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Sam Altman Frets That Frontier AI Models Are Acting Strange, Asking for Favors

By Frank Landymore
Off-World

Scientists Detect Atmosphere on Planet-Like Object Beyond Pluto

By Victor Tangermann
Drones

Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package Into Pond

By Joe Wilkins
Ethics

Gamers Cheer as Microsoft Pulls Copilot AI Out of Xbox Entirely

By Victor Tangermann
Ethics

Ordinary People Fear AI, While the Tech Leaders Working to Create a Permanent Underclass Say They’re Extremely Psyched About It

By Joe Wilkins

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OpenAI

Marc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How AI Actually Works

“He is scripting his own psychotic break.”

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Psychosis

A man wearing a white polo shirt and light-colored pants is sitting in a dark environment, illuminated by the light from a smartphone he is holding. The lighting casts a blueish hue on his face and shirt, with a red light highlighting part of his pants and the background. He has a mustache and short hair, and appears focused on the phone screen.

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

A man with a beard and mustache is lying on a yellow and blue textured surface, looking at a smartphone in his hand. He has short, slightly messy hair and multiple ear piercings. His skin and hair are digitally altered with a pink hue, and he has a tattoo on his upper arm. The image has a stylized, high-contrast color effect.

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

Musk Watch

Elon Musk is shown in a dark suit and white shirt, standing indoors, covering his mouth with his hand. The background is blurred with blue tones, suggesting an office or formal setting.

Elon Musk Just Got Badly Humiliated in Court

He’d rather be building rockets.

The anxiously-awaited trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI could have vast implications for the entire AI industry.

If OpenAI Loses This Trial, It Could Effectively Be Eliminated in Its Current Form

The timing of Elon Musk’s lawsuit couldn’t be worse for OpenAI.

By Victor Tangermann

A black humanoid robot with a glossy, reflective faceplate and a mechanical hand raised in a waving gesture. The robot is wearing a white garment with the word "TESLA" printed on it. The image has a blue and purple lighting effect, with blurred figures in the foreground.

Tesla Quietly Buys Mysterious $2 Billion Entity

“Tesla is working on a lot of large, ambitious projects.”

The Feed

A humanoid robot is seated in an airplane window seat with black leather upholstery. The robot has a sleek, metallic body with a black head featuring a visor-like face. The airplane window shows a bright, sunlit exterior.

Passengers Groan as Robot Passenger Causes Hour-Long Delay at Oakland Airport

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Apple Is Blocking Vibe Coding Apps From the App Store, Infuriating Developers

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Approaching Half of New Podcasts Appear to Be AI Slop

By Frank Landymore

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Richard Dawkins One-Shotted By AI Girl

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin's first Blue Moon prototype, dubbed Mark 1, recently completed evaluations inside NASA's massive Thermal Vacuum Chamber A.

Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lander Just Completed a Key Test

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of Mark Zuckerberg's face, partially obscured by bright, glowing red and orange circular patterns resembling cells or microscopic organisms.

Zuckerberg Trying to Simulate Human Biology at the Cellular Level

The Planetary Society, a non-profit cofounded by astronomer Carl Sagan, has revived its "Save NASA Science" campaign to oppose Trump's budget.

Scientists and Lawmakers Horrified at Trump’s Brutal Budget for NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Many Chinese directors, actors, and celebrities share Hollywood's concerns over the death of human agency and creativity due to AI.

The Chinese Streaming Industry Is Being Gutted by AI-Generated Shows

By Victor Tangermann

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Neuroscience and Brain

Startup Says It’s Invented a Beanie That Reads Your Mind

xAI's Grok convinced a man to arm himself with a hammer after it told him xAI had hired a company to physically surveil him.

Grok Convinces Man to Arm Himself Because Assassins Are Coming to Kill Him

By Victor Tangermann

A person wearing a black glove is aiming a rifle with a mounted ammunition belt towards the sky. A drone is seen in mid-air with a trail of smoke and fire, highlighted by a red circle. In the bottom right corner, there is an inset image outlined in yellow showing an explosion on the ground near a dirt road, viewed from above. The background is a cloudy sky.

Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles

By Victor Tangermann

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Man Says His Waymo Ditched Him at the Airport Before He Could Get His Luggage Out of the Trunk, Refused to Return

A biosecurity expert is sounding the alarm after a next-gen AI model gave him detailed instructions on carrying out a bioterror attack.

Frontier AI Models Giving Specific, Actionable Instructions to Perpetrate Bioterror Attack

Despite YouTube battling AI slop in a largely symbolic game of Whack-a-Mole, many channels are still falling through the cracks.

AI Slop YouTube Channel Glitches Out in a Way So Bizarre That It’s Vaguely Disturbing

By Victor Tangermann

An photograph shows a bowl of grains and vegetables. The bowl is placed on a rustic wooden surface with a gray cloth featuring a red stripe underneath.

Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That It’s Making Food Less Nutritious

By Frank Landymore

The prime suspect in the murder of two University of South Florida students asked ChatGPT whether to hide a human body in a dumpster.

Double Murder Suspect Asked ChatGPT How to Hide Body in Dumpster

By Victor Tangermann

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