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Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spectacularly at College Graduation Ceremony

By Maggie Harrison Dupré
The Industrialists

Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them

By Joe Wilkins
The Industrialists

Mark Zuckerberg Used Shell Companies to Bully Native Hawaiians

By Joe Wilkins
The Industrialists

Marc Andreessen Goes Ballistic Over Video Making Fun of Him

By Frank Landymore
Ethics

Sports Illustrated Just Deleted Every Article by One of Its Writers After Accusation of AI Plagiarism

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Machine Learning

Being a Crappy Boss to AI Chatbots Pushes Them Toward Spouting Marxist Rhetoric and Organizing With Their Compatriots, Researchers Find

“Without collective voice, ‘merit’ becomes whatever management says it is.”

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AI Psychosis

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Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

Musk Watch

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Elon Musk Absolutely Obsessed With Tweets From Random Guy In India Who Constantly Glazes Him, Analysis Shows

“Musk loves to be glazed, and this person is the doughnut factory.”

By Frank Landymore

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Elon Musk Flees OpenAI Trial as Tide Turns Against Him

And he’s gone.

By Frank Landymore

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Sam Altman Accuses Elon Musk of Laughing at Memes During Important OpenAI Meetings

“MEMES ON HIS PHONE.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Feed

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Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns

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Grade Inflation Is Going Nuts as Every Student Is Basically Submitting the Same Essay

By Frank Landymore

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Tech Workers, Long Treated Like Aristocracy, Are Now Human Waste

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Artificial Intelligence

An Entire “Local Newspaper” Just Shut Down When All Its Reporters Were Busted as AI Fakes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy

By Frank Landymore

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If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble

By Frank Landymore

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Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable

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Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Swarm of Empty Waymos Descends on Unsuspecting Suburb, Circle Cul-de-Sacs for Hours on End Like Strange Ghosts

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Mayor Eats His Words After Admitting He’s Delegating Work to 11 AI Agents

By Krystle Vermes

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Artificial Intelligence

Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents

By Frank Landymore

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The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

By Krystle Vermes

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Future Materials

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable

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Princeton in Shambles Over AI Cheating

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Gene Therapy Causes Patient to Grow Alarming Tumor

By Krystle Vermes

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College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

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