David Risher insists that Lyft has lowered its prices and that customers who only check his competitor’s app are “leaving money on the table.”

David Risher insists that Lyft has lowered its prices and that customers who only check his competitor’s app are “leaving money on the table.”

Getting the future right is now big business. But at a festival in Berkeley, forecasters worry that sports markets could take the whole industry down.

Getting the future right is now big business. But at a festival in Berkeley, forecasters worry that sports markets could take the whole industry down.

On today’s Uncanny Valley, we dive into the dysfunction in Meta’s newly formed AI unit and why it’s been driving already-low employee morale even further into the ground.

On today’s Uncanny Valley, we dive into the dysfunction in Meta’s newly formed AI unit and why it’s been driving already-low employee morale even further into the ground.

The rich are getting richer. Here’s what wealth advisers are telling their tech clients right now.

The rich are getting richer. Here’s what wealth advisers are telling their tech clients right now.

SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.

They swear they haven’t peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they’ll keep the cryptographic competition going.