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Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication

By Victor Tangermann
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By Frank Landymore
Moon Astronauts Forced to Do It in Bags as “Burning Odor” Emanates From Toilet

By Victor Tangermann
Polymarket Has Turned Our Climate Apocalypse Into a Casino

By Joe Wilkins
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RX and Medicine

Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That’s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, and Other Glaring Red Flags?

“It’s just an automated GLP-1 prescription mill.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

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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.

NASA's decision to bring Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on its Moon mission seemingly had MAGA in a tizzy.

Trump Fans Furious That NASA Is Allowing a Canadian on the Moon Mission

“Why are we letting a Canadian go to our Moon?”

By Victor Tangermann

News emerged that Jonathan, a 193-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise, had peacefully passed away. It turned out to be a crypto scam.

JONATHAN THE 193-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE IS STILL ALIVE, REPEAT HE HAS NOT DIED

“Even our researcher friends in the US unraveling his DNA have just sent condolences.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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AI Expert Says It’s Time to Stop Freaking Out About AI Taking Our Jobs

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We Can’t Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause

By Frank Landymore

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China Cracking Down on the Types of AI That Are Tearing America Apart

Target Warns That If Its AI Shopping Agent Makes an Expensive Mistake, You’ll Have to Pay for It

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Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night

By Frank Landymore

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CEO Says He’s Giving Employees a $1.5 Million Bonus So He Doesn’t Get Shot in the Street by a Luigi-Like Killer

By Frank Landymore

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America’s Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class

By Frank Landymore

Code snippets also found that Anthropic is actively tracking how often users are using vulgar language and changes in their mood.

Claude Leak Shows That Anthropic Is Tracking Users’ Vulgar Language and Deems Them “Negative”

By Victor Tangermann

It wasn't the massive bills or the legal liabilities arising from rampant copyright infringement that inspired OpenAI to kill Sora.

The Real Reason OpenAI Shut Sora Down Is a Warning to Every AI Startup

By Victor Tangermann

William Shatner, the 95-year-old actor of "Star Trek" fame, has become the latest victim of fake AI-generated news.

William Shatner Says AI Is Spreading Horrific Rumors About Him

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, is struggling to show traction, causing the tech giant to continue falling behind. Investors are not happy.

AI Is Killing Microsoft

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers claims it has observed "dark points" within light waves that can move faster than the speed of light.

Quantum Physics

Scientists Say They’ve Found “Dark Points” That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light

By Victor Tangermann

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EPA Now Values Human Lives at $0

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Artificial Intelligence

Say a Prayer for This Startup That’s Replacing Its Developers With OpenClaw

By Frank Landymore

Two OpenAI Execs, Including CEO of AGI, Going on Medical Leave

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