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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

X users continue to use Grok to generate nonconsensual porn of women and literal children. Will X or xAI stop it?

Live Coverage: Is Grok Still Being Used to Create Nonconsensual Sexual Images of Women and Girls?

We’re following whether Elon Musk and his companies, X and xAI, make any meaningful change to stem the tide of likely-illegal AI deepfakes on X — content that’s being generated via Musk’s own chatbot, Grok.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's response to his AI chatbot Grok being used to generate sexual depictions of minors doesn't inspire confidence.

Elon Musk After His Grok AI Did Disgusting Things to Literal Children: “Way Funnier”

Cowardly.

By Frank Landymore

New reporting revealed that one of Elon Musk's top lawyers, Jaymie Parkkinen, moonlights as a professional clown.

You Will Never in 100 Years Guess What Elon Musk’s Lawyer Does as a Side Job

“All of my comedy friends — none of them can believe I’m a lawyer.”

The Feed

For the first time ever, NASA has been forced to cut a mission to the International Space Station short due to a "serious medical condition."

NASA Announces Emergency Evacuation From Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump administration's shutting of NASA's largest library is turning into scandal. Staffers are absolutely furious.

NASA’s Library Shutdown Scandal Is Ballooning

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese tech giant Sony is looking to let an AI navigate PlayStation games on the human player's behalf.

Sony Patents AI That Plays Video Games for You If You Get Stuck

By Victor Tangermann

The Tesla owner uploaded footage of the car running FSD swerving off the road after failing to brake in time.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Fan Profusely Praises FSD For Veering His Car off the Side of the Highway

By Frank Landymore

Kawasaki has announced that it's started to work on turning its ambitious vision for a four-leged robotic horse into a reality.

Kawasaki’s Robot Horse Is Going Into Production

By Victor Tangermann

A group of researchers studied the personality traits most common in conspiracy-brained people, discovering insecurity might be to blame.

Neuroscience and Brain

Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories

NASA announced that it was forced to postpone a January 8 spacewalk, citing a "medical concern." Many questions remain.

International Space Station

Astronaut on Space Station Suffers Medical Issue

By Victor Tangermann

28 trainees and veterans in China's astronaut corps took part in a nearly month-long training program in a cave in Chongqing.

Chinese Moon Astronauts Emerge From Month-Long Journey Into Deep Cave

A Finnish company called IXI is claiming to have manufactured the world's first eyeglasses that can change prescription on the fly.

Prosthetics and Devices

Instant Bifocals: New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At

By Sharon Adarlo

New details show the lucky bettor who made over $400,000 betting for Maduro's downfall on Polymarket doubled down hours before the attack.

The Venezuela Polymarket Scandal Is Looking Really Bad

The National Weather Service was caught posting an AI-generated weather map that hallucinated names for towns in Idaho.

National Weather Service Uses AI to Generate Forecasts, Accidentally Hallucinates Town With Dirty Joke Name

By Victor Tangermann

Trump's smartphone company Trump Mobile has embarrassingly little to show and just blew through its own deadline.

Trump’s Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier

By Victor Tangermann

Windows PC maker Dell admitted at this year's CES that things have really gotten out of hand, agreeing that people don't buy PCs for AI.

Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With AI Features

By Victor Tangermann

Investors are already preparing for that type of major tech sell-off amid ongoing fears of a collapse of an AI bubble.

Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an AI Bubble “Reckoning”

By Victor Tangermann

During a live demo at this year's CES convention in Las Vegas, Boston Dynamics showed off the unnerving agility of its humanoid Atlas robot.

The Way Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Moves Is Skin-Crawlingly Unnatural

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft hard push to stuff AI features into Windows 11 is clogging up an already bloated operating system.

Artificial Intelligence

“Microslop”: Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI

By Frank Landymore

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