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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

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

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.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

Musk Watch

A new survey shows that pretty much everyone hates the idea of Elon Musk's Grok generating nudes of real adults and minors.

Opposition to Elon Musk’s AI Stripping Clothing Off Children Is Nearly Universal, Polling Shows

Good.

By Frank Landymore

X users continue to use Grok to generate nonconsensual porn of women and literal children. Will X or xAI stop it?

Live Coverage: Is Grok Still Being Used to Create Nonconsensual Sexual Images of Women and Girls?

We’re following whether Elon Musk and his companies, X and xAI, make any meaningful change to stem the tide of likely-illegal AI deepfakes on X — content that’s being generated via Musk’s own chatbot, Grok.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's response to his AI chatbot Grok being used to generate sexual depictions of minors doesn't inspire confidence.

Elon Musk After His Grok AI Did Disgusting Things to Literal Children: “Way Funnier”

Cowardly.

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

Washington State University professor of medicine Bruce Davidson says Trump appears to have suffered a stroke.

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Doctor Says Trump Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke

A University of Alaska Fairbanks student was detained after ripping AI "artwork off the walls and eating it in a reported protest."

Furious Protestor Tears AI-Generated Art Off Wall of Exhibit, Chews It Up Into Tiny Shreds Using His Teeth

By Victor Tangermann

A highly controversial study funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services on infants in West Africa has been halted.

Trump Administration Says It’s Not Canceling Tuskegee-Style Medical Study That Will Withhold Hepatitis Vaccine From Newborns

For over two decades, millions volunteered their computers to help UC Berkeley scientists in their search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying copyrighted data, not "learning" from it.

Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core

By Victor Tangermann

In an appearance on the Katie Miller Podcast, the health secretary said he's astonished that Trump is even alive.

RFK Jr Startled by Trump’s Ability to Remain Alive Despite Dumpster-Tier Diet

The immigration agency reportedly deployed an AI system which failed to separate recruits based on prior law enforcement experience.

ICE’s AI Tool Has Been a Complete Disaster

Wikipedia has signed licensing deals with a host of major AI companies in a bid to recoup the costs of being pillaged by data scrapers.

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After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them

By Frank Landymore

The Department of Homeland Security released a new video featuring something striking: an officer operating a Chinese drone.

There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute

A new law passed in the Senate would allow victims to sue people who use AI models like Grok to generate sexually explicit images of them.

New Law Would Let Grok Victims Sue Creeps Who Generated Nonconsensual Nudes

By Frank Landymore

The International Space Station has gone from seven crew members down to a "skeleton crew" of three due to a recent medical evacuation.

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Entire Space Station Down to Skeleton Crew After NASA Evacuation

By Victor Tangermann

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison named his 191-foot superyacht "Izanami," only to change his mind after finding out what it spelled backwards.

Tech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards

By Victor Tangermann

The internet search giant recently announced new ad spots companies can buy to bombard users with links to sponsored products.

Google Now Stuffing Ads Into Its AI Products

The music distribution platform Bandcamp said it would ban all music that is wholly or significantly made with AI.

Music Fans Explode With Joy as Bandcamp Bans AI Music

By Frank Landymore

After confiscating the phone of a 16-year-old boy, it appears that ICE agents then pawned it off to make a few bucks.

ICE Reportedly Stole a 10th Grader’s Phone, Then Seemingly Sold It for Cash

By Frank Landymore

Pete Hegseth has chosen to plug Grok into the Pentagon's classified military networks as part of a broader AI push.

Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

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