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The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely Horrifying

“We have a pretty big issue on our hands that I think we don’t fully understand the scope of.”

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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

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

Donald Trump recently signed an executive order allowing his administration to attack states that try to regulate artificial intelligence.

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI

Earlier this week, a woman made a startling discovery while hailing a Waymo autonomous cab for her daughter in Los Angeles.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Police Investigating Weird Man Found in Waymo by Passenger

By Victor Tangermann

AI surveillance outfit Flock Safety is aggressively expanding its dragnet across the US, but ordinary people aren't impressed.

Regular People Are Rising Up Against AI Surveillance Cameras

Psychiatrists studied years of medical cannabis research and concluded that medical cannabis doesn't help patients on acute pain or insomnia.

Huge Study Finds Very Worrying Results for Medical Marijuana Patients

By Sharon Adarlo

Waymo's self-driving cars have recorded an alarming number of school bus safety violations in recent months.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Software Patch to Not Run Down Children Getting Off School Buses Isn’t Working, School Claims

The spider-like formation could be evidence of epic eruptions of water that blast through Europa' surface.

Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa

By Frank Landymore

Taikonauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei installed debris protection panels on China's Tiangong during an eight-hour spacewalk.

China Installs Defensive Countermeasures on Space Station

Sora users have been churning out edgy AI Disney and Pixar style trailers well before Disney signed a licensing agreement with OpenAI.

People Are Already Creating Ghoulishly Horrifying Sora Disney Videos

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Perseverance rover has just captured proof of lightning in Mars, which appears to spawn in the whirlwinds that roam its surface.

NASA Rover Captures Electric Dust Devils Wandering the Surface of Mars

By Frank Landymore

Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their island habitat.

Scientists Investigate What Killed Off Hobbit-Like Species

By Sharon Adarlo

Crypto casinos are luring in young users by paying streamers and celebrities millions of dollars to promote their sites.

Literal Teens Are Losing It All at Crypto Casinos

By Frank Landymore

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