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

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…”

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

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.”

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.
OpenAI

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.”

The Feed

The Economic Times picked the word "Kafkaesque" as its "Word of the Day." A glaring blunder suggests the whole thing was generated by an AI.
Ethics

Newspaper Makes Brain-Melting Error in AI-Generated Graphic

The fast food corporation has announced a paltry Bitcoin bonus which employees have to wait two years to collect.
Cryptocurrency

Steak ‘n Shake Announces Pitiful “Bitcoin Bonus” for Workers

Researchers found a civil war between state and federal troops could start as a result of events similar to those unfolding in Minneapolis.
Future Society

Simulation Found Civil War Could Be Triggered by Exactly What ICE Is Doing Right Now

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman vented about the attention the company received over ChatGPT leading users into psychosis.
Future Society

Sam Altman Lets Loose About AI Psychosis

Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.
Privacy

Activists Say Ring Cameras Are Being Used by ICE

A stunning video shared by Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui shows gorgeous auroras blanketing the Earth's night sky.
International Space Station

Stunning Footage Shows Space Station Drifting Through Aurora’s Dazzling Lights

A survey found that more than half of CEO respondents said "their companies aren’t yet seeing a financial return from investments in AI."
Ethics

Majority of CEOs Alarmed as AI Delivers No Financial Returns

AYouTuber who goes by the handle RJCmedia discovered a pre-owned game promotion at GameStop that turned out to be too good to be true.
Investing

Man Discovers Infinite Money Glitch at GameStop

A pair of incredible images show the very moment that two different stars exploded, an incredible display that's melting our minds.
Astrophysics

These Snapshots of the Moment a Star Exploded Will Fill You With Cosmic Dread

China's birth rates dropped 17 percent between 2024 and 2025 to the lowest level since 1949, a population crisis of its own making.
Future Society

China Has Screwed Up Really, Really Badly

Senior military officials have reportedly drafted frameworks for repelling a US invasion of Canada, including rather ironic tactics.
Military

Canadian Military Exploring Taliban-Like Insurgent Tactics to Repel American Invasion

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Alex Karp said the majority of humanity will be working in manufacturing and vocational jobs.
Finance

CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant

Scientists say they've observed the first ever verified case of a cow using tools, vindicating a decades-old comic strip.
Future Society

Scientists Suddenly Discover That Cow Tools Are Real

The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.
Viruses

Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless”

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned about the risk of an AI bubble while hedging some of the industry's promises for the tech.
Artificial Intelligence

The CEO of Microsoft Suddenly Sounds Extremely Nervous About AI

Four astronauts were airlifted to a hospital in San Diego via helicopter after the International Space Station's first medical evacuation.
International Space Station

Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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