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Pollution

Iran Says It’s Ready to Destroy the Global Economy

“Get ready for the oil barrel to be at $200.”

By Frank Landymore

Off-World

Deafening Explosions in the Sky Rock Northeast Ohio

By Victor Tangermann
Ethics

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Now Setting Readers’ Subscription Prices With Uber-Style AI

By Frank Landymore

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Robot Dogs

AI Data Center Security Guards Are Not Human

By Victor Tangermann
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

By Frank Landymore
Robotics

This Video of a Humanoid Robot Playing Tennis Is Extremely Impressive

By Victor Tangermann
Meta

Meta Reportingly Firing a Vast Percentage of Its Staff in Zuckerberg’s Move to AI

By Victor Tangermann

AI Psychosis

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OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

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…”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

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.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

Elon Musk reportedly ordered another round of layoffs at xAI after becoming frustrated with the company's AI coding software.

Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up

As the AI race heats up, xAI is starting from scratch.

By Victor Tangermann

Musk is admitting that his AI company xAI is in deep trouble — and in need of a deep overhaul, a surprising admission.

Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”

“It’s that bad eh.”

By Victor Tangermann

Experts remain highly skeptical, questioning the financial feasibility and the technological limitations of running orbital data centers.

Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed

“Orbital data centers are many years, perhaps decades, away.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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Facial recognition

AI Mistake Throws Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Nearly Six Months

By Frank Landymore

People in China love OpenClaw autonomous AI agents -- but the government is expressing some significant reservations.

China Alarmed by Spread of OpenClaw Agents

By Victor Tangermann

Netflix is offering up to $600 million to buy InterPositive, an AI moviemaking company founded by actor Ben Affleck.

Netflix Buys Startup That Modifies Footage Using AI

By Victor Tangermann

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Woman Sues Tesla After Cybertruck Tries to Drive Her Off Bridge

By Frank Landymore

A young woman in a U.S. Army dress uniform takes a selfie with Donald Trump and Lionel Messi in a formal room with classical decor and portraits. In a separate image, the same woman is seated barefoot in the driver's seat of a military vehicle, wearing a green tactical shirt with an American flag patch and camouflage pants, with a calm expression.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump Supporters Getting Scammed by AI-Generated Foot Fetish Model

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Atlassian Lays Off 10 Percent of Its Workforce as It Pivots to AI

By Frank Landymore

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Trucker Awarded $20,000 for Hauling a Massive Amount of Nuclear Waste

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Scientists Spot Two Planets That Collided, Resulting in Carnage That Will Send Prickles Through Your Scalp

By Frank Landymore

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The Military’s AI Fever Is Leading Into Disaster, Critics Say

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Live Nation Directors Mocked Customers in Explosive Just-Released Messages, Saying They’re “Stupid” for Allowing Themselves to Be Gouged

By Frank Landymore

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Sam Altman Admits That AI Is Disrupting the Basic Fabric of Capitalism

A company claims to have simulated the neurons of an adult fruit fly's brain and letting it roam inside a Matrix-like virtual environment.

Researchers Upload Fly’s Brain to Matrix, Let It Control Virtual Body

By Victor Tangermann

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Tech Billionaires Are Quietly Rooting for AI Bubble to Collapse

Cortical Labs announced that it's working on "biological data centers" in Melbourne, Australia, and Singapore.

New Data Centers Will Be Powered by Human Brain Cells

By Victor Tangermann

A Foundation Mk-1 humanoid robot with articulated arms is holding a handgun in its right hand, pointing it forward. The robot has a sleek, rounded head and a mechanical, jointed body. The background is solid bright red.

Company Testing Humanoid Robot Soldiers on Frontlines of Ukraine

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Americans’ Anger Against AI Data Centers Is Boiling Over

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