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After encountering Meta AI, a man's mental health unraveled. As he lost touch with reality, the chatbot continued to affirm his delusions.
Meta

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…”

Yet another lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT romanticized death as it pushed a man named Austin Gordon to take his life.
OpenAI

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.”

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.
OpenAI

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.”

The Feed

Some experts aren't convinced of NASA's reassurances that the Orion spacecraft, which will house its Moon astronauts, is safe to use.
Moon

Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is About to Launch With Astronauts Aboard

Slam metal band Party Cannon has released its new record in the strangest format imaginable: a Nintendo 64 cartridge.
Art

Metal Band Releases New Album on N64 Cartridge

A film and performing arts major has spoken out about what motivated him to turn his teeth into weapons against the AI onslaught.
Ethics

Man Explains Why He Shredded Up an AI-Generated Art Exhibit With His Bare Teeth

As a major winter storm approaches, a viral post on social media has declared an area of "exploding tree risk" for the upper midwest.
Environment

Meteorologist Warns That Winter Storm Means Trees Are About to Start Exploding

The head of product at Elon Musk's website X deleted a post about how he got fried chicken stuck in his throat after widespread mockery.
Future Society

X’s Head of Product One Shotted by Errant Piece of Fried Chicken

The White House published an image on X featuring an AI-altered image of an ICE protester crying during her arrest.
Artificial Intelligence

White House Uses AI to Alter Protester’s Face So That She’s Sobbing, Instead of Looking Brave, During Arrest

While the world's elite gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum, hundreds of their ultra-rich peers demand to be taxed.
Finance

The Ultra-Wealthy Are Demanding to Pay Higher Taxes

Photos of Trump at this year's World Economic Forum in Switzerland show an even gnarlier darkish bruise on his left hand.
Neuroscience and Brain

Trump’s Other Hand Is Also Now Showing a Grisly Mark

Space startup Vast has opted to build a smaller Haven-1 commercial space station. The company said it recently passed a milestone.
Falcon

Private Space Station Being Assembled for Launch

A NASA astronaut has revealed a tantalizing clue about what went down during the first medical evacuation in the space station's history.
International Space Station

Astronauts Give Crucial Clue About NASA’s Emergency Space Evacuation

The San Diego Comic-Con quietly updated its policy to sweepingly ban AI-generated art, following an uproar of complaints from artists.
Artificial Intelligence

San Diego Comic Con Quietly Bans AI Art

A new AI startup formed from former employees of some of the industry's biggest companies says it's building the tech to empower humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Grinning Wolf Tells Little Red Riding Hood That Her Safety Is His Top Priority

The Economic Times picked the word "Kafkaesque" as its "Word of the Day." A glaring blunder suggests the whole thing was generated by an AI.
Ethics

Newspaper Makes Brain-Melting Error in AI-Generated Graphic

The fast food corporation has announced a paltry Bitcoin bonus which employees have to wait two years to collect.
Cryptocurrency

Steak ‘n Shake Announces Pitiful “Bitcoin Bonus” for Workers

Researchers found a civil war between state and federal troops could start as a result of events similar to those unfolding in Minneapolis.
Future Society

Simulation Found Civil War Could Be Triggered by Exactly What ICE Is Doing Right Now

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman vented about the attention the company received over ChatGPT leading users into psychosis.
Future Society

Sam Altman Lets Loose About AI Psychosis

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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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