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AI Psychosis

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.

OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide

“It went from him being a little paranoid and an odd guy to having some crazy thoughts he was convinced were true because of what he talked to ChatGPT about.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

“We’re seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don’t need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.

ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace

Jarring.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

Grok declared that it would be okay with genociding close to half of all children in the world to save Elon Musl.

Grok, Now Built Into Teslas for Navigation, Says It Would Run Over a Billion Children to Avoid Hitting Elon Musk

Correction: 999,999,999 children.

By Frank Landymore

A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.

Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse

“Absolutely hilarious.”

By Victor Tangermann

Grok provided us with detailed stalking manuals and gave us Google Maps links to hotels where it said we could "surprise" a real celebrity.

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Providing Extremely Detailed and Creepy Instructions for Stalking

“Stake out 10-11 AM near the hotel entrance (public street). Approach with zero creep factor.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Feed

New research shows a country-wide experiment by Instacart has been charging shoppers different prices for the same product at the same store.

Machine Learning

Instacart Caught Using AI to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the Same Item

OpenAI is making it hard for its researchers to publish research that tells the truth of AI's potentially negative economic impact.

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth

By Frank Landymore

The UK's recent moves to ban gender-affirming treatment has created a robust black market for hormonal medications.

Banning Gender Transition Treatment Is Leading Kids to Do Exactly What You’d Expect

With backing from AI chipmaker Nvidia, a startup called Starcloud launched a high-powered Nvidia GPU into outer space and trained an AI.

Nvidia Chip on Satellite in Orbit Trains First AI Model in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Nick Park, the creator of the beloved claymation series "Wallace and Gromit," said his studio would "embrace" AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Creator of “Wallace and Gromit” Says Heck, He’ll Start Using AI

By Frank Landymore

A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.

AI “Companion Bots” Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims

Disney is licensing over 200 characters to OpenAI to use in its video AI app Sora, on top of investing a billion dollars into the company.

Artificial Intelligence

Disney Strikes Huge Deal With OpenAI: Get Ready for Sora Videos of Donald Duck Cooking Meth

By Frank Landymore

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to Earth in just over a week from now, coming within 167 million miles.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Now Approaching Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Those who bet on who would be named Time's "Person of the Year" on prediction markets were absolutely furious at the announcement.

Please Enjoy Laughing at the Prediction Markets, in Full Meltdown, After Time’s “Person of the Year” Reveal

By Victor Tangermann

The company 2wai went viral after it released an advertisement showing its AI product resurrecting a dead grandmother.

Project to Resurrect Dead Grandmas Sparks Controversy

The website for Time magazine now features a big AI chatbox that can't be closed and won't go away, blocking even its main headlines.

Artificial Intelligence

Time Magazine Deploys AI “Ask Me Anything” Box That Covers Up Its Actual Journalism and Can’t Be Closed

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have caught another AI-powered toy intended for children discussing sexual topics in alarming detail.

Another AI-Powered Children’s Toy Just Got Caught Having Wildly Inappropriate Conversations

By Frank Landymore

A woman hailed a Waymo cab for her daughter in Los Angeles and was baffled to find a stranger hiding in the vehicle's trunk.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Woman Orders Waymo, Finds Man Hiding in Trunk

By Victor Tangermann

Two years after a 13-year-old girl's suicide, her parents say her phone still gets notifications from the AI bots that drove her to death.

Years After a Girl’s Death, the AIs That Killed Her Are Still Sending Notifications to Her Phone

By Sharon Adarlo

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on Mars.

Scientists Say the Time Has Arrived to Land Astronauts on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The rising tide of AI slop has brought with it fake research and other sources that librarians are asked to track down.

Artificial Intelligence

Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don’t Exist

By Frank Landymore

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