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Google Apologizes for Sending the Worst Push Notification You Can Possibly Imagine

By Frank Landymore
Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much

By Joe Wilkins
Discord’s Verification Saga Has Devolved Into a Complete Self-Inflicted Embarrassment

By Victor Tangermann
The Winklevoss Twins’ Crypto Company Is in Crisis After the Bitcoin Crash

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Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT

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New App Detects the Radio Fingerprint of Smart Glasses and Warns You When Someone Is Using Them Nearby

“Covert recording is a lot about power.”

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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

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Man Letting AI Rent Human Bodies Says Elon Musk Is His Hero

“People would love to have a clanker as their boss.”

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Court Having Trouble Assembling Jury for Elon Musk Because People Hate Him So Much

A man of the people.

By Frank Landymore

A red-tinted image of Elon Musk's face is overlaid within the shape of the United States. The background is blue with large white stars evenly spaced, resembling the American flag.

Elon Musk Boasts That Grok Says America Isn’t Built on Stolen Land, Which It Obviously Is

Grok is “BASED,” enthused Musk.

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

American AI Industry Trembles as Deepseek Prepares to Release New Model

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New AI Agent Logs Directly Into College Platform Canvas to Do Your Homework for You

By Frank Landymore

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Goldman Sachs Researchers Make Startling Claim About AI’s Effects on the US Economy

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Sam Altman Fumes That It Takes Longer to Train a Human Than an AI, Plus They Eat All That Wasteful Food

By Frank Landymore

Even the shadowy defense contractor Palantir is now offering its employees nicotine pouches in its vending machines.

Palantir Is Stocking the Wildest Imaginable Item in Its Vending Machines

By Victor Tangermann

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A Serial Killer Used ChatGPT to Plan Murders, Police Say

By Frank Landymore

Waymo's VP and global head of operations Ryan McNamara provided significantly more clarity on the company's use of remote operators.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Here’s How Many Remote Operators Waymo Has Per Self-Driving Taxi

By Victor Tangermann

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Japan Opens School Staffed Entirely by Virtual Waifus

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Destroying Grocery Supply Chains

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Barrage of Emails From AI Politics Platform Defeats Clean Air Initiative

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Eric Trump Pouring Funding Into “Low Cost-Per-Kill” Drone Corporation

Scientists found that rock movements under Antarctica are correlated to major changes in Antarctica's climate over millions of years.

Antarctica’s Gravity Hole Growing Stronger, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

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Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse

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Artificial Intelligence

AI “Filmmaker” Gets Funding, Begs For Ideas On What to Actually Make

By Frank Landymore

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Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon

A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.

In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana

By Victor Tangermann

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