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Joe Rogan Keeps Playing AI-Generated Music for Guests, But He’s Speechless When One of Them Points Out That Podcasts Can Be AI-Generated Too

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AI Psychosis

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

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.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

“We’re seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don’t need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

Musk Watch

Grok declared that it would be okay with genociding close to half of all children in the world to save Elon Musl.

Grok, Now Built Into Teslas for Navigation, Says It Would Run Over a Billion Children to Avoid Hitting Elon Musk

Correction: 999,999,999 children.

By Frank Landymore

A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.

Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse

“Absolutely hilarious.”

By Victor Tangermann

Grok provided us with detailed stalking manuals and gave us Google Maps links to hotels where it said we could "surprise" a real celebrity.

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Providing Extremely Detailed and Creepy Instructions for Stalking

“Stake out 10-11 AM near the hotel entrance (public street). Approach with zero creep factor.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Feed

As generative AI becomes even more effective at mimicking real images, liberals are starting to fall for more misinformation.

Liberals Are Falling for Extremely Obvious AI Fakes

Ford has announced it's stopping production on its all-electric truck, in order to pivot to an electric truck with a gas generator.

Electric Vehicles

Ford Gives Up, Adds Gas Generator to Its Electric Pickup Truck

Following major backlash on AI toys, Mattel confirmed that it won't be releasing its first OpenAI-powered toy before the end of the year.

As Controversy Grows, Mattel Scraps Plans for OpenAI Reveal This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Top figures in the AI industry seem deathly paranoid about the apocalyptic risk of AI, but are they grounded in reality?

AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They’re Creating

By Frank Landymore

Amazon's AI video recap tool has already made an enormous mess by bungling up the details of its hit show, "Fallout."

Amazon Deletes AI-Generated Recap of “Fallout” Season 1 After It’s Called Out for Being Full of Errors

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of Chinese companies are trying to unabashedly rip off SpaceX's Starship launch platform.

China Is Absolutely Obsessed With Copying SpaceX’s Starship Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Over a month after its perihelion, or closest pass of the Sun, observations still clearly show 3I/ATLAS' "anti-tail."

3I/ATLAS Still Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's AI Grok is claiming that a post president Trump made about Rob Reiner's death was fake, while also claiming it was real.

Grok Is Making Wildly Contradictory Claims About Rob Reiner’s Death

By Frank Landymore

A Fox Business host railed against a humble little tree farm that's standing in the way of more AI data center construction.

Artificial Intelligence

Fox News Instructs Viewers to Buy Plastic Christmas Trees So the Real Ones Can Be Sacrificed to Feed the Insatiable Hunger of AI Data Centers

By Frank Landymore

Semafor reported that the Washington Post launched its controversial AI podcast feature despite knowing it was severely flawed.

The Washington Post Deployed Its Disastrous AI-Generated Podcasts Even After Internal Tests Showed It Was Failing Miserably

By Victor Tangermann

A SpaceX Starlink internet satellite had to power up its thrusters to ensure it wasn't smashed by a Chinese satellite.

SpaceX Furious at China, Saying It Almost Destroyed One of Its Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

The company Wizz is coming under serious scrutiny by regulators and watchdogs for enabling child sexual predators on a huge scale.

Company in Huge Trouble for Creating “Tinder for Kids” App

Jake the Rizzbot, a bipedal, slang-slinging humanoid, was allegedly assaulted and permanently damaged by streamer IShowSpeed.

Streamer Sued for Assaulting Gay Robot

By Victor Tangermann

42-year-old Beri Vikram of Menlo Park allegedly tried to light a winery on fire before going on a rampage in his Tesla.

Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes

By Frank Landymore

An OpenAI executive said in a press conference to expect ChatGPT's "adult mode" to drop at some point in the very near future.

OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000

Happy holidays: an AI-powered toy has been caught repeating talking points from the Chinese Communist Party.

An AI-Powered Toy Is Regaling Children With Chinese Communist Party Talking Points

By Victor Tangermann

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