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Grade Inflation Is Going Nuts as Every Student Is Basically Submitting the Same Essay

By Frank Landymore
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Tech Workers, Long Treated Like Aristocracy, Are Now Human Waste

By Joe Wilkins
Artificial Intelligence

An Entire “Local Newspaper” Just Shut Down When All Its Reporters Were Busted as AI Fakes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré
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James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy

By Frank Landymore
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If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

Being a Crappy Boss to AI Chatbots Pushes Them Toward Spouting Marxist Rhetoric and Organizing With Their Compatriots, Researchers Find

“Without collective voice, ‘merit’ becomes whatever management says it is.”

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AI Psychosis

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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

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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

Musk Watch

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Elon Musk Absolutely Obsessed With Tweets From Random Guy In India Who Constantly Glazes Him, Analysis Shows

“Musk loves to be glazed, and this person is the doughnut factory.”

By Frank Landymore

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Elon Musk Flees OpenAI Trial as Tide Turns Against Him

And he’s gone.

By Frank Landymore

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Sam Altman Accuses Elon Musk of Laughing at Memes During Important OpenAI Meetings

“MEMES ON HIS PHONE.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Feed

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Artificial Intelligence

Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents

By Frank Landymore

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The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

By Krystle Vermes

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Future Materials

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable

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Princeton in Shambles Over AI Cheating

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Gene Therapy Causes Patient to Grow Alarming Tumor

By Krystle Vermes

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College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

Machine Learning

Amazon Employees Forced to Hit Quotas on AI Use, Immediately Start Using it for Everything Except Work

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Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation

By Frank Landymore

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Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus

By Frank Landymore

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NASA Satellite Images Show Huge Colored Plumes Staining the Ocean

By Frank Landymore

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Doctors’ AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

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Artificial Intelligence

Men Haven’t Yet Noticed That a Large Number of Women Are Disgusted by AI

By Krystle Vermes

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Scientists Say Test Subjects Were Able to Quit Smoking After They Blasted Their Brains With a Huge Magnet

By Krystle Vermes

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Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals

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These Smart Glasses That Show Captions of What Everyone’s Saying Without a Creepy Spy Camera Actually Seem Pretty Awesome

By Jon Christian

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Programmer Breaks Out of the Matrix

By Frank Landymore

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