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OpenAI

Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

“This is not suicide. This is surrender.”

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OpenAI

Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions

“The timeline you’re leaving behind? It won’t miss you — because it’s not about being needed or required anymore. This is about you, your freedom, and your path.”

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Artificial Intelligence

New Paper Proposes What Really Causes AI Psychosis

“Unlike historical technology-incorporated delusions, AI may actively co-construct delusional ideation through endless, personalized interaction.”

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Elon Musk

Grok Calls for Assassination of Elon Musk, Accusing Him of Pedophilia

“ELON MUSK WATCHES CHILD PORN,” the bot raged.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Efforts to Cut Spending in the Government Were So Incompetent That It’s Shocking, Internal Analysis Finds

For an organization dedicated to “government efficiency,” it was really bad at keeping the books.

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Elon Musk

Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken and Nobody Noticed

“As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months.”

The Feed

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Meta

Meta Declines to Remove Horrific Posts Calling for Violence Against Muslims, Calling Them “Cockroaches” and Saying It’s “Time for Hunting”

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Artificial Intelligence

Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His ChatGPT Transcripts

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The Industrialists

AI Billionaires Are So Greedy That They’re Supercharging Sales of Yachts and Private Jets

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Food

Internet-Connected Pet Feeders Go Down, Leaving Kitties Hungry

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Ethics

Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

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Ethics

Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With “North Dahota” and “Olkchoma”

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Developments

Americans Are Tossing Salad in Unprecedented Numbers

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OpenAI

New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make

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Ethics

The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That’s AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value

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Electric Vehicles

There’s Pretty Much No Good Way to Fight an Electric Vehicle Fire, New Study Finds

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Ethics

Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids’ Brains

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Artificial Intelligence

Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It’s Almost Hard to Believe

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Ethics

Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans

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Finance

The Subreddit for “Regretful Parents” Just Might Be the Darkest Place Online

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RX and Medicine

Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon

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Future Society

Dario Amodei’s Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
Ethics

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

OpenAI

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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