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OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.
Google

OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says

A planned data center in Indianapolis by Google was shut down after residents protested its possible environmental impacts.
Future Society

Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built

The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.
OpenAI

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

SAP chief finance officer Dominik Asam didn't mince words when asked what the end result of his company's AI usage would be.
Artificial Intelligence

SAP Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.
Future Society

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

Space Force top boss Chance Saltzman says we need to accept that things aren't always going to be perfect, weapons of war included.
Space

Space Force Says It’ll Prioritize Buying Lots of Weapons Over Ones That Work Properly

Detail of a Steam Deck handheld gaming console, taken on August 26, 2021. (Photo by Dabe Alan/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Future Society

4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End

Social media video shows a toilet in China demanding a user watch an ad in order to receive a handful of bathroom tissue.
Devices

New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper

AI bots sided with users who acted in a way that was "deemed inappropriate by crowdsourced human judgments, researchers found.
Future Society

In Situations Where Most Humans Think You’re Being a Jerk, ChatGPT Will Assure You You’re Behaving Like an Angel

A viral video shows a delivery robot in Los Angeles brake checking and cutting off a man with cerebral palsy using a mobility scooter.
Drones

Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man

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Hacking

Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord

Trump's anti-Tylenol expert received at least $150,000 as an expert witness during several lawsuits aimed at Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol.
Mental Health

Trump’s Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol, Records Show

The movie studio partnered with the firm Runway to make a movie generating AI trained on its catalog — and it's currently foundering.
Artificial Intelligence

Lionsgate’s Attempt to Create Movies Using AI Has Crumbled Into Disaster

After scientists showed that AI can design a working virus, it's time to address the obvious: what if it's also used to make bioweapons?
Developments

Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses

Engineers developed an EV battery ejection system that shoots the offending pack out of the side of the vehicle like a giant piece of toast.
Electric Vehicles

China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire

The guy who's spearheading Meta's AI-powered smart glasses is named Rocco Basilico — which matches a internet theory called Roko's basilisk.
Metaverse

Zuckerberg’s AI Glasses Guy Is Named Rocco Basilico

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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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