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SpaceX Admits AI Data Centers in Space May Be a Really Terrible Idea

By Victor Tangermann
Machine Learning

Today Is the Day Anthropic Promised That Fully Autonomous Employees Would Be Tearing Through the Business World

By Joe Wilkins
Ethics

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

By Victor Tangermann
OpenAI

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

By Victor Tangermann
Cancer

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

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That’s Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale

“This is very upsetting to see.”

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

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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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In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The winning robot of this year's humanoid robot half-marathon in China beat the human record holder by several minutes.

Chinese Humanoid Robot Runs Half Marathon, Beats Fastest Human Time in History

By Victor Tangermann

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Madison Square Garden Reportedly Used Facial Recognition to Stalk Trans Woman For Two Years

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The Florida Mass Shooter’s Conversations With ChatGPT Are Worse Than You Could Possibly Imagine

By Sharon Adarlo

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RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Nasal Spray That Reverse Brain Aging in Mice, Say It May Work on Humans as Well

By Sharon Adarlo

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Machine Learning

China Is Starting to Pull Ahead of US in AI Race

Researchers uploaded two fake studies about a fake skin condition to a preprint server to trick large language models.

Researchers Invented a Fake Disease to Trick AI and the Funniest Possible Thing Happened

By Victor Tangermann

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