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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

Elon Musk said "SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon," despite Mars being his top priority until now.
Starship

Elon Musk Announces Huge Change: Self-Growing City on Moon Now Top Priority at SpaceX

Two victims who say they've experienced strokes following their sinuplasties involving an AI-powered medical device have sued the maker.
Treatments

AI-Powered Surgery Tool Repeatedly Injuring Patients, Lawsuits Claim

A stylized image of president Donald Trump in a suit and tie, with a pink overlay on his face and hair, set against a background featuring the Google logo's multicolored "G" on a gray grid pattern.
Data Privacy

The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics

A man in France was rushed to the operating room after shoving a 37mm brass-and-copper "collectible shell" from WW1 up his rectum.
Future Society

Hospital Evacuated When Man Arrives With WW1 Shell Stuck in the Wildest Part of His Body Imaginable

The production of GLP-1-based weight loss drugs releases huge amounts of organic solvents and other plastic byproducts that don't break down.
Treatments

GLP-1s Are an Environmental Catastrophe

Close-up of Jeffrey Epstein's face with a red overlay on the left side of the image, showing detailed wrinkles and a neutral expression. The background on the right side features a colorful, digital representation of a DNA sequence with vertical blue bars and multicolored bands in red, yellow, and green.
DNA

Jeffrey Epstein Had a Bizarre Obsession With “Improving” Human DNA, and He Was Emailing With Top Scientists About It

A large asteroid or rocky space object is shown exploding in space, with bright fiery flames and debris scattering outward against a dark background. The explosion emits intense light and heat, illuminating the surrounding fragments.
NASA

Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth

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Future Society

Fortnite Pushes Back Against Claims That Jeffrey Epstein Is Still Alive and Gaming

Donald Trump is seated in front of a large illuminated map of the United States. The map shows a golden dome covering the country with lines and points indicating connections. The partial text "GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA" is visible at the bottom of the map.
Military

There’s Not Enough Money in the World for Trump’s Golden Dome

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Nuclear Fusion

US Government Seeking Volunteers to Store Nuclear Sludge

A digitally edited portrait of Elon Musk wearing a cap, with his face and hand colored in bright orange. Behind him is a large pile of green dollar bills, set against a textured, light gray background. Musk appears to be adjusting his cap with a contemplative expression.
xAI

SpaceX Gives $1 Million Prize to Literal Nazi Who Has Bragged About His Profound Racism

During a tech demo at a mall in Shenzhen, China, over the weekend, Xpeng's Iron humanoid robot took a tumble for all to see.
Robotics

Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration

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Future Society

The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger

Chinese robot company DroidUP showed off Moya, a "warm" robot that features human-like skin and eerily animated moving facial features.
Robotics

This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling

The case that Venus is harboring enormous lava tubes continues to build. A recent paper suggests they could measure up to 0.62 miles across.
Astronomy

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus

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Black Holes

Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode

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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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