{
  "id": 17425,
  "title": "The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/the-ai-hype-index-unsexy-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-29T08:42:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/29/1140795/the-ai-hype-index-unsexy-ai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at making dinner? Insult to injury. But that’s exactly what the company 1X promised when it showed off a pair of new, impressively dexterous (and, to some,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}