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AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

“I couldn’t leave my house for months… people were messaging me all over my social media, like, ‘Are you safe? Are your kids safe?'”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

Former xAI staffers told The Verge they grew frustrated with the company's ethical carelessness and stagnating technological progress.

Former xAI Staffers Say They Were Burned Out by the Company’s Carelessness and Lack of Innovation

“You survive by shutting up and doing what Elon wants.”

By Victor Tangermann

Despite plenty of optimism, a striking number of Elon Musk's xAI's cofounders are jumping ship amid restructuring efforts.

Cofounders Fleeing Elon Musk’s xAI

“Grateful to have helped cofound at the start.”

By Victor Tangermann

A yellow-tinted wooden catapult with wheels is shown against a dark red grid background. The catapult's arm is holding a realistic, grayscale image of the moon in its sling.

Erratic Elon Musk Tells Employees to Build Massive Catapult on Moon

Fire away!

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

A woman with long, dark hair featuring blonde highlights and bangs is sitting on a wicker sofa. She is wearing a white crocheted top with yellow and blue patterns and light-colored pants. She is holding a pink smartphone and looking at it with a thoughtful expression. The background shows a window with sheer curtains.

Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?

By Frank Landymore

A black school desk chair with an attached writing surface is illuminated from behind by a green light, casting a dark shadow on a blue background.

Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama seated in a sports stadium.

Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens

By Frank Landymore

Two red dice with white dots are floating above a hand, which is covered by a grid-patterned fabric. The dice show the numbers five and four. The background features a gradient of blue and beige tones with the grid pattern continuing throughout.

Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have found that boreal forests, the largest terrestrial biome on Earth, are steadily shifting northwards.

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”

By Frank Landymore

A stylized, pop-art style image featuring Elon Musk with a serious expression, colored in red tones, set against a bright yellow background. Behind him is a cluster of various vegetables, including a bell pepper, zucchini, and onion, all rendered in green tones. The image has a textured, halftone effect.

US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables

By Frank Landymore

A stylized image of a soccer player in mid-air, wearing a uniform with the number 17, overlaid with an orange tint. In front of the player is a blue delivery robot labeled "COCO" and "Coco Robotics." The background features a grid pattern with two horizontal blue stripes and four red six-pointed stars, resembling the Chicago flag.

Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry

Two groups of scientists have now come forward saying they've found traces of lost Soviet lander, Luna 9, which launched 60 years ago.

Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

In 2022, pop sensation Justin Bieber shelled out a hefty $1.3 million for a Bored Ape. It lost over 99 percent of its value since then.

You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now

By Victor Tangermann

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Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise

Anthropic's Claude AI went to extreme lengths to beat out the competition and even formed a cartel when it was told to be a vending machine.

AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs

By Victor Tangermann

A devastated landscape showing extensive destruction of houses and trees, likely caused by a natural disaster such as a tornado or hurricane. The area is filled with debris, broken tree trunks, and remnants of buildings, with some vehicles partially buried under rubble. The sky is overcast, adding to the somber atmosphere.

Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation”

A spiral galaxy with a bright core surrounded by a glowing white halo, featuring a dark central region resembling a black hole. The galaxy's arms display a mix of pink, purple, and blue hues with scattered stars and cosmic dust. The background is filled with numerous small stars and distant celestial objects.

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

A former SpaceX engineer and his startup, General Galactic, are looking to put the concept of turning water into rocket fuel to the test.

SpaceX Veteran Says He’s Figured Out How to Make Rocket Fuel From Water

By Victor Tangermann

A spacecraft equipped with solar panels is scanning a large crater on a rocky, orange-brown planetary surface. The scan reveals an underground cavity filled with rocks. Earth is visible in the distant black space background.

Scientists Spot Huge Cave on Venus

By Frank Landymore

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