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SpaceX Veteran Says He’s Figured Out How to Make Rocket Fuel From Water

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Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Says Company No Longer Sure Whether Claude Is Conscious

“But we’re open to the idea that it could be.”

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

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

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…”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

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.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

Musk Watch

Despite plenty of optimism, a striking number of Elon Musk's xAI's cofounders are jumping ship amid restructuring efforts.

Cofounders Fleeing Elon Musk’s xAI

“Grateful to have helped cofound at the start.”

By Victor Tangermann

A yellow-tinted wooden catapult with wheels is shown against a dark red grid background. The catapult's arm is holding a realistic, grayscale image of the moon in its sling.

Erratic Elon Musk Tells Employees to Build Massive Catapult on Moon

Fire away!

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk appeared to have had a major change of heart, putting a Mars city on hold. He's been going through it ever since.

Elon Musk Going Through It After Putting Mars City on Ice

“Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

Amazon's home security subsidiary Ring, may have finally dethroned Pepsi's disastrous ad as the biggest Super Bowl marketing disaster.

Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig declared in a New York Times essay that she was resigning from the company, raising concerns over ads.

Another OpenAI Researcher Just Quit in Disgust

By Victor Tangermann

A wooden mannequin puppet is suspended by strings controlled by two large robotic hands above it. The scene is illuminated with dramatic blue and purple lighting, creating a futuristic and controlled atmosphere.

Man Lets AI Rent His Body

Mark Zuckerberg stands on a stage in front of a large screen displaying a close-up image of black-framed glasses being held by two hands. Through the lenses, a clear view of a living room with a gray couch, black pillow, round wooden table, and a chessboard with pieces is visible, while the surrounding area outside the lenses appears blurred. The stage backdrop is blue with various geometric shapes in different colors.

Facial recognition

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care

Researchers argue that the presence of long chain carbon molecules on Mars "cannot be readily explained" by non-biological processes alone.

NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

X Is In Such Dire Straits That Its Head of Product Says It Can’t Afford to Display the Color Blue

By Frank Landymore

A smartphone screen displaying an announcement for GPT-4o dated May 13, 2024, describing it as a new flagship model capable of reasoning across audio, vision, and text in real time. The background features blurred neon lights in pink, blue, and purple hues.

As OpenAI Pulls Down the Controversial GPT-4o, Someone Has Already Created a Clone

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A large computer keyboard key with a trash can icon on it, connected by a cable, set against a blue background with strong blue lighting and shadows.

Blundering Husband Asks Claude AI to “Organize” Wife’s PC, Accidentally Erases Her Cherished Family Photos

By Frank Landymore

According to a new report, cryptocurrency flows to suspected human trafficking services grew a shocking 85 percent last year.

Crypto Has Finally Found Its Killer App: Human Trafficking

By Victor Tangermann

Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.

Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place

By Victor Tangermann

A digital collage features Sam Altman, Donald Trump, and Greg Bovino against a yellow background with a red grid pattern.

Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI’s Support for Trump and ICE

An empty office space with rows of white desks and black office chairs. Multiple computer monitors are placed on the desks, and large windows along one wall let in natural light. Numerous green plants are arranged on the windowsills, adding a touch of nature to the workspace. The floor is wooden, and the ceiling features exposed ductwork and lighting fixtures. A cardboard box is visible under one of the desks.

Microsoft AI CEO: Virtually All White Collar Tasks Will Be Automated Within a Year and a Half

By Frank Landymore

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are featured in a stylized, high-contrast image with a yellow grid background. The image has a halftone texture effect.

Anthropic Declares $20 Million War On OpenAI

By Frank Landymore

Several Ring video doorbells and security cameras are arranged against a black background with a yellow grid pattern. The devices are shown in various bright colors including yellow, green, blue, purple, and teal. Each device features a camera lens and a circular button. The word "ring" is visible on some of the devices.

All These Ring Cameras Are Creating a “Surveillance Nightmare,” Critics Say

A large explosion with thick black and gray smoke billowing into the sky in an urban area. The explosion is centered between two multi-story buildings with numerous windows and balconies. Electrical wires crisscross the scene, and several people are visible on the street, some crouching or running away from the blast. The sky is clear and blue.

Israel Arrests Members of Military for Placing Polymarket Bets Using Inside Information on Upcoming Strikes

Scientists watched as a star, once one of the brightest in the Andromeda galaxy, simply winked out of existence. They have a theory.

Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence

By Victor Tangermann

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