Musk v. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of OpenAI
Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to emails dating back to 2018.
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Build a CloakBrowser Automation Workflow with Stealth Chromium, Persistent Profiles, and Browser Signal Inspection
In this tutorial, we explore CloakBrowser, a Python-friendly browser automation tool that uses Playwright-style APIs within a stealth Chromium environment. We begin by setting up CloakBrowser, preparing the required browser…
Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B
The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in November at $32 billion.
LightSeek Foundation Releases TokenSpeed, an Open-Source LLM Inference Engine Targeting TensorRT-LLM-Level Performance for Agentic Workloads
Inference efficiency has quietly become one of the most consequential bottlenecks in AI deployment. As agentic coding systems such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor scale from developer tools to…
OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API
The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other fields, including education and creator platforms.
Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
Today on Uncanny Valley, we’re diving into recent reports that the Trump administration is considering an executive order that would establish some sort of federal oversight over new AI models.
Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%
The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a collaboratio
Disney looking to make a unified ‘super app,’ report says
Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, who took over for Bob Iger earlier this year, has emphasized his intent to streamline the Disney experience.
Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm
AI startup Pit is led by the cofounders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round.
Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack
The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools with an extortion message.