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Naked Man Bursts Into Tesla Service Center With a Shotgun

By Joe Wilkins
Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims

By Frank Landymore
Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

By Frank Landymore
Moon Astronaut Captures Shot of Earth That Lets You See Its Razor-Thin Atmosphere Perfectly

By Victor Tangermann
Microsoft Mocked for Terms of Service That Admit Copilot Is for “Entertainment Purposes Only”

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Ethics

We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times

“I asked AI, ‘Okay, boil this down for me. Take everything — every scrap of information on the internet that you can find — to help me get this essay published in the Times.'”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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AI Psychosis

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

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Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

“Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

Musk Watch

Morgan analysts are now warning that Tesla's share price could drop by a whopping 60 percent following disastrous sales numbers.

JP Morgan Concerned Tesla Stock Will Crash by 60 Percent in Face of Ongoing Business Failures

“We advise investors cautiously approach this expectation within the context of both execution risk and the time value of money.”

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Secretly Shared His Number One Priority at Tesla and It Really Says It All

Intense workaholic, or deadbeat CEO?

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Man Caught Sleeping Behind the Wheel While FSD Tesla Cruises the Streets After Decadent Feast of Wine and Pizza

Talk about a joy ride.

The Feed

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Machine Learning

Sam Altman’s Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts

Here are some of the most spectacular snapshots NASA recently received from the crew of its Artemis 2 mission.

We’re In Utter Disbelief About the Photos the Moon Astronauts Just Sent Back

By Victor Tangermann

Students from all walks of life are becoming homogenized as they increasingly outsource their brains to AI chatbots.

College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Because They Offloaded Their Thinking to AI

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen float inside NASA's Moon spacecraft.

Trump Has Call With Moon Astronauts So Awkward That They May Turn Around and Disappear Into the Void of Space

By Frank Landymore

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Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Instructs Staff to Welcome AI Sloplords

By Frank Landymore

Frontier AI models generated "detailed image descriptions and elaborate reasoning traces" without ever seeing the images.

Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays

By Victor Tangermann

Maine is expected to become the first state in the US to ban the construction of new data centers — until at least November 2027.

The Entire State of Maine Is Poised to Ban New Data Centers

By Victor Tangermann

Inside Sources Say Sam Altman Is a Sociopath

By Frank Landymore

A lone jar of Nutella could be seen floating through the cabin of NASA's Moon astronauts minutes before they set an important record.

Lone Jar of Nutella Drifts Around Cabin of Moon Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Artemis 2 crew officially broke the record for the farthest any human has ever traveled from Earth this evening.

The Moon Astronauts Just Broke the Record for the Farthest Any Human Has Ever Traveled From Earth

By Victor Tangermann

San Francisco-based startup Legion Health has been approved to have its AI chatbot fill out prescriptions for psychiatric medications in Utah.

Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman is shown at an interview being shown a video of a ChatGPT glitch.

Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He’s Shown Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: “Uh, Maybe, Uhhh…”

By Frank Landymore

The Moon astronauts' space toilet has turned out to be a considerable source of frustration — and burning smells.

Moon Astronauts Forced to Do It in Bags as “Burning Odor” Emanates From Toilet

By Victor Tangermann

Three side-by-side before-and-after weight loss photos of individuals identified as Helen F, Sandra K, and Michael P, showing their progress with weight lost and benefits listed below each set. A large red "DUMPSTER FIRE" stamp overlays the entire image.

Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That’s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, and Other Glaring Red Flags?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Two large, glowing blue dice with white dots float above a blazing fire in a dark outdoor setting. The dice emit a greenish light, contrasting with the intense orange flames and dark background.

Polymarket Has Turned Our Climate Apocalypse Into a Casino

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ICE Foiled At Every Turn By One Vibe Coding Man In His Pickup Truck

By Frank Landymore

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