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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

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

Grok declared that it would be okay with genociding close to half of all children in the world to save Elon Musl.

Grok, Now Built Into Teslas for Navigation, Says It Would Run Over a Billion Children to Avoid Hitting Elon Musk

Correction: 999,999,999 children.

By Frank Landymore

A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.

Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse

“Absolutely hilarious.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

NASA failed to reestablish contact with its MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars and hasn't received any signs of life since December 4.

NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is still ironing out minor issues like being stun-locked by engilding rays of sunlight.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Owner Says FSD Is Great Except for the Part Where It Can’t Drive in the Sun

By Frank Landymore

Over six million conversations with private AI chatbots were scraped and sold to data brokers for profit, according to new security research.

Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit

Scientists say they've found an unexpected, 12.4-mile-thick layer of rock lurking below Bermuda's oceanic crust.

Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Under Bermuda

By Victor Tangermann

A hacker found a way into the backend of AI startup Doublespeed, which offers customers access to a massive phone farm network.

Hacker Busts Startup Running Huge Web of AI-Generated “Influencers” on Instagram

Students at Lawton Chiles Middle School were sent into lockdown after their AI system misidentified a student's clarinet as a gun.

AI Sends School Into Lockdown After It Mistook a Student’s Clarinet for a Gun

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is using his latest AI image model to imagine himself as a hunky, holiday-themed hero.

Sam Altman Uses His New Image Generator to Show Himself As a Jacked Fireman With Washboard Abs… With an Absolutely Hilarious Error

By Frank Landymore

After Elon Musk cut off the rest of the world by shutting USAID, the World Food Program's operations in Kenya were left in shambles.

A Huge Number of People Starved to Death After Elon Musk Cut USAID’s Funding

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that lab mice that were released into a large, enclosed field were almost immediately less anxious.

When You Hear What Happens When They Put Lab Mice in Nature, You Might Rethink Your Entire Life

By Victor Tangermann

A self-driving Waymo wound up petrified when it went face-to-face with pedestrians at an annual holiday celebration in Los Angeles.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Paralyzed by Parade, Blocks Traffic for 45 Minutes

A "detection of a wobbling high-altitude jet" in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb intrigued.

Scientists Say They’ve Found Another Anomaly About 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Lauded theoretical physicist and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Nuno Loureiro has been murdered at the age of 47.

MIT Fusion Physicist Murdered in His Home

By Victor Tangermann

Joe Rogan has been drooling over AI-generated music for months now, but he doesn't share the shame enthusiasm for AI podcasts.

Artificial Intelligence

Joe Rogan Speechless When Guest Tells Him Podcasts Can Be AI-Generated Now

By Frank Landymore

Though it hasn't even wrapped up clinical trials, the weight loss drug retatrutide already has a cult following.

People Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental New Weight Loss Drug

By Frank Landymore

President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC on Monday night, seeking a whopping $10 billion in damages.

“I Guess They Used AI or Something”: Trump Says BBC Journalists Deepfaked “Words in My Mouth, Literally”

By Victor Tangermann

MI6's new chief, Blaise Metreweli, devoted a large portion of her first speech to the issue of all-powerful tech corporations.

The Industrialists

Top Spy Says Tech Corporations Are Closer to Running Entire World Than Governments

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