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Scientists Set New Record for Solar Cell Efficiency

By Joe Wilkins
OpenAI’s Latest Thing It’s Bragging About Is Actually Kind of Sad

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Gen Z Sabotaging AI at Work So It Won’t Take Their Job

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Why Does It Suddenly Feel Like OpenAI Is Melting Down Into Disaster?

By Victor Tangermann
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Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets

Interesting definition of “news.”

By Frank Landymore

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AI Psychosis

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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

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Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

“Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

Morgan analysts are now warning that Tesla's share price could drop by a whopping 60 percent following disastrous sales numbers.

JP Morgan Concerned Tesla Stock Will Crash by 60 Percent in Face of Ongoing Business Failures

“We advise investors cautiously approach this expectation within the context of both execution risk and the time value of money.”

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Secretly Shared His Number One Priority at Tesla and It Really Says It All

Intense workaholic, or deadbeat CEO?

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Man Caught Sleeping Behind the Wheel While FSD Tesla Cruises the Streets After Decadent Feast of Wine and Pizza

Talk about a joy ride.

The Feed

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Man Punished for Breaking Into Moo Deng’s Zoo Enclosure

By Frank Landymore

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RX and Medicine

To Get Swole, Teens Are Pumping Themselves Full of Drugs Meant for Fattening Cows for the Slaughterhouse

Companies are releasing public opinion polling data that was generated by an AI, a trend that has researchers concerned.

Foolish Pollsters Are Now Just Asking AI What Voters Would Say in Response to Questions and Publishing It at Face Value

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI Says It’s Already Made $100 Million by Stuffing ChatGPT With Ads

By Frank Landymore

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AI Is Causing Healthcare Costs to Surge

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The Industrialists

There’s a Mass Rebellion Against AI in the Workplace

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People Who Lose Their Job to AI Are in for a World of Pain, Goldman Sachs Report Finds

OpenAI Says Not to Worry About UBI, Because It Has Another Idea

The San Antonio Police Department was forced to intervene after a Waymo vehicle drove into the drive-thru lane of a Whataburger.

Electric Vehicles

Police Officer Helplessly Waves Arms at Waymo That Careened Wrong Way Through Whataburger Drive-Thru

By Victor Tangermann

San Francisco police say they've arrested a suspect who allegedly attacked the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Someone Just Threw a Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s House

By Frank Landymore

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New York Times Makes Substantial Changes to Article That Glazed a Sleazy AI Startup: “Our Piece Should Have Included That Information”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Absorbing the vast majority of the extreme forces during reentry of NASA's Artemis 2 mission is a heat shield that has proven controversial.

Space Scientists Wince as Astronauts’ Lives Depend on Artemis 2’s Controversial Heat Shield During Plunge Back to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Left image shows astronaut Victor Glover exercising in space. Right image shows astronaut Christina Koch displaying ripped muscles on arm while taking a photo.

The Moon Astronauts Have Been Working Out With a NASA Rowing Machine in Space

By Victor Tangermann

An executive told Bloomberg that Meta's latest Muse Spark AI model won't be able to keep up with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini in some areas.

First AI Model From Zuckerberg’s Wildly Expensive Superintelligence Lab Flops Compared to Virtually All Rivals

By Victor Tangermann

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Economists Starting to Admit They May Have Been Wrong About AI Never Replacing Human Jobs

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AI-Powered Drug Marketer Medvi Responds After Allegations About Fake Doctors and Patients

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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