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CEO Says There Will Be No Raises Because He Spent All the Money on AI

By Victor Tangermann
Environment

Kevin O’Leary Pleads With Locals to Allow His Massive Data Center If He Shrinks It Down to the Size of One Manhattan

By Frank Landymore
Elon Musk

It’s Possible That SpaceX Could Collapse Spectacularly

By Victor Tangermann
International Space Station

ISS Astronauts Ordered to Enter Evacuation Mode

By Victor Tangermann
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Ebola Expert Fears Outbreak Is Heading Into “Nightmare Scenario”

By Joe Wilkins

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Education

College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics.”

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

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Was This the Moment That AI Psychosis Began?

One event seems to have kicked off a wave of AI psychosis: memory that persists across chat sessions, letting the bot weave tapestries of delusions about users’ lives.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

Musk Watch

SpaceX Is Massively Overvalued Ahead of Its IPO, Analysts Find

Some are advising to stay far away.

By Victor Tangermann

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Elon Musk Says He Only Got Involved in Politics Because He Couldn’t Deal With Having a Transgender Child

Even if he’s being facetious, it’s a weird thing to say.

By Frank Landymore

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Trump Shovels $4 Billion Directly to Elon Musk, Who Spent a Fortune Getting Him Elected

It’s paying off for him in a big way.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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Artificial Intelligence

Mayor Caught on Camera Saying the Only Voters Who Oppose Data Centers Are Disgusting Poor People

By Frank Landymore

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We Are Intrigued by This Man Taking His Pet Octopus for a Walk Around His Neighborhood

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Advanced Transport

Woman Follows GPS Instructions, Somehow Drives Her Car Onto an Elevated Seattle Rail Track

By Victor Tangermann

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Robot in Clown Wig Roundhouse Kicks Small Child

By Victor Tangermann

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Plans Accelerated for Human Trials of Tooth Regeneration

By Victor Tangermann

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The AI Bubble Has Become So Surreal That It’s Now Propping Up the Toilet Industry

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Bitcoin Is Taking a Nasty Swim

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United Nations Issues Grave Warning About El Niño

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Artificial Intelligence

In Leaked Document, Microsoft Plots How to Get People “Addicted” to Its AI

By Frank Landymore

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State of Florida Sues OpenAI, Saying Sam Altman Showed “Utter Disregard for the Risk to Human Life”

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Amazon’s AI-Generated Animated Series Canceled After Relentless Derision

By Victor Tangermann

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Anthropic and DeepMind Now Actively Investigating AI Consciousness

By Frank Landymore

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All These Galaxy-Scale IPOs Are Piling on Risk of an Economic Crisis

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Artificial Intelligence

Film Community Aghast as Martin Scorsese Extolls AI Startup, Says He Now Uses AI for Storyboards

By Frank Landymore

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Boston Dynamics

World Cup Will Be Patrolled by Security Robodogs

By Victor Tangermann

A lone figure walks through thick fog in the countryside.

There’s Something Living Inside Fog, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

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