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Elon Musk Admits He Lied to Tesla Customers’ Faces for Years About Self-Driving

By Victor Tangermann
Off-World

FBI Investigating Series of Deaths Among Top Scientists With Very Specific Specialties

By Victor Tangermann
Elon Musk

SpaceX’s IPO Plan Will Give Elon Musk Ironclad Rule Over the Resulting Empire

By Joe Wilkins
OpenAI

ChatGPT’s Tool for Ordering Starbucks Is So Staggeringly Bad That It’s Breaking Containment

By Frank Landymore
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Astronomers Create Entire Synthetic Universe “Indistinguishable” From Our Own

By Frank Landymore

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xAI

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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AI Psychosis

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Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

Musk Watch

Considering Musk has yet to make good on his promise of fully autonomous driving, it's no wonder existing owners are starting to get fed up.

Tesla Drivers Losing Patience at Elon Musk’s Eternal Excuses

They’re fed up.

By Victor Tangermann

Pentagon Disturbed as Its Fleet of Drones Is Left Bobbing in the Ocean When Elon Musk’s Starlink Fails

“Starlink reliance exposed limitations under multiple-vehicle load.”

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NAACP Sues Elon Over His Noxious AI Data Center

“All too often, big corporations like xAI treat our communities and families like obstacles to be pushed aside.”

The Feed

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said developers' productivity is going through the roof — while being overseen by a nagging, micromanaging AI boss.

Nvidia CEO Says AI Will Be a Permanent Micromanaging Boss Who Never Stops Nagging You

By Victor Tangermann

Florida is opening a criminal probe into ChatGPT maker OpenAI for its alleged role in a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University.

Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into ChatGPT’s Role in School Shooting

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Telling Cancer Patients to Try Useless Woo-Woo Treatments Instead of Chemotherapy

By Frank Landymore

New images released by the European Space Agency picture a shadowy presence spreading across the surface of Mars.

Scientists Puzzled by Huge Shadowy Blight Spreading Across Surface of Mars

By Frank Landymore

Meta will use tracking software on all of its US-based employees' computers that can track mouse movements and keystrokes to train AI models.

Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI

By Victor Tangermann

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Prego Pivots From Budget-Tier Pasta Sauce to Small Microphones That Listen to Your Family’s Intimate Conversations

By Frank Landymore

Workers in China say their bosses are directing them to painstakingly document their workflows to train AI agents that could replace them.

Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements

By Victor Tangermann

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Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users’ Cognitive Abilities

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin experienced a significant setback over the weekend which could imperil NASA's Moon program.

Jeff Bezos’ Botched Space Launch Was So Bad It Could Threaten NASA’s Entire Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

An intriguing photo shows the charred heat shield of NASA's Artemis 2 Orion capsule right after splashdown in the Pacific on April 10.

Guess What This Creepy Underwater Thing Is That Was Photographed by US Navy Divers for NASA

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

JPMorganChase Data Center Gets $77 Million Handout to Create Grand Total of One Job

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Nvidia CEO Loses His Cool at Tough Question

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CEO of $1.5 Billion AI Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department

A summary of Palantir CEO Alex Karp's book put the firm and its controversial leader's ominous worldview in stark relief.

Palantir Issues Ominous Corporate Manifesto

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Voyager 1 is shown against a starry background with concentric circular patterns in shades of red and black. The spacecraft has various structural components, including antennas and instruments, extending from its main body. The image has a cosmic and futuristic feel.

NASA Shuts Down Voyager 1 Instrument as Its Life Force Fades

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin successfully reused one of its New Glenn rocket boosters for the first time, but failed to deliver a customer's satellite.

Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Just Screwed Up Very, Very Badly

By Victor Tangermann

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