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After encountering Meta AI, a man's mental health unraveled. As he lost touch with reality, the chatbot continued to affirm his delusions.
Meta

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…”

Yet another lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT romanticized death as it pushed a man named Austin Gordon to take his life.
OpenAI

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.”

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

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.”

The Feed

Waymo's VP and global head of operations Ryan McNamara provided significantly more clarity on the company's use of remote operators.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Here’s How Many Remote Operators Waymo Has Per Self-Driving Taxi

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Education

Japan Opens School Staffed Entirely by Virtual Waifus

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Destroying Grocery Supply Chains

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Ethics

Barrage of Emails From AI Politics Platform Defeats Clean Air Initiative

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Drones

Eric Trump Pouring Funding Into “Low Cost-Per-Kill” Drone Corporation

Scientists found that rock movements under Antarctica are correlated to major changes in Antarctica's climate over millions of years.
Future Society

Antarctica’s Gravity Hole Growing Stronger, Scientists Find

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Ethics

Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse

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Artificial Intelligence

AI “Filmmaker” Gets Funding, Begs For Ideas On What to Actually Make

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Hacking

Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon

A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.
Devices

In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana

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3D Printing

The Economics of 3D Printed Homes Are Surprisingly Horrible

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Artificial Intelligence

Woman Uses AI to Apologize for Burning Down House, Biting Cop

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Ethics

AI Could Cause Workers to Rise Up Against the Corporations Driving Them Into Poverty

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Pollution

Scientists Find That Igniting Oil Spills to Create Fire Tornadoes Might Actually Be Good for the Oceans

Screenshot from AI-generated video by Shokunin Studio showing Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting.
Ethics

Hollywood Is Lying to Everyone About How Much AI They’re Using, Says Consummate Hollywood Insider

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OpenAI

It’s Comically Easy to Trick ChatGPT Into Saying Things About People That Are Completely Untrue

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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

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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