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Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It’s Weakening Human Skeletons

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Cryptocurrency

Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump’s Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets

“It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death.”

By Victor Tangermann

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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

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

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Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes

Beggars can’t be choosers.

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Man Bet Entire Life Savings of $342,195.63 That Elon Musk Would Fail

Here’s what happened.

The Feed

CEOs in the AI industry are concerned that their tech will be implicated in a Chernobyl-style event that causes AI to become publicly toxic.

AI CEOs Worried About Chernobyl-Style Event Where Their Tech Causes a Horrific Catastrophe

By Victor Tangermann

Iranian drones hit three Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, putting US assets at risk.

Iran Is Bombing Data Centers in Retaliation

By Victor Tangermann

On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans “Pervert Glasses”

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has struck a drastically different tone, instead apologizing and groveling for the president's favor.

Dario Amodei Issues Groveling Apology for Daring to Criticize Trump

By Victor Tangermann

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Pentagon Refuses to Say If AI Was Used to Select Elementary School as Bombing Target

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Famed Plastic Surgeon Weighs in on Jim Carrey’s Face

By Frank Landymore

Meta has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing it of lying about prioritizing privacy with its smart glasses.

Meta Lied About Its Smart Glasses Protecting User Privacy, New Class Action Lawsuit Claims

By Victor Tangermann

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Hubble Spots Bizarre Galaxy That Appears to Be 99.9 Percent Dark Matter

By Frank Landymore

A young person holds a sign at a protest against OpenAI.

The Rage at OpenAI Has Grown So Immense That There Are Entire Protests Against It

By Frank Landymore

Trump's war in Iran has cut much of the world off from a viral supply of oil and gas from the Middle East, causing oil prices to spike.

Gas Prices Spiking After Trump’s War in Iran

By Victor Tangermann

Jack Dorsey's claim that the latest Block layoffs were due to AI failed to convince everybody, with many arguing the company was bloated.

Jack Dorsey Isn’t Telling the Real Story About Block’s AI Layoffs, Insider Says

By Victor Tangermann

In a leaked memo, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called out the president for taking "dictator-style" praise from other AI leaders.

Dario Amodei Says Trump Is Mad That He Hasn’t Given Him “Dictator-Style Praise”

By Victor Tangermann

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Polymarket Gets Major Prediction Completely Wrong After Loudly Boasting About It

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Artificial Intelligence

Even Tech Investors Are Getting Sick of All These AI Startups With Weak Ideas

Robert Kennedy Jr. took aim at popular coffee chain Dunkin' for stuffing an immense amount of sugar into their drinks.

America Does Not Run on Dunkin, RFK Jr. Rages

By Victor Tangermann

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Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors

By Frank Landymore

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