Reporting from the Uncanny Valley

AI now writes flawless phishing emails and clones voices for scams. Learn the current scammer playbook and the habits that still stop them.

OpenAI paused model training and Nvidia launched agent safety tools this week. Here is what rogue AI agents really are and how to use agents safely.

Passkeys replace passwords with your fingerprint or face. Here is how they work and how to set them up on your Google, Apple, and Microsoft accounts.

AI images and videos keep getting more convincing. These practical tells and habits will help you spot fakes before you share them.

AI agents go beyond chatbots by taking multi-step actions for you. Learn what they are, what they can do, and how to try one without risking your data.

The AI apocalypse is not as inevitable as Silicon Valley's loudest voices would have us believe. The real risks of artificial intelligence are more complicated, more immediate, and far less cinematic. From cyber attacks and bioweapons research to biased algorithms and infrastructure failures, the dangers already emerging have little to do with a machine suddenly deciding to wipe out humanity. They have everything to do with how humans build, deploy, regulate, and profit from increasingly powerful systems.