Zoë Schiffer: Oh, wow. Leah Feiger: Yeah, exactly. Who has Trump’s ear already. This became widespread. And so we were talking about people went to X’s Grok and they were like, “Grok, what is this?” And what did Grok tell them? No, no. Grok said these were not actually images …
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Will Knight: Maybe we also need a renewed open source movement so we’re not just using agents that belong and funnel data to these giant companies. Use open source code and models, and that sort of thing. Michael Calore: That’s a very good idea. We should get Signal on that. …
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Leah Feiger: Well, I mean, because the safer option. This is the richest man in the world and the President of the United States. I would like to believe that there is thought behind any of this. Zoë Schiffer: 100%. Leah Feiger: And that’s exactly what a bunch of these …
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Katie Drummond: I have to shop at a specialty hat store. Because my head actually doesn’t … I can’t wear— Lauren Goode: What is this store called? Katie Drummond: I can’t wear normal hats. Lauren Goode: Is it called Bobblehats? Katie Drummond: No, I’m going to look it up. It’s …
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As midrange phones designed to plug the gap between flagships, the Honor 400 and 400 Pro might not ordinarily attract much attention. But these devices—unavailable in the US—are among the first to feature Google’s image-to-video AI generator, based on its Veo 2 model (now available to Gemini subscribers). Built into …
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Michael Calore: That’s pretty good. Katie? Katie Drummond: My recommendation is very specific and very strange. It is a 2003 film called What a Girl Wants, starring Amanda Bynes and Colin Firth. Michael Calore: Wow. Katie Drummond: I watched this movie in high school, where I was cheating on my …
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If you 3D-print a frame of a Glock-style pistol, then you can buy the rest of the parts off the internet and assemble it, and you have a gun that is a ghost gun. An anonymous, fully private, lethal weapon. Zoë Schiffer: When we get back, we’ll get into the …
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Michael Calore: This is genius. Katie Drummond: Thank you. Lauren Goode: This is the reality TV of the future. Katie Drummond: It’s incredible. Lauren Goode: It has arrived. Katie Drummond: And you know what? And I just did their job for them, because it’s marketing for their company. They got …
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Manisha Krishnan: I feel like I won the Pornhub Awards this year because in talking to so many stars about censorship, I found out that one of them calls his thingy a meat missile in order to avoid social media censorship. So I feel like that was a good little …
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Is Trump selling access to the administration in exchange for cryptocoins? On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about the ethical concerns associated with TRUMP coin.
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