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Someone Just Threw a Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s House

By Frank Landymore
New York Times Makes Substantial Changes to Article That Glazed a Sleazy AI Startup: “Our Piece Should Have Included That Information”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré
Space Scientists Wince as Astronauts’ Lives Depend on Artemis 2’s Controversial Heat Shield During Plunge Back to Earth

By Victor Tangermann
The Moon Astronauts Have Been Working Out With a NASA Rowing Machine in Space

By Victor Tangermann
First AI Model From Zuckerberg’s Wildly Expensive Superintelligence Lab Flops Compared to Virtually All Rivals

By Victor Tangermann

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Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets

Interesting definition of “news.”

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

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Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users

“AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

“Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

Morgan analysts are now warning that Tesla's share price could drop by a whopping 60 percent following disastrous sales numbers.

JP Morgan Concerned Tesla Stock Will Crash by 60 Percent in Face of Ongoing Business Failures

“We advise investors cautiously approach this expectation within the context of both execution risk and the time value of money.”

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Secretly Shared His Number One Priority at Tesla and It Really Says It All

Intense workaholic, or deadbeat CEO?

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Man Caught Sleeping Behind the Wheel While FSD Tesla Cruises the Streets After Decadent Feast of Wine and Pizza

Talk about a joy ride.

The Feed

NASA scientists let loose "screams of delight" amazement as they saw micrometeorites impact the far side of the Moon.

NASA Scientists Screamed With Delight When They Saw Something Smashing Into the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The Sphere in Las Vegas, a spherical, screen-covered arena, partnered with NASA to turn the hulking structure into the Moon itself.

Las Vegas Sphere Turns Into Huge Moon to Celebrate NASA Mission

By Victor Tangermann

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The New York Times Says It’s Identified the Creator of Bitcoin

By Frank Landymore

We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Naked Man Bursts Into Tesla Service Center With a Shotgun

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Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims

By Frank Landymore

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Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

By Frank Landymore

NASA astronaut and Artemis 2 mission commander Reid Wiseman took a moment to snap a breathtaking photo of the full Earth.

Moon Astronaut Captures Shot of Earth That Lets You See Its Razor-Thin Atmosphere Perfectly

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft admitting in its own Copilot terms of service that the tool should only be used for "entertainment purposes only."

Microsoft Mocked for Terms of Service That Admit Copilot Is for “Entertainment Purposes Only”

By Victor Tangermann

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Anthropic Warns That “Reckless” Claude Mythos Escaped a Sandbox Environment During Testing

By Frank Landymore

Iran will still be levying a substantial toll, paid out in Bitcoin, for any oil tankers passing through, following the ceasefire announcement.

Iran Demanding Huge Bitcoin Payments to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, roughly five days into NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the Moon, the toilet became off-limits for at least the third time.

The Moon Spacecraft’s $30 Million Toilet Has Been a Bit of a Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

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ChatGPT Is Sending People Into Obsessive Spirals of Hypochondria

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

Sam Altman’s Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts

Here are some of the most spectacular snapshots NASA recently received from the crew of its Artemis 2 mission.

We’re In Utter Disbelief About the Photos the Moon Astronauts Just Sent Back

By Victor Tangermann

Students from all walks of life are becoming homogenized as they increasingly outsource their brains to AI chatbots.

College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Because Due to Offloading Their Thinking to AI

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