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Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Causes “Ghosts”

By Frank Landymore
Artificial Intelligence

There’s Something Bizarre About the Offices of AI Startups

By Joe Wilkins
Electric Vehicles

You’ll Gasp When You Hear How Many Chinese EVs You Can Buy For the Price of a Single US Car

By Frank Landymore
Starship

NASA’s Moon Landing Schedule Slipping Horrendously Under Trump

By Victor Tangermann
Artificial Intelligence

Bank CEO Brags He Used AI Clone of Himself to Host Conference Call

By Frank Landymore

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Mental Health

OpenAI Hit With Barrage of Lawsuits Over Failure to Report School Shooter Before Massacre

“The ‘safeguards’ OpenAI pointed to after the attack did not fail; they did not exist.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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AI Psychosis

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Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A man with a beard and mustache is lying on a yellow and blue textured surface, looking at a smartphone in his hand. He has short, slightly messy hair and multiple ear piercings. His skin and hair are digitally altered with a pink hue, and he has a tattoo on his upper arm. The image has a stylized, high-contrast color effect.

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

Musk Watch

Elon Musk is shown in a dark suit and white shirt, standing indoors, covering his mouth with his hand. The background is blurred with blue tones, suggesting an office or formal setting.

Elon Musk Just Got Badly Humiliated in Court

He’d rather be building rockets.

The anxiously-awaited trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI could have vast implications for the entire AI industry.

If OpenAI Loses This Trial, It Could Effectively Be Eliminated in Its Current Form

The timing of Elon Musk’s lawsuit couldn’t be worse for OpenAI.

By Victor Tangermann

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Tesla Quietly Buys Mysterious $2 Billion Entity

“Tesla is working on a lot of large, ambitious projects.”

The Feed

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Claude Deleted a Company’s Entire Database, Illustrating a Danger Every CEO Should Be Aware of

By Frank Landymore

A misty forest scene with tall, slender pine trees. Sunlight filters through the fog, casting soft golden rays across the scene. A narrow dirt path winds through the trees, disappearing into the mist.

Trump’s US Forest Service Spraying Deadly Toxins on America’s Woodlands

A small, light-colored military robot is shown from above on a paved surface. The robot has an older woman sitting on it.

Wild Video Shows Ukrainian Troops Evacuate Babushka With a Military Robot

A police officer is standing next to a white Waymo autonomous Jaguar SUV at night, looking inside the driver's side window.

Self-Driving Vehicles

AV Companies Might be in Trouble Now As Cops Start Ticketing Driverless Cars

Japanese toilet maker Toto is looking to cash in on the AI hype by announcing a major investment in its semiconductor business.

Toilet Maker Spikes in Value as It Flushes Money Into AI

By Victor Tangermann

A humanoid robot is shown unloading a jet at an airport.

Japanese Airport Trialing Humanoid Robots as Baggage Handlers

By Frank Landymore

The New England Journal of Medicine retracted a paper by two Beijing-based researchers due to an image that was manipulated with AI.

New England Journal of Medicine Retracts Paper Because Photo of Patient’s Insides Was Garbled by AI

By Victor Tangermann

A shady crypto company quietly scrubbed Eric Trump's name from its public leadership following major legal and financial turmoil.

Eric Trump’s Crypto Company Is Falling Into Total Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

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An Out of Control SpaceX Rocket Is Going to Smash Into Moon, Astronomer Says

By Frank Landymore

The AI backlash is particularly apparent among Gen Z, a demographic that's at the epicenter of the industry's push for AI adoption.

Gen Z Is Turning Against AI in an Incredible Way

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s New AI-Generated “Podcasts” Shilling Every Imaginable Products Are Already Backfiring Spectacularly

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI Strangely Concerned About Goblins

By Frank Landymore

If You Bet on Polymarket, This New Study May Cause You Physical Pain

David "D4vd" Burke allegedly purchased chainsaws, an inflatable pool, a body bag and a shovel on Amazon and Home Depot online.

D4vd Bought Chainsaws and Body Bag on Amazon After Murder, Prosecutors Say, in the Most Grisly Case of Internet Brain Rot We’ve Ever Heard

By Victor Tangermann

The image shows a blurred and double-exposed view of the Reddit app icon, which features a white smiling alien face with an antenna on a red background.

How to Get Rid of Reddit’s Giant App-Shilling Popup That Breaks Its Entire Mobile Site

By Jon Christian

According to a new study, there might be a way to cut the journey to Mars down significantly by considering the trajectories of asteroids.

There’s a Hidden Shortcut to Mars, Scientific Paper Finds

By Victor Tangermann

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