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NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously

The lonely machine must chart its own course across the barren Martian surface.

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Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI

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Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers

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Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis

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Top Software Engineering Students Can’t Get a Job Because of AI

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Korea Tests Ultra-Rugged Robot to Explore the Moon’s Mysterious Caves

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AI Psychosis

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.

OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide

“It went from him being a little paranoid and an odd guy to having some crazy thoughts he was convinced were true because of what he talked to ChatGPT about.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

“We’re seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don’t need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.

ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace

Jarring.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk declared that his Starship rocket was on par with the evolution of multicellular life.

Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself

“If there are historians in the future, they’ll look back at Starship and say it’s one of the most profound things that’s ever happened.”

SpaceX bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks from Tesla, a number that could rise to 2,000 over time, according to Electrek.

SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks

Almost nobody else is buying them.

By Victor Tangermann

Private space tourist and billionaire pilot Jared Isaacman has officially been confirmed as NASA administrator.

New NASA Director Taking Over Agency in Crisis

Finally, NASA has a leader again.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

Over the weekend, NASA conducted a dress rehearsal for its scheduled February launch date of its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon.

Astronauts Suit Up for Their Journey to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The MIT fusion professor's suspected murderer, Claudio Neves Valent,e was found dead in a storage unit. Plenty of questions remain.

Murder of MIT Fusion Scientist Getting More and More Bizarre

By Victor Tangermann

At least 16 photos have mysteriously disappeared from the Epstein files, including an image that showed president Donald Trump.

Photos Are Being Deleted From the Epstein Files

By Victor Tangermann

A Home Depot location in Los Angeles has installed three sound cannon devices in its parking lots, prompting outcry from migrant activists.

Home Depot Deploys Havana-Style Sonic Weapon Against Day Laborers

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a planet so close to its star that it's stretched into the shape of a lemon.

James Webb Discovers Planet Shaped Like Lemon

By Frank Landymore

Some random YouTuber's stream ended up appearing on the official White House website, and no one knows why.

White House Confused by How Random YouTuber’s Stream Became Featured on Its Website

By Frank Landymore

Posters on social media are buzzing about a bizarre text file that traces back to the Centers for Disease Control.

Twitter User Uncovers Secret Link to Bizarre CDC Text File

Police agency Europol has imagined a not-so-distant future in which criminals hijack autonomous vehicles, drones, and robots.

Police Warn of Robot Crime Wave

By Victor Tangermann

Software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth's setup allowing rats to play "Doom II" has received a major upgrade.

Virtual Reality

Rats Successfully Trained to Shoot Demons in “Doom”

By Victor Tangermann

Two massive channels that churned out loads of fake AI-generated movie trailers were terminated by YouTube.

YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop

By Frank Landymore

Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything

The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.

Doctors Warn That AI Companions Are Dangerous

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI bros are cool and have lots of cool friends, which is why they're using AI to generate photos of themselves with lots of cool friends.

With the Powers of AI, Annoying Dorks Can Now Pretend They’re Friends With Cool Famous People

By Frank Landymore

Some of Alaska's scenic rivers and streams look downright apocalyptic this year because they turned a flagrant orange color.

Rivers Turn Bright Orange in Alaska

By Sharon Adarlo

After New York state banned smartphones, high school students are rediscovering the simple analog pleasures of life.

Actual Human Interaction Flourishes After High School Bans Phones

By Frank Landymore

The Wall Street Journal staffed an office vending kiosk with Anthropic's most advanced AI model, with hilarious results.

Anthropic’s Advanced New AI Tries to Run Vending Machine, Goes Bankrupt After Ordering PlayStation 5 and Live Fish

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