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OpenAI

Was This the Moment That AI Psychosis Began?

One event seems to have kicked off a wave of AI psychosis: memory that persists across chat sessions, letting the bot weave tapestries of delusions about users’ lives.

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xAI

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

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Mental Health

Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

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Elon Musk

Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved

“Give the data ⁠to a university, have it independently verified by a qualified researcher, and then let’s talk.”

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Fantasizes About Killing Journalists

What an odd thing to say.

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Elon Musk

Tesla’s Robotaxis Are a Complete Disaster

Broken promises, shoddy service, and a comically tiny fleet.

The Feed

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Google

Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real

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Machine Learning

Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You

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SpaceX

SpaceX Stock Had Quite a Bad Night

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Ethics

The US Military Has Been Using Elon Musk’s Grok AI to Bomb Iran

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Virtual Reality

Snap’s Stock Plunges the Moment It Reveals Its Comically Gigantic AR Glasses

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Developments

MAHA Furious as Kennedy Moves to Ban Their Medicine: Gas Station Heroin

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Future Society

Microsoft’s Copilot AI Caught Letting Hackers Steal Your 2FA Codes Through a Single Click

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SpaceX

SpaceX Stock Continues Decline After Initial Spike

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Environment

The Funniest Possible Thing Happened After Trump Painted the Lincoln Reflecting Pool Blue

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Robotics

Ohio Police Fire Robocop for Helping Make Zero Arrests and Failing to Issue a Single Ticket

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SpaceX

SpaceX Stock Has Now Started to Fall

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Ethics

OpenAI Is Taking the “Crack Cocaine” Approach to Pricing

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Finance

Texas Tech Quarterback’s College Career Over After Getting Caught Betting on His Own Games

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Artificial Intelligence

Consensus Grows That China Is Crushing the United States at AI

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Mental Health

Clavicular’s “Botched” Nose Job Illustrates the Dangers of Looksmaxxing

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Finance

$1 Million Polymarket Bet That Spain Will Win First World Cup Game Backfires Epically

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