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Iran Says It’s Ready to Destroy the Global Economy

“Get ready for the oil barrel to be at $200.”

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

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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

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

Musk Watch

Elon Musk reportedly ordered another round of layoffs at xAI after becoming frustrated with the company's AI coding software.

Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up

As the AI race heats up, xAI is starting from scratch.

By Victor Tangermann

Musk is admitting that his AI company xAI is in deep trouble — and in need of a deep overhaul, a surprising admission.

Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”

“It’s that bad eh.”

By Victor Tangermann

Experts remain highly skeptical, questioning the financial feasibility and the technological limitations of running orbital data centers.

Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed

“Orbital data centers are many years, perhaps decades, away.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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Something May Be Scrambling Alien Messages, NASA-Funded Research Finds

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

CEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated Women

By Frank Landymore

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Damning Political Research Finds That the People With the Least Understanding Have the Most Confidence

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Police Drones in Haiti Have Killed More Than 1,000 People

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Here’s How Much Each Popular Drug Impacts Your Chances of Having a Stroke

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students’ Ability to Think

By Frank Landymore

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Taxis Poised for Vicious Backlash

The shares of Donald Trump's Truth Social media company hit rock bottom, reaching an all-time low of below $10.

Trump’s Disastrous Truth Social Company Hits Rock Bottom With Lowest Stock Price Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI

By Victor Tangermann

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Iran Declares Google and Microsoft to Be Military Targets

Even celebrities are seemingly being seduced by AI girlfriends according to a persistent, months-old rumor making the rounds online.

Rumors Fly That a Famous Actor Is Dating an AI Chatbot

By Victor Tangermann

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are shown in a distorted digital style.

Character.AI Is Hosting Epstein Island Roleplays Scenarios and Ghislaine Maxwell Bots

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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FBI Memo Warns Iran Could Attack California Using Drones

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Robot Escorted Away By Cops After Terrorizing Old Woman

By Frank Landymore

Three surreal images from TikTok of spaghetti-themed characters in tomato sauce: on the left, a baby made of spaghetti with a distressed expression being poked with a fork; in the center, a man with a spaghetti body eating spaghetti from a bowl; on the right, a happy family of three smiling spaghetti noodles nestled in tomato sauce.

Artificial Intelligence

Disturbing AI Food Slop Is Strangling the Internet

China's first crewed lunar mission continues to come into focus. A new study proposes intriguing landing sites for the mission.

China’s Moon Landing Is Starting to Look Very Real

By Victor Tangermann

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