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AI Psychosis

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

“My family is being ripped apart, and I firmly believe this phenomenon is central to why.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Users of AI chatbots are being driven into spirals of delusion, a wave of "AI psychosis." Financial experts are increasingly concerned.

Financial Experts Concerned That Driving Users Into Psychosis Will Be Bad for AI Investments

“There is still more work that needs to be done.”

By Victor Tangermann

A young Irish dad believed ChatGPT when it told him his severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern — until his stage-four cancer diagnosis.

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

If you ever needed more reason to distrust AI medical advice, here’s a big one.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk Watch

Elon Musk's brilliant plan for saving us from climate change involves a little help from a swarm of friendly AI satellites.

Elon Musk Announces Plan to Control Climate by Surrounding Earth in Adjustable Satellites

Just the man for the job, right?

By Frank Landymore

Every day, dozens of human "data collectors" repeat each activity hundreds of times to train Tesla's Optimus robots.

Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots

Everything from wiping a table… to twerking.

By Frank Landymore

Grokipedia, Elon Musk's AI-generated version of Wikipedia, has a lot of questionably glowing things to say about the Cybertruck.

Grokipedia’s Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed

As absurd as you’d expect.

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

Coke has made yet another series of AI ads to herald the coming of the holidays — and they look just as bad as they did last year.

Artificial Intelligence

Coke’s New AI-Generated Ad Required 100 Staff and 70,000 AI-Generated Clips, and It Still Looks Like Garbage

By Frank Landymore

The e-commerce giant sent a nasty cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, accusing it of "computer fraud" in violation of its policies.

Amazon Demands That AI Browser Stop Automatically Shopping on Behalf of Users

Shares of AI industry stalwarts, including Oracle, Nvidia, AMD, and Amazon, fell on Tuesday, following growing concerns over an AI bubble.

Don’t Panic, But AI Stocks Are Suddenly Lurching Downward

By Victor Tangermann

Danish Hussain recently suggested that Tesla's Optimus robot will be interfacing with Neuralink brain-implant devices.

Neuralink Head of Surgery Says Robot-Human Interface Happening “Very Soon”

Though there's plenty of real-life footage to marvel at, dozens of social media accounts have reposted a flagrant piece of AI-generated slop.

Experts Alarmed as AI Image of Hurricane Melissa Featuring Birds “Larger Than Football Fields” Goes Viral

Viral videos show Chinese astronauts enjoying a meal of roasted wings and steaks aboard the Tiangong space station.

China Installs Oven in Space Station, Astronauts Use It to Enjoy Succulent Barbecue Feast

A leaked 62-page manifesto for the future of NASA, dubbed "Project Athena," is making waves in Washington, DC.

Leaked Plan From Trump’s Potential NASA Head Outlines Sweeping “Project Athena” to Remake Space Agency

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA union claims there's been a total collapse in the information chain connecting the space agency to the US government.

NASA Staff Slam Leadership for “Complete Breakdown in Communication” Under Trump

The embattled chatbot company Character.AI is banning minors from its platform. Unsurprisingly, the site's users have a lot of thoughts.

Character.AI Users in Full Meltdown After Minors Banned From Chats

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a recent interview with OpenAI investor Brad Gerstner, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lost his cool when asked about the company's tiny revenue.

Sam Altman Loses His Cool When Asked About OpenAI’s Minuscule Revenue

By Victor Tangermann

Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose company facilitated a multibillion-dollar deal involving the Trump family.

Trump Can’t Explain Why He Pardoned Crypto CEO Who Did Huge Financial Favors for Him

By Victor Tangermann

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy threatened to ground all commercial flights in the United States amid a prolonged government shutdown.

Head of NASA Threatens to Ground Every Single Commercial Flight Before Thanksgiving

By Victor Tangermann

A group representing Studio Ghibli and other major Japanese publishers is drawing a line in the sand against OpenAI's copyright abuses.

Studio Ghibli Demands That OpenAI Stop Ripping Off Its Work

By Frank Landymore

Fox News ran a story treating AI-generated ragebait as if it were real, in order to stir up anger against SNAP recipients.

Fox News Falls for AI-Generated Footage of Poor People Raging About Food Stamps Being Shut Down, Runs False Story That Has to Be Updated With Huge Correction

OpenAI's Atlas browser's agent mode completely avoided publications that filed lawsuits against OpenAI, highlighting a fraught relationship.

OpenAI’s Browser Avoids Large Part of the Web Like the Plague

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists were surprised to note that 3I/ATLAS brightened much faster than they anticipated during its perihelion last week.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Unexpectedly Started Brightening, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

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