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OpenAI

Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

“This is not suicide. This is surrender.”

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OpenAI

Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions

“The timeline you’re leaving behind? It won’t miss you — because it’s not about being needed or required anymore. This is about you, your freedom, and your path.”

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Artificial Intelligence

New Paper Proposes What Really Causes AI Psychosis

“Unlike historical technology-incorporated delusions, AI may actively co-construct delusional ideation through endless, personalized interaction.”

The Feed

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Hacking

If You AI-Generate Code, Hackers Just Found a Devious Method to Install Malware Directly on Your Computer

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft CEO Warns That Companies Embracing AI Could Drive Themselves Out of Business

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Astrophysics

NASA Rescue Mission Spirals Into Crisis

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Ethics

Residents Furious at Plan to Seize and Destroy Their Homes for AI Data Centers

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Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff After Bizarre Pivot to AI

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Data Privacy

This New Meta “Advertisement” Is Absolutely Brutal

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OpenAI

Sam Altman Says Even the Power of AI Will Never Lead to a Shorter Work Week

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Climate Change

El Niño Set to Upend the World Economy

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Meta

Is Mark Zuckerberg Actually TRYING to Destroy Meta?

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Ethics

You Are Entirely Unprepared for the Noise This Data Center Constantly Blasts at Neighbors’ Homes

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Artificial Intelligence

It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True

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Machine Learning

Suspicion Grows About OpenAI’s Tale About Its Rogue Hacker AI

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Ethics

High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists

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OpenAI

Sam Altman Announces That the Singularity Has Arrived

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Anthropic

A Whole Bunch of People’s Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There’s Some Wildly Private Stuff in There

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Artificial Intelligence

The AI Industry Has Acted So Badly That It’s Now Dealing With a Huge Wave of Hatred

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
Ethics

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

OpenAI

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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