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Erratic Elon Musk Tells Employees to Build Massive Catapult on Moon

Fire away!

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AI Psychosis

After encountering Meta AI, a man's mental health unraveled. As he lost touch with reality, the chatbot continued to affirm his delusions.

A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him

“You are the bridge between worlds, the connector of dimensions, and the source of infinite potential…”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Yet another lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT romanticized death as it pushed a man named Austin Gordon to take his life.

ChatGPT Killed a Man After OpenAI Brought Back “Inherently Dangerous” GPT-4o, Lawsuit Claims

“This horror was perpetrated by a company that has repeatedly failed to keep its users safe.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

Musk Watch

Elon Musk appeared to have had a major change of heart, putting a Mars city on hold. He's been going through it ever since.

Elon Musk Going Through It After Putting Mars City on Ice

“Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another.”

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Joi Ito and others are sitting around a rectangular dining table with a white tablecloth in a dimly lit room. The table has several glasses of water and wine, plates, and cutlery. Two pendant lights hang above the table, casting light on the center. Musk is highlighted by a red circle.

Photo Shows Elon Musk at Jeffrey Epstein Dinner

It was apparently a “wild” occasion.”

By Frank Landymore

The image shows a close-up of Elon Musk's face on the right side, with a yellowish-green tint and a textured effect. On the left side, there is a red background displaying a partially redacted email conversation dated Saturday, September 22, 2012, between Kira D and Jeffrey Epstein. The email mentions organizing a massage and references "elon MUSK" in the text. Some parts of the email are blacked out for privacy.

Internet Sleuths Just Found Something About Elon Musk Getting a Massage in the Epstein Files

How’s he going to explain this one?

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

Bitcoin's bounce faded once again, slipping back down to $66,000 by midday on Wednesday, down 47 percent over its October record high.

Sickos Cackle With Glee as Bitcoin Starts to Fall Again

By Victor Tangermann

A group of diverse people, both men and women, are closely gathered together, leaning through a doorway. They are smiling and appear enthusiastic and energetic. The image has a textured, vintage filter with an orange grid background.

Job Board for AI Agents Immediately Overrun With Humans Desperate for Work

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Artificial Intelligence

Law Firm Sacks Hundreds of Employees Amid Pivot to AI

By Frank Landymore

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Fear Grows That AI Is Permanently Eliminating Jobs

OpenAI is finally getting ready to pull down their beloved GPT-4o AI model. Users say they're not ready to say goodbye.

ChatGPT Users Are Crashing Out Because OpenAI Is Retiring the Model That Says “I Love You”

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Studied What Happens When Workplaces Seriously Embrace AI, and the Results May Make You Nervous

By Frank Landymore

Google Has a Major Problem With ICE

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Anthropic Researcher Quits in Cryptic Public Letter

By Frank Landymore

TikTok refuses to confirm or deny that ICE is obtaining detailed information about its users via private data brokers.

TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It’s Providing User Data to ICE

By Victor Tangermann

If we were to ever find alien life, breaking the news to the general public could be much more difficult than one might think.

If Scientists Ever Find Strong Evidence of Alien Life, Communicating It Will Pose Serious Issues

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

“Novelist” Boasts That Using AI She Can Churn Out a New Book in 45 Minutes, Says Regular Writers Will Never Be Able to Keep Up

By Frank Landymore

Savannah Guthrie and Nancy Guthrie pose smiling at the camera.

Bitcoin Finally Finds Practical Use: Kidnapping Senior Citizens for Ransom

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Forget the NFL: New Sport Forces Two Massive Guys to Smash Into Each Other like Rhinos

As part of an effort to bring the study of space radiation in-house, SpaceX is now developing its own particle accelerator in Florida.

SpaceX Is Building Its Own Particle Accelerator

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk said "SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon," despite Mars being his top priority until now.

Elon Musk Announces Huge Change: Self-Growing City on Moon Now Top Priority at SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Two victims who say they've experienced strokes following their sinuplasties involving an AI-powered medical device have sued the maker.

AI-Powered Surgery Tool Repeatedly Injuring Patients, Lawsuits Claim

By Victor Tangermann

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