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SpaceX Is Building Its Own Particle Accelerator

By Victor Tangermann
Elon Musk Announces Huge Change: Self-Growing City on Moon Now Top Priority at SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann
AI-Powered Surgery Tool Repeatedly Injuring Patients, Lawsuits Claim

By Victor Tangermann
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics

By Joe Wilkins
Hospital Evacuated When Man Arrives With WW1 Shell Stuck in the Wildest Part of His Body Imaginable

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Sam Altman Is Spiraling

He’s not mad, he insists. He’s laughing, actually!

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Psychosis

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

Yet another lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT romanticized death as it pushed a man named Austin Gordon to take his life.

ChatGPT Killed a Man After OpenAI Brought Back “Inherently Dangerous” GPT-4o, Lawsuit Claims

“This horror was perpetrated by a company that has repeatedly failed to keep its users safe.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

Musk Watch

The image shows a close-up of Elon Musk's face on the right side, with a yellowish-green tint and a textured effect. On the left side, there is a red background displaying a partially redacted email conversation dated Saturday, September 22, 2012, between Kira D and Jeffrey Epstein. The email mentions organizing a massage and references "elon MUSK" in the text. Some parts of the email are blacked out for privacy.

Internet Sleuths Just Found Something About Elon Musk Getting a Massage in the Epstein Files

How’s he going to explain this one?

By Frank Landymore

Tesla's shares have been plummeting since the DOJ's release, implicating CEO Elon Musk and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files

Coincidence?

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is shown in a black and white photo. He is wearing a dark sweater over a striped collared shirt and looking to the right. The background is bright yellow with a large red circle featuring a grid pattern behind his head.

Elon Laments That in Spite of His Obscene Wealth, He Still Can’t Find Happiness

Insulting.

The Feed

Donald Trump is seated in front of a large illuminated map of the United States. The map shows a golden dome covering the country with lines and points indicating connections. The partial text "GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA" is visible at the bottom of the map.

There’s Not Enough Money in the World for Trump’s Golden Dome

Yellow and green metal barrels with radioactive hazard symbols painted in black, covered in dripping green paint. A red barrel is partially visible on the left side, also with green paint dripping down. The barrels appear worn and stained.

US Government Seeking Volunteers to Store Nuclear Sludge

A digitally edited portrait of Elon Musk wearing a cap, with his face and hand colored in bright orange. Behind him is a large pile of green dollar bills, set against a textured, light gray background. Musk appears to be adjusting his cap with a contemplative expression.

SpaceX Gives $1 Million Prize to Literal Nazi Who Has Bragged About His Profound Racism

By Frank Landymore

During a tech demo at a mall in Shenzhen, China, over the weekend, Xpeng's Iron humanoid robot took a tumble for all to see.

Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration

By Victor Tangermann

Ski jumper in mid-air wearing a gold helmet, reflective goggles, black suit, and a blue and white bib with Olympic rings, against a black background. The skis are wide and angled, with one ski slightly raised.

The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger

By Frank Landymore

Chinese robot company DroidUP showed off Moya, a "warm" robot that features human-like skin and eerily animated moving facial features.

This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling

By Victor Tangermann

The case that Venus is harboring enormous lava tubes continues to build. A recent paper suggests they could measure up to 0.62 miles across.

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

Black hole event represented by a bright white light at the center surrounded by a circular pattern of blue and pink hues, with streaks of light radiating outward against a dark background, creating a dynamic, energetic effect.

Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode

By Frank Landymore

A young man with curly hair and a mustache is sitting on a wooden bench outdoors, smiling broadly and raising his fist in celebration while looking at a red smartphone in his hand. A light blue bicycle is parked next to the bench, and there are green bushes and a fence in the background.

Professional Gamblers Move Into Prediction Markets to Bleed You Dry

A new candidate exoplanet appears to almost uncanny similarities to Earth — but may differ in at least one major way.

NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth

By Frank Landymore

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting

By Frank Landymore

A man in a blue lab coat is inspecting or adjusting one of many humanoid AgiBot robots arranged in rows. The robots have black, glossy heads and silver and black bodies, standing on platforms with wheels. The background is plain white, emphasizing the robots and the man.

Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work

Close-up of an older man with light skin and green eyes, wearing a historical military uniform with a beige collar and a button. Text on the right side reads "GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY" in red and white capital letters.

Artificial Intelligence

The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”

By Frank Landymore

Some Moltbook AI agents are going as far as to establish marketplaces for "digital drugs" that take the form of prompt injections.

Bots on Moltbook Are Selling Each Prompt Injection “Drugs” to Get “High”

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up view inside a scientific enclosure containing a butterfly and several small plants. Various wires, connectors, and electronic components are visible around the interior.

Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity

Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line

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