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Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes

The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.

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Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

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Introducing a New Chapter for ‘Uncanny Valley’

In this episode, we look back at 2025 and look ahead to what's happening in 2026—including what’s in store for Uncanny Valley.

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Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech

Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

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TikTok’s Chinese owner plans $23bn AI spend to keep pace with US rivals

ByteDance set to increase capital expenditure next year in effort to further build AI infrastructure

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Trump just broke his own executive order record — in under a year

Data: Pew Research Center, American Presidency Project; Chart: Axios VisualsPresident Trump has signed more executive orders in less than a year than he did during his entire first term, according to new data from Pew Research Center.The big picture: Trump has shattered presidential traditions and s…

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How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, summed it up in three words: “This is embarrassing.” Hassabis was replying on X to an overexcited post by Sébastien Bubeck, a research scientist at the rival firm OpenAI, announcing that two mathematicians had used OpenAI’s latest large language model, GPT-5…

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Waymo vehicles are operating again in San Francisco following a power outage

Waymo has resumed its robo-taxi service in San Francisco after a power outage stranded vehicles around the city, CNBC reported. The blackout, caused by a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) substation fire, caused traffic light disruptions that affected Waymo's automated driving systems.
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Instacart to end AI price tests for retailers following investigation

Instacart had drawn criticism for testing an AI-based system that enabled retailers to charge different prices for the same grocery items.

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National AI Boom Hits Home as Demand for Power Surges

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN — On a warm fall afternoon, dairy farmer Chris Kestell pushes through prairie brambles taller than himself, tracing a path overgrown with thickets and swarming with bees as he hikes toward a hidden waterway. Though the route is unidentifiable to the untrained eye, Kestell,…

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'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is among the influential tech figures that adorn one of the two covers.

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Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

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Creative industries 'incredibly worried' about OpenAI-Disney deal

The $1bn deal will let fans generate videos and images of more than 200 Disney characters on ChatGPT and Sora.

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When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr

The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction must prompt a global conversation about intelligent machines, regulation and riskIf AI did not change your life in 2025, next year it will. That is one of few forecasts that can be made with confidence in unpredictable times. …

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Silicon Valley’s tone-deaf take on the AI backlash will matter in 2026

AI’s champions keep trying to impress, but the public is still waiting for answers about jobs, costs, and who benefits. By 2026, that tension will matter.

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China Pumps Breaks on Plans to Mass Produce Self-Driving Cars

Chinese regulators have been slow to approve the mass production and sale of more advanced self-driving tech.

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Ecuadorean soldiers jailed for 34 years over boys' forced disappearance

The four boys were picked up by a military patrol and their bodies were later found mutilated and burned.

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Scammers in China Are Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds

From dead crabs to shredded bed sheets, fraudsters are using fake photos and videos to get their money back from ecommerce sites.

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Governor Hochul signs New York's AI safety act

New York governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Friday aimed at holding large AI developers accountable for the safety of their models. The RAISE Act establishes rules for greater transparency, requiring these companies to publish information about their safety protocols and report any incident…