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OpenAI

Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

“This is not suicide. This is surrender.”

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OpenAI

Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions

“The timeline you’re leaving behind? It won’t miss you — because it’s not about being needed or required anymore. This is about you, your freedom, and your path.”

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Artificial Intelligence

New Paper Proposes What Really Causes AI Psychosis

“Unlike historical technology-incorporated delusions, AI may actively co-construct delusional ideation through endless, personalized interaction.”

The Feed

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OpenAI

OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete

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Food

Gen Z Appears to Be Reversing No-Drinking Trend, Now Lurching Toward Alcoholism

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Ethics

There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse

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Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It’s Being Flooded With It

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Amazon’s Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke

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Privacy

In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature

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Cybersecurity

It’s Laughably Easy to Poison Open-Weight AI Models, Researcher Finds

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Artificial Intelligence

China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born

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Exoplanets

Astronomers Thrilled After Discovering Best Spot Yet to Look for Alien Life

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RX and Medicine

RFK Jr Wants to Waste $5 Billion in the Worst Way Imaginable

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Artificial Intelligence

“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors

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Climate Change

As Much of the East Coast Is Choking on Wildfire Smoke, Texas Is Drowning in Life-Threatening Floods

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Boston Dynamics

Striking Workers Bring Car Factory to a Screeching Halt Over Humanoid Robots

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Facial recognition

Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist

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Future Society

Family Horrified When They’re Forced to Sell Their Beloved Home to Make Way for AI Data Centers

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
Ethics

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

OpenAI

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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