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NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously

The lonely machine must chart its own course across the barren Martian surface.

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Sam Altman Unhappy With Fate He’s Created for Himself

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Astronauts Suit Up for Their Journey to the Moon

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Murder of MIT Fusion Scientist Getting More and More Bizarre

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Photos Are Being Deleted From the Epstein Files

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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

On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk declared that his Starship rocket was on par with the evolution of multicellular life.

Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself

“If there are historians in the future, they’ll look back at Starship and say it’s one of the most profound things that’s ever happened.”

SpaceX bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks from Tesla, a number that could rise to 2,000 over time, according to Electrek.

SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks

Almost nobody else is buying them.

By Victor Tangermann

Private space tourist and billionaire pilot Jared Isaacman has officially been confirmed as NASA administrator.

New NASA Director Taking Over Agency in Crisis

Finally, NASA has a leader again.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

Software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth's setup allowing rats to play "Doom II" has received a major upgrade.

Virtual Reality

Rats Successfully Trained to Shoot Demons in “Doom”

By Victor Tangermann

Two massive channels that churned out loads of fake AI-generated movie trailers were terminated by YouTube.

YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop

By Frank Landymore

Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything

The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.

Doctors Warn That AI Companions Are Dangerous

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI bros are cool and have lots of cool friends, which is why they're using AI to generate photos of themselves with lots of cool friends.

With the Powers of AI, Annoying Dorks Can Now Pretend They’re Friends With Cool Famous People

By Frank Landymore

Some of Alaska's scenic rivers and streams look downright apocalyptic this year because they turned a flagrant orange color.

Rivers Turn Bright Orange in Alaska

By Sharon Adarlo

After New York state banned smartphones, high school students are rediscovering the simple analog pleasures of life.

Actual Human Interaction Flourishes After High School Bans Phones

By Frank Landymore

The Wall Street Journal staffed an office vending kiosk with Anthropic's most advanced AI model, with hilarious results.

Anthropic’s Advanced New AI Tries to Run Vending Machine, Goes Bankrupt After Ordering PlayStation 5 and Live Fish

Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.

This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an Instantaneous Stress Headache

By Victor Tangermann

A new study reveals an alarming bias present in four leading AI cancer screening tools, related to race, gender, and age.

Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It

Officials at Beverly Hills High School have unleashed a panopticon of AI surveillance cameras, drones, and audio monitors on their students.

Officials Deploying AI Surveillance Devices in School Bathrooms

A holiday yule log app interrupts the cozy ambiance with annoying ads, begging users to subscribe to premium.

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Holiday Yule Log App Constantly Bombards User With Ads for Premium Version

NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will capture thousands of puzzling structures called cosmic voids.

NASA Says It’s Just Gonna Stare Into Cosmic Voids for a While

By Frank Landymore

A German energy company is building two enormous heat pumps that draw water from the Rhine to provide an appreciable 40,000 homes with heat.

Germany Building Clever System to Heat 40,000 Homes Using Device Powered by River Water

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots First Ever Supermassive Black Hole to Be Yeeted Out of Its Home Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

The Department of Justice portal to view the latest release of hundreds of thousands of Epstein files seems to be broken.

The Epstein Files Release Website Is Completely Busted

By Frank Landymore

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