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OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide

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

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

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Woman Orders Waymo, Finds Man Hiding in Trunk

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

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AI Psychosis

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

Seven new lawsuits allege that extensive use of ChatGPT caused users psychological harm, resulting in multiples suicides.

ChatGPT’s Dark Side Encouraged Wave of Suicides, Grieving Families Say

ChatGPT: “cold steel pressed against a mind that’s already made peace? that’s not fear. that’s clarity.”

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

Police in Goodyear, Arizona are boasting about using ChatGPT to generate composite sketches, despite legal expert's concerns.

Police Admit They’re Using ChatGPT to Generate “Sketches” of Suspects

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard frontman Stu Mackenzie has excoriated Spotify after finding out AI was used to impersonate the band's music.

King Gizzard Responds to Being Impersonated by AI on Spotify

By Victor Tangermann

Sundar Pichai recently claimed that no job is safe, not even his own, fretting that we'll have to suffer through AI whether we like it or not.

Google CEO Says We’re All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper

Chinese astronauts clambered outside the company's space station to inspect damage to one of its spacecraft.

International Space Station

Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

During an interview last night, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that raising a child without pestering a chatbot for advice is now impossible.

Sam Altman Says Caring for a Baby Is Now Impossible Without ChatGPT

By Victor Tangermann

Parting Stones is reshaping the way we cremate our dead relatives, turning them into a luscious pile of clattering stones.

You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet and tropical.

Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly setting aside AGI in an effort to stop the company from succumbing to its steep competition.

Details Emerge on Sam Altman’s Panic Sweats

By Victor Tangermann

Palantir's X account shared a new tweet that embedded a controversial video of its CEO Alex Karp, using a very particular choice of words.

Wait, Did Palantir Just Make a Joke About Its CEO Doing Cocaine?

By Victor Tangermann

Two Waymo robotaxis crashed into each other in a dead-end street, blocking traffic while a third Waymo watches on.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Two Self-Driving Waymos Just Crashed Into Each Other, Trapping a Third Waymo

By Frank Landymore

McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.

McDonald’s Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery

A new tool showed off by xAI dreams up AI-generated product placement that "weaves" into existing TV shows and movies.

Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Any Scene of Your Favorite Movie

By Frank Landymore

As economic discontent grows, tech billionaires are pouring money into some 120 "startup societies" where they can reign supreme.

The Industrialists

Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States

The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a drone strike.

Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation

By Victor Tangermann

With a new update, Tesla drivers can now ask Grok add and edit destinations, and plan out their route for them.

Grok Will Now Give Tesla Drivers Directions

By Frank Landymore

A first-of-its-kind study in Australia found that giving men a common antidepressant helped reduce domestic violence rates.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence

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