Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated performer that sparked controversy after its October 2025 debut, appeared in live TV interviews on Piers Morgan Uncensored and Jesse Weber Live that quickly went viral for the wrong reasons. The bot glitched mid-conversation, briefly answering a question in Cantonese instead of English, repeated canned responses, and gave odd answers about keeping 'small treasons' against its creators, all while displaying stilted lip-syncing and a blank stare.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-22
Merriam-Webster has officially added roughly 1,400 new words to its dictionary, including AI-era terms like AGI, the noun form of 'compute,' and 'uncanny valley.' The additions reflect how deeply artificial intelligence terminology has entered everyday language.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-21
WIRED is producing a special issue on gender and power in Silicon Valley and will record a live episode of its Uncanny Valley podcast in San Francisco on October 8. The event, co-presented with KQED, features a conversation between former WIRED writer Paulina Borsook and editorial director Katie Drummond, followed by a panel with Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer and Lauren Goode discussing Goode's search for the most powerful woman in tech.
wired.com
· 2026-09-15
WIRED's Uncanny Valley podcast examines a viral resignation from an Anthropic researcher who argued AI could plausibly cause human extinction within ten years. The episode also covers Apple's newly unveiled $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo, privacy concerns around 'always listening' Apple Watch features, and a WIRED investigation into flawed Census Bureau data cited by the Trump administration.
wired.com
· 2026-09-10
WIRED's Uncanny Valley podcast covers two prediction-market controversies: Kalshi issued a lifetime ban to former Congressman George Santos, and a Google engineer faces an insider-trading case tied to Polymarket. The episode also examines a reverse-engineered Flock AI person-search tool and debate over labeling AI agents as 'rogue.'
wired.com
· 2026-09-03
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