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Take-No-Prisoners Professor Will Fail Any Student Who Uses AI

By Frank Landymore
Ethics

AI Company Paying Random People $2,000 Per Month to Crank the Hog

By Victor Tangermann
Devices

Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds

By Joe Wilkins
OpenAI

Was This the Moment That AI Psychosis Began?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré
Mars

Scientists Say They’ve Found Fungi That Turn Dead Martian Soil Into Fertile Cropland

By Victor Tangermann

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Astrophysics

Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space

Another puzzle piece in how our solar system formed.

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

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Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A man with a beard and mustache is lying on a yellow and blue textured surface, looking at a smartphone in his hand. He has short, slightly messy hair and multiple ear piercings. His skin and hair are digitally altered with a pink hue, and he has a tattoo on his upper arm. The image has a stylized, high-contrast color effect.

Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users

“AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

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Tesla Insiders Admit Self-Driving Is a Complete Disaster

“We have all seen it fail.”

A silver Tesla Cybertruck partially submerged in blue water, appearing to float like a boat. The vehicle's angular, futuristic design contrasts with the natural water surface.

Man Drives Cybertruck Into Lake to Test Elon Musk’s “Boat” Claims, and It Went About as Well as You’d Guess

“The passengers abandoned the vehicle and the driver was arrested.”

By Jon Christian

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SpaceX Stock May Actually Be a Horrendous Investment

“Bro, have you seen inflation lately? Ketamine is expensive!”

The Feed

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Filmmaker Compares His Tech to Something That Gets Worse the More You Think About It

By Frank Landymore

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Why Is Sam Altman Teaming Up With Jared Leto, a Creep With Extensive Sex Abuse Allegations?

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech CEOs Have a Problem: Even Their Closest Allies Now See AI as a Sign of Laziness and Dishonesty

By Frank Landymore

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Harvard Graduation Speaker Unloads on AI in Profanity-Loaded Tirade, Prompting Cheers From Students: “I’m Here to Tell You the Mission of Your Generation Is to Destroy AI”

By Victor Tangermann

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Scientists Intrigued by Chunk of Flesh That Refuses to Die After Several Years

By Frank Landymore

Jannik Sinner of Italy looks hot and sweaty as he drinks water during a break at Roland Garros.

French Open Descends Into Hellish Nightmare Thanks to Climate Change

A screenshot from YouTube featuring Biohacker Bryan Johnson wearing a "Don't Die" t-shirt.

The Industrialists

Woman Accuses Biohacker Bryan Johnson of Hypocrisy to His Face

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Apocalyptic “Fungal Storms” Are Now Surging Across the US

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Machine Learning

Fans Aghast as New York Jets Say They’re Switching to AI

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The Blue Moon Is Fake. You Are Being Deceived

By Frank Landymore

An image of a user on an HP laptop navigating the front page of the internet Browser DuckDuckGo, an independent alternative to Google.

DuckDuckGo Installs Spike as Google Moves to Replace Search With AI

By Victor Tangermann

Photograph of two experts collecting the seeds of the last known specimen D. neriifolia on Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile.

Scientists Rush to Save One of the World’s Rarest Trees as It Literally Falls Off a Cliff

By Victor Tangermann

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Kids Are Flying Into Lunatic Rages When Their iPads Are Taken Away

By Frank Landymore

A large mushroom cloud plumes in the night sky.

Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Explodes Into Mushroom Cloud, Dealing Massive Blow to NASA’s Moon Plans

By Victor Tangermann

A businessman in a blue shirt and tie turns his empty pockets out in a gesture of being broke.

Corporations Reeling From Huge AI Costs With No Clear Benefits

By Victor Tangermann

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