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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

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

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Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes

Beggars can’t be choosers.

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Man Bet Entire Life Savings of $342,195.63 That Elon Musk Would Fail

Here’s what happened.

The Feed

A new music video featuring AI "actress" Tilly Norwood is one of the dingiest and depressing things we've ever seen.

The AI-Generated Tilly Norwood Just Dropped the Worst Music Video We’ve Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

US Military Tested Havana Syndrome Weapon on Large Mammals, Whistleblowers Says

US officials confirmed that the US was responsible for the bloodbath at an Iranian school. It's still investigating whether AI was involved.

US Military Investigating Whether AI Was Involved in Bombing Elementary School in Iran

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was teeming with an unusually large amount of methanol, a type of alcohol.

James Webb Space Telescope

Please Resist the Urge to Drink the Melted Sludge From 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic released its latest findings about the "labor market impacts of AI," listing the occupations that are "most exposed."

Anthropic Announces Jobs Most at Risk From AI

By Victor Tangermann

Mother Sues OpenAI for Not Telling Police About Mass Shooter Before Deadly Rampage

By Frank Landymore

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Admits Extensive AI Use Is Wreaking Havoc on Its Core Business

By Frank Landymore

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

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FCC Deciding Whether to Allow Startup to Launch Huge Mirror Satellite to Blast Sunlight on Cities at Nighttime

By Frank Landymore

Engineers in Shenzhen, China invented a two-legged, centaur-inspired appendage that can carry heavy loads.

Body Horror Robot Turns Human Into Centaur

By Victor Tangermann

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Insiders Afraid the Government Will Nationalize the AI Industry

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Artificial Intelligence

YouTube Filling With Horrifying AI Slop for Children

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg watches intently through a chain-link fence at a mixed martial arts fight inside a cage, where two fighters are engaged on the ground under red lighting.

The Industrialists

Zuckerberg Loudly Booed at His Safe Space

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

AI Agent Goes Rogue, Starts Mining Crypto to Amass Funds

The Earth's atmosphere is being littered with new metal aerosols from burning spacecraft and rockets, scientists warn.

Rapid Space Launches Shifting the Chemistry of Earth’s Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann

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Toxic Sludge Raining Down on Iran After Bombing of Oil Facilities

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