*It's vaporware, but it's a little less surreal than that Nabaztag rabbit.
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Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race
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Jensen Huang’s Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers
At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.
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Cool, Cool, Cool, Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm Made a Genetically Modified Military Dog Startup
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Godzilla Minus Zero’s Filmmakers Terrified Bystanders With Their Monster Sounds
The team behind director Takashi Yamazaki’s new film created their kaiju roars by setting up speakers on top of an outdoor dam. The people walking by weren’t prepared for what they heard.
Max Evry
We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
This week on Uncanny Valley, we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
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This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary Good
Recursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks.
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Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China
With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.
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Rocco’s New, Cheaper Smart Fridge Is Here for Holiday Hosting
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WIRED Ghost Stories
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Sony Wants You to Forget About Discs With Its Gorgeous Transparent Controllers
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Muse Wonder Puts Meta Back at the AI Frontier
Meta’s biggest model rivals the world’s best—and includes new features to keep agents from going off the rails.
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