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AI Psychosis

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

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

Musk Watch

Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested Tesla is ready to move on from the EV and is looking to capitalize on the next big hype cycle.

Elon Musk Says His Optimus Robot Is So Dope That People Will Forget Tesla Ever Made Cars

“Probably true.”

By Victor Tangermann

Ashley St. Clair, an influencer who had a child with Musk, is now suing xAI, accusing it of allowing users to generate lewd pictures of her.

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse

“She lives in fear that nude and sexual images of herself, including of her as a child.”

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey shows that pretty much everyone hates the idea of Elon Musk's Grok generating nudes of real adults and minors.

Opposition to Elon Musk’s AI Stripping Clothing Off Children Is Nearly Universal, Polling Shows

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By Frank Landymore

The Feed

An Amazon fulfillment center in Texas became a murder scene after a shooting left one man dead and two others implicated in his murder.

Arrests Made for Murder at Amazon Facility

By Sharon Adarlo

As the Greenland ice sheet melts, it's uncovering troves of minerals, which may explain the Trump administration's fixation with the island.

There’s a Particularly Sinister Explanation for Why Trump Wants to Seize Greenland

A paper proposes a theory that outer space acts like viscous fluid, which if true explains discrepancies in what we observe in the universe.

Outer Space Is a Viscous Fluid, New Paper Claims

By Sharon Adarlo

$A historian is calling tech companies' ruthless war for control over our attention spans "human fracking."$

Tech Corporations Engaging in “Human Fracking”

By Frank Landymore

A nuclear bunker is hanging off the edge of a crumbling cliff face that's been eroded by the constant assault of the sea.

Nuclear Bunker Falling Into Ocean

By Frank Landymore

Researchers found that common containers, including disposable coffee cups, could be releasing vast amounts of microplastics as they heat up.

Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrid About Those Disposable Coffee Cups You’ve Been Slurping

By Victor Tangermann

Schools deploying AI surveillance systems are traumatizing kids in states with zero-tolerance laws for violent rhetoric online.

AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mercifully extended Tesla's deadline to turn in mountains of crash data.

Government Tells Tesla That This Is Definitely the Last Time It Can Blow Off Deadline to Turn In Data On Why FSD Is Constantly Ignoring Traffic Laws

By Frank Landymore

A novel new technique has allowed scientists to see what's lurking miles beneath Antarctica's ice like never before.

Scientists Uncover Secret Landscape Hiding Miles Below Antarctica’s Ice

By Frank Landymore

A man who goes by the username "biz_dave" says he successfully trained crows to attack MAGA hats by hiding treats underneath them.

Man Trains Crows to Attack MAGA Hats

By Victor Tangermann

AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.

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AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst

By Frank Landymore

A Denver Broncos beat writer was confused when a popular Facebook page claimed he had passed away due to a "domestic violence incident."

Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He’s Dead

A new survey shows that media executives are all feeling pretty glum about how AI will affect journalism and news.

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Media Execs Prepare for AI to Bring End of Journalism Industry

By Frank Landymore

A man paid about $2,500 for a whole body MRI scan that came up healthy, but he then suffered a massive stroke less than a year later.

Man Gets Clean Bill of Health From Super-Expensive MRI Scan, Then Gets Horrible News

By Sharon Adarlo

The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails

Researchers found that as their prompts for OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o model grew ruder, the outputs became more accurate.

Something Wild Happens to ChatGPT’s Responses When You’re Cruel To It

By Victor Tangermann

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