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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.”

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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

Elon Musk's xAI has reported a staggering net loss over the last three months, bringing the year's total losses to $7.8 billion.

Elon’s xAI Is Losing Staggering Amounts of Money

The Pentagon sent a Toronto-based sex toy shop letters inside two returned items sent back from a US naval base in Bahrain.

Pentagon Begs Shop to Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Military Personnel

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers claim to have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to discover an entirely new type of celestial object: dubbed "Cloud-9."

Scientists Weirded Out by Cosmic Bones in Distant Space

By Victor Tangermann

In the face of a chaotic morale environment at NASA, new administrator Jared Isaacman is willing to try to deploy some unusual perks.

Billionaire NASA Head Offers Bizarre Perk for Top Staff

By Victor Tangermann

A self-described AI ambassador is in shambles after she says other AI prompters have been plagiarizing her instructions.

Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized

A seismic shift is taking place as artist visas to the US are increasingly being given to OnlyFans influencers.

Government Approving Artist Visas for OnlyFans Models Based on How Many Followers They Have

China has unveiled a powerful "hypergravity machine" that can generate forces almost two thousand times stronger than Earth's gravity.

Robots and Machines

China Builds Wild Gravity Machine

By Victor Tangermann

Israeli cybersecurity billionaire Shlomo Kramer has called for complete government censorship of social media.

Tech Billionaire Says It’s Time for the Government to Suspend Freedom of Speech

A video that's gone viral on social media shows a miniature deer fiercely standing its ground and charging at a far more massive rhino.

Tiny Deer Takes on 1.7-Ton Rhinoceros

By Victor Tangermann

Patients who stopped taking GLP-1 weight-loss medications regained weight four times as fast as those using alternative methods.

People Who Go Off GLP-1s Are Experiencing a Sudden and Terrible Hunger

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese company Linyi Yunchuan recently deployed a massive airborne wind turbine, which dominated the skyline over Sichuan Province.

Renewable Energy

Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China

A "major disruption in the illicit fentanyl trade, possibly tied to Chinese government actions," may have caused a drop in overdose deaths.

Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Are Now Falling Sharply, and You’ll Never Guess Why

By Victor Tangermann

Google Settles With Families Who Say It Killed Their Teen Children

Trying to quit Zyns without weaning them off can lead to panic attacks, intense headaches, and even hallucinations, one power-user discovered.

Health & Medicine

Horrendous Things Happen When You Quit Zyn Cold Turkey

OpenAI's ChatGPT Health will ingest your medical records to generate more relevant responses that shouldn't be acted upon.

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for “Diagnosis or Treatment”

By Victor Tangermann

One of the more bizarre gadgets showing at CES 2026 is the Breakreal R1, an AI cocktail machine with "unlimited recipes."

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Device Pours Alcohol Directly Into the Void Where Your Soul Should Be

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