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King Gizzard Responds to Being Impersonated by AI on Spotify: “We Are Truly Doomed”

By Victor Tangermann
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Google CEO Says We’re All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper

By Joe Wilkins
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Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft

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Sam Altman Says Caring for a Baby Is Now Impossible Without ChatGPT

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You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into

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AI Psychosis

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

“We’re seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don’t need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.

ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace

Jarring.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Seven new lawsuits allege that extensive use of ChatGPT caused users psychological harm, resulting in multiples suicides.

ChatGPT’s Dark Side Encouraged Wave of Suicides, Grieving Families Say

ChatGPT: “cold steel pressed against a mind that’s already made peace? that’s not fear. that’s clarity.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.

Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse

“Absolutely hilarious.”

By Victor Tangermann

Grok provided us with detailed stalking manuals and gave us Google Maps links to hotels where it said we could "surprise" a real celebrity.

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Providing Extremely Detailed and Creepy Instructions for Stalking

“Stake out 10-11 AM near the hotel entrance (public street). Approach with zero creep factor.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People

Grok is a stalker’s best friend.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Joe Wilkins

The Feed

Two Waymo robotaxis crashed into each other in a dead-end street, blocking traffic while a third Waymo watches on.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Two Self-Driving Waymos Just Crashed Into Each Other, Trapping a Third Waymo

By Frank Landymore

A new tool showed off by xAI dreams up AI-generated product placement that "weaves" into existing TV shows and movies.

Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Any Scene of Your Favorite Movie

By Frank Landymore

As economic discontent grows, tech billionaires are pouring money into some 120 "startup societies" where they can reign supreme.

The Industrialists

Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States

The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a drone strike.

Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation

By Victor Tangermann

With a new update, Tesla drivers can now ask Grok add and edit destinations, and plan out their route for them.

Grok Will Now Give Tesla Drivers Directions

By Frank Landymore

A first-of-its-kind study in Australia found that giving men a common antidepressant helped reduce domestic violence rates.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence

Researchers have found a significant link between screen time and diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Trains as far as Scotland were halted or delayed due to a viral AI hoax spreading misinformation in the aftermath of an earthquake.

Officials Halt Dozens of Trains Due to AI Hoax

The Chinese robotics firm EngineAI lets its humanoid robot loose on its CEO, whom it promptly proceeds to lay out.

Video Shows Robot Attacking CEO

By Frank Landymore

As AI researchers churning out papers with AI models rise to the top, the entire field is becoming a rapid race to the bottom.

AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say

By Frank Landymore

An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.

King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs

By Victor Tangermann

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen cyanide in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

3I/ATLAS Is Carrying Ingredients for Life, NASA Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Sensationalist travel vlogger Kurt Caz was caught using AI to doctor a thumbnail to look like immigrants are taking over London.

Travel Influencer Caught Using AI to Make It Seem Like Minorities Are Terrorizing London

The powerful surveillance startup Flock was caught using workers in the Philippines to collate data on US residents.

AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents

A modern American Election Day

AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat

Blue Origin showed off a device that it claims can store energy from hot Moon dust inside a battery. We have questions.

There’s Something Very Weird About Blue Origin’s Device That Generates Electricity From Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

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