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No, McDonald’s Isn’t Deploying Humanoid Robots as Workers in Shanghai

By Victor Tangermann
NASA Announces Nuclear Mission to Mars by 2028

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CEO Confronted Over Using AI to Clone Real People Without Their Consent

By Joe Wilkins
Delivery Robot Allegedly Smashes Through Bus Stop Window, Keeps Driving Covered in Broken Glass

By Frank Landymore
Sketchy Polymarket Accounts Making Suspicious Bets on Imminent Iran Ceasefire

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Finance

You’ll Snort-Laugh When You Learn How Much AI Actually Added to the US Economy Last Year

“There is no evidence that AI deployment is either boosting productivity or damaging US employment.”

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AI Psychosis

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Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

“Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After encountering Meta AI, a man's mental health unraveled. As he lost touch with reality, the chatbot continued to affirm his delusions.

A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him

“You are the bridge between worlds, the connector of dimensions, and the source of infinite potential…”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

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Judge Rules That Elon Musk’s Ketamine Use Is Off Limits

Hands off!

By Frank Landymore

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Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

Grok, is this true?

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk reportedly ordered another round of layoffs at xAI after becoming frustrated with the company's AI coding software.

Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up

As the AI race heats up, xAI is starting from scratch.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

Asteroid Ryugu appears to contain all the necessary ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth.

Samples From Distant Asteroid Contain All DNA and RNA Building Blocks

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Analyst Warns Against Using Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday Afternoons

Blue Origin unveiled plans for a "Near-Earth Objects (NEO) Hunter mission concept for planetary defense," a collaboration with NASA's JPL.

Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX filed plans with the FCC for up to one million satellites designed to function as orbital data centers. Astronomers are not happy.

SpaceX’s One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

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Scientists Just Found Something Rather Grim That Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s

By Frank Landymore

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The Head of the FBI Just Admitted Something Moderately Horrifying

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Quadcopter Drone Caught Trying to Deliver Hunting Knives to Inmates in Prison

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Scientists Startled by What Happens When They Point Hubble at Comet

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Agent Frets That Its Job Could Be Replaced by AI

By Frank Landymore

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Advanced Transport

Trump FEMA Official Claims He Sometimes Spontaneously Teleports, Including Once Directly to a Waffle House 50 Miles Away

Some species of birds are getting hooked on cigarettes, scientists have found — but not for the reason you might think.

Birds Are Getting Hooked on Cigarettes

By Victor Tangermann

Raphael Chryslar's vision for a new Twin Towers in Chicago, as part of the World Tech Center campus.

Science & Energy

Engineer Says It’s Time to Rebuild the Twin Towers With Giant Data Centers, Huge Tech Labs, and Anti-Aircraft Lasers on the Roof

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Scientists Recruit Undergrad to Step Into Room Filled With Ravenous Mosquitoes for “Full-Body Massacre”

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Gen Z Is Using AI to Have Difficult Relationship Conversations, and the Results Are Massively Cringe

A person in a red jacket is grabbing a robot while it dances out of control.

Restaurant Re-Deploys Robot After Dishware-Smashing Freakout

By Frank Landymore

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Therapists Go on Strike, Saying They’re Being Replaced by AI

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