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Godfather of AI Predicts Total Breakdown of Society

Tech billionaires “are really betting on AI replacing a lot of workers.”

By Frank Landymore

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Residents Rage Against Fleet of Delivery Robots Taking Over Chicago

By Joe Wilkins
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ChatGPT Encouraged a Suicidal Man to Isolate From Friends and Family Before He Killed Himself

By Frank Landymore
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Startups Using AI Have a Problem: Anyone Can Copy Their Awesome Idea

By Joe Wilkins
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Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers

By Joe Wilkins
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If You Turn Down an AI’s Ability to Lie, It Starts Claiming It’s Conscious

By Victor Tangermann

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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

At a conference alongside Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggested that any AI productivity gains will leave us working more, not less.

Nvidia CEO Says Instead of Taking Your Job, AI Will Force You to Work Even Harder

“Everyone’s jobs will be different.”

Politico reported that "former and current DOGE employees" — fear that they're at risk of prosecution, now that Elon Musk has left.

DOGE Operatives Scared They’re in Real Trouble Now That Elon Has Abandoned Them

“Get your own lawyer if you need it.”

By Victor Tangermann

Many of Elon Musk's X's most inflammatory users are actually foreign scammers, according to a new feature introduced by the platform.

Twitter’s New Feature Accidently Reveals Something Fascinating About Huge MAGA Influencers

“This is total armageddon for the online right.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

Researchers claim to have found a workaround to AI model DeepSeek's Chinese censorship, slimming it down in the process.

Researchers Hack DeepSeek to Speak Freely About Tiananmen Square

By Victor Tangermann

An AgiBot A2 has completed a 66-mile, three-day pilgrimage without powering down, breaking previous world records.

Robot Walks for Three Days Straight, Hotswapping Its Battery Over and Over in New World Record

Consider ditching your old phone and buying a new one to boost the economy run by trillion dollar monoliths.

The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine

By Frank Landymore

The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.

South Korea’s Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster

The AI industry is staking its future on language models. But LLMs, an expert argues, are fundamentally incapable of being intelligent.

Artificial Intelligence

Large Language Models Will Never Be Intelligent, Expert Says

By Frank Landymore

Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His Body

Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His Body

By Sharon Adarlo

Individuals keep claiming to be freelance writers and pitching dubious, AI-generated pieces to unsuspecting editors.

Journalist Caught Publishing Fake Articles Generated by AI

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has reinstated GPT access to FoloToy, the maker of the AI powered teddy bear which was caught having inappropriate conversations.

OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives

By Frank Landymore

China has successfully launched an ersatz Shenzhou-22 vehicle to bring the next batch of astronauts, who arrived at the station on October 31

International Space Station

China Launches Emergency Mission to Its Space Station, Putting NASA to Shame

By Victor Tangermann

Producers of "Stranger Things" had to resort to some visual trickery to wind back the clock for the show's rapidly aging cast.

The New “Stranger Things” Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has argued that the 16-year-old, who took his own life, used ChatGPT incorrectly and that his tragic death was his own fault.

OpenAI Says Boy’s Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have programmed a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play basketball, almost perfectly mimicking the skills of a human athlete.

This Video of a Robot Playing Basketball Is EXTREMELY Impressive

By Victor Tangermann

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said it was "insane" to suggest his employees not use AI to do everything possible.

Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia CEO Says You’re “Insane” If You Don’t Use AI to Do Literally Everything

By Frank Landymore

Food bloggers are warning home cooks to be wary of AI-generated recipes that could turn this year's Thanksgiving dinner into a tragedy.

Thanksgiving Dinner Headed for Tragedy as Disastrous AI Recipes Devour Internet

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's $27 billion hyperion data center is already making life a living hell for the residents of Holly Ridge, Louisiana.

Meta’s $27 Billion Datacenter Is Wreaking Havoc on a Louisiana Town

Three major insurance companies have requested permission to exclude AI from their policies as anxiety grows throughout the industry.

Insurance Companies Are Terrified to Cover AI, Which Should Probably Tell You Something

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