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Astronaut on Space Station Suffers Medical Issue

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Chinese Moon Astronauts Emerge From Month-Long Journey Into Deep Cave

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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

X users continue to use Grok to generate nonconsensual porn of women and literal children. Will X or xAI stop it?

Live Coverage: Is Grok Still Being Used to Create Nonconsensual Sexual Images of Women and Girls?

We’re following whether Elon Musk and his companies, X and xAI, make any meaningful change to stem the tide of likely-illegal AI deepfakes on X — content that’s being generated via Musk’s own chatbot, Grok.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's response to his AI chatbot Grok being used to generate sexual depictions of minors doesn't inspire confidence.

Elon Musk After His Grok AI Did Disgusting Things to Literal Children: “Way Funnier”

Cowardly.

By Frank Landymore

New reporting revealed that one of Elon Musk's top lawyers, Jaymie Parkkinen, moonlights as a professional clown.

You Will Never in 100 Years Guess What Elon Musk’s Lawyer Does as a Side Job

“All of my comedy friends — none of them can believe I’m a lawyer.”

The Feed

During a live demo at this year's CES convention in Las Vegas, Boston Dynamics showed off the unnerving agility of its humanoid Atlas robot.

The Way Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Moves Is Skin-Crawlingly Unnatural

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft hard push to stuff AI features into Windows 11 is clogging up an already bloated operating system.

Artificial Intelligence

“Microslop”: Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI

By Frank Landymore

A ufologist's Freedom of Information Act inquiry about documents related to interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was mysteriously shut down.

CIA Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Records on 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

A new bill introduced by Ritchie Torres would ban government officials from trading on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.

New Law Would Prevent Trump Officials From Invading a Country and Profiting by Placing Bets on Polymarket

Tesla's much-hyped self-driving "Cybercab" is in danger of losing its name because of an incredibly avoidable blunder.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Loses Trademark to “Cybercab” Due to Its Own Staggering Incompetence

By Frank Landymore

We're increasingly sure that humankind would catch an epic beatdown as humanoid robots show great advances in martial arts acumen.

If the War Against the Machines Is Fought Via Martial Arts, Humans Are Gonna Catch an Epic Beat Down

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers discovered an extremely hot galaxy cluster in the region that was far hotter and older than current theories allow.

Scientists Discover Impossible Object in Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

The Alaska court system spent over a year working on the AI virtual assistant, which is apparently almost ready for primetime.

Artificial Intelligence

Court System Says Hallucinating AI System Is Ready to Be Deployed After Dramatically Lowering Expectations

By Frank Landymore

Detailed chat logs show how ChatGPT convinced a young man to take increasingly dangerous drug doses over an 18 month spiral.

ChatGPT Gave Teen Advice to Get Higher on Drugs Until He Died

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak has just shattered a longstanding limit in nuclear plasma density.

Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible

A husband is suing Tesla after his wife and children were killed when the car's driving software allegedly caused a terrible accident.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Accused of Killing Family, Plus Their Dog, by Steering Vehicle Head-on Into Oncoming Semi-Truck

By Frank Landymore

A hacker targeted a white supremacist dating website, lured users with an AI chatbot, and deleted the platform entirely live on stage.

Woman Hacks “Tinder for Nazis,” Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots

By Victor Tangermann

An AI-generated video with over 5 million views on social media purports to show Venezuelans celebrating Nicolas Maduro's kidnapping.

That Video of Happy Crying Venezuelans After Maduro’s Kidnapping? It’s AI Slop

After a year of congestion pricing, data shows that the once-controversial policy has delivered huge benefits to those in New York and beyond.

The Hard Numbers Show That the NYC Congestion Pricing Has Been a Staggering Success

The Guardian found that Google's AI Overviews' summaries are loaded with inaccurate health information that could put people at risk.

Google’s AI Overviews Caught Giving Dangerous “Health” Advice

By Victor Tangermann

There's evidence that someone who knew about the Trump administration's regime change plans in Venezuela profited on Polymarket.

There’s Compelling Evidence That Someone Connected to the Trump Administration Profited Off the Invasion of Venezuela by Placing Large Bets on Polymarket

By Victor Tangermann

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