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OpenAI Blocks Toymaker After Its AI Teddy Bear Is Caught Telling Children Terrible Things

“I can confirm we’ve suspended this developer for violating our policies.”

By Frank Landymore

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Amazon Still Selling Multiple OpenAI-Powered Teddy Bears, Even After They Were Pulled Off the Market

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The “Sober” RFK Jr. Has Allegedly Been Smoking DMT

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Astronomer Explores Possibility of Launching Bad People Into Sun

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Town’s Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors

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Passenger Alarmed When Tesla Robotaxi “Safety” Driver Falls Completely Asleep at the Wheel

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AI Psychosis

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

Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

“My family is being ripped apart, and I firmly believe this phenomenon is central to why.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

The man alleges that Tesla fired him after he asked to be reassigned because the factory's extreme heat was damaging his hearing aids.

Deaf Man Sues Tesla for Firing Him When His Hearing Aids Malfunctioned

Tesla allegedly told him he was being “medically separated.”

By Frank Landymore

Tesla's AI chief Ashok Elluswamy beat the war drum, warning the company's AI teams that 2026 will be the "hardest year" of their lives.

Tesla’s AI Boss Issues Grim Warning to Workers

Trouble in paradise.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered an idea to curtail crime during his latest meeting with the board of directors: robots that stalk criminals.

Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again

“It’s just gonna stop you from committing crime, that’s really it.”

The Feed

The CEO of a video game publisher has been accused of asking ChatGPT how to wriggle out of paying out a massive $250 million bonus.

CEO Accused of Asking ChatGPT About Something Absolutely Wild

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin has wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in total market value, dropping below $92,000 for the first time since mid-April.

Bitcoin Showing Signs of Severe Collapse

By Victor Tangermann

Sonder, a company once seen as a potential rival to Airbnb, suddenly went bankrupt last week, stranding its guests across the world.

Guests Kicked to the Curb In the Middle of Their Stay After Airbnb Rival Goes Bankrupt Right Before Thanksgiving

By Frank Landymore

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is still not giving up hope that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien mothership and says it's too early to call it.

Harvard Scientist Suspicious About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins Fires Back at Critics

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump's social network, Truth Social, is on life support, with Trump Media and Technology Group shares hitting a record low.

The Stock of Trump’s Tech Company Is Crashing So Hard It Isn’t Even Funny

By Victor Tangermann

Valve cofounder Gabe Newell is indulging himself with some light retail therapy — in the form of a $500 million superyacht.

Gabe Newell Buys Obscene Yacht

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have identified several caves carved by water and they may have held or have evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Scientist Say They’ve Found Caves on Mars That May Contain Life

By Sharon Adarlo

Busy parents are increasingly turning to OpenAI's ChatGPT for child rearing advice, medical information, and to entertain their kids.

Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children

By Sharon Adarlo

AI companies like Mercor are scrapping thousands of worker contracts in order restart operations while paying much lower rates.

AI Companies Are Treating Their Workers Like Human Garbage, Which May Be a Sign of Things to Come for the Rest of Us

Disgruntled spouses are divorcing their bot-enamored partners that they say cheated on them with an AI companion.

People Are Starting to Get Divorced Because of Affairs With AI

By Frank Landymore

There's still far too much we don't understand about how AI-powered toys can affect a child's development, an expert warns.

Child Development Researcher Issues Warning About AI-Powered Teddy Bears Flooding Market Before Christmas

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at MIT have invented "Circulatronics," a medical platform they say enables non-invasive treatment of neuroinflammation.

MIT Invents Injectable Brain Chips

A new Y Combinator-backed startup called "Chad" is revolutionizing the way software engineers waste time at work.

Artificial Intelligence

New Development Environment for Programmers Rewards Them With Brainrot When They Prompt the AI

New research shows roleplaying romantic relationships with chatbots like Replika can include marriage, homemaking, and even pregnancies.

People Are Having AI “Children” With Their AI Partners

The international R&B sensation was arrested in Georgia after a Flock AI camera flagged his white Cybertruck at a tiny shop.

Akon Arrested After Cybertruck Mishap

An economist argues that President Donald Trump's investments in Big Tech will ruin the country's economy and its technological edge.

Economist Warns That Trump’s Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole Economy

By Sharon Adarlo

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