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OpenAI Just Published an Absolutely Bizarre Blog Post

By Maggie Harrison Dupré
Neuroscience and Brain

Startup Says It Can Read Your Brain Signals Using a Pair of Headphones

By Joe Wilkins
NASA

Head of NASA Calls for Pluto to Be Made a Planet Again

By Frank Landymore
Privacy

AI Spy Cameras Suddenly Blanketing America

By Joe Wilkins
OpenAI

Uninstalls of ChatGPT Are Spiking at the Worst Time Imaginable for OpenAI

By Victor Tangermann

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Mental Health

OpenAI Hit With Barrage of Lawsuits Over Failure to Report School Shooter Before Massacre

“The ‘safeguards’ OpenAI pointed to after the attack did not fail; they did not exist.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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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

A man with a beard and mustache is lying on a yellow and blue textured surface, looking at a smartphone in his hand. He has short, slightly messy hair and multiple ear piercings. His skin and hair are digitally altered with a pink hue, and he has a tattoo on his upper arm. The image has a stylized, high-contrast color effect.

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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Tesla Quietly Buys Mysterious $2 Billion Entity

“Tesla is working on a lot of large, ambitious projects.”

Elon Musk, wearing a black cap and large black sunglasses, is holding a red and silver chainsaw with the words "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" on it at CPAC.

Elon Musk Fans Increasingly Disgusted by His Toxic Outbursts

“At this point, if you are invested in Elon, you are pretty much doing it for the white nationalism.”

By Frank Landymore

During Wednesday's earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated that millions of Tesla cars on the road can't drive themselves.

Elon Musk Admits He Lied to Tesla Customers’ Faces for Years About Self-Driving

It was really expensive snake oil after all.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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Police Are Using AI Camera Networks to Stalk Women

Tools for Humanity, which was founded by Sam Altman, announced it was selling tickets for Bruno Mars' concert. It turned out to be a lie.

Sam Altman Caught in What May Be His Most Spectacular Lie Yet

By Victor Tangermann

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Woman Convicted for Attacking Police With Swarm of Furious Bees

Researchers say it has mapped a supercluster of galaxies hiding behind the Milky Way ten years after it was first discovered.

Scientists Scan Gigantic Structure Hiding Behind Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg relocated to Florida after a California bill proposing a billionaire tax continues to gain considerable momentum.

If You Thought Mark Zuckerberg Was a Pathetic Little Worm Before, Wait Until You Hear About His Latest Move

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI reportedly missed its internal revenue and user growth targets, raising concerns among investors ahead of a possible IPO.

OpenAI in Shambles as IPO Looms

By Victor Tangermann

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A Tiny Town Is Building So Many Data Centers That There’ll Be Almost Nothing Else Left

Physicists in China claim to have simulated a "false vacuum decay" event using a lab-based "tabletop" experiment

Quantum Physics

Scientists Experimenting With Quantum Effect That Some Fear Could Cause Chain Reaction That Ends Entire Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic created a classified marketplace, dubbed Project Deal, where AI agents buy from and sell goods to other AI agents for their humans.

Weird Things Happen When You Give AI Agents Money and Let Them Spend It

By Victor Tangermann

Two workers wearing white helmets and casual work clothes are installing or inspecting solar panels on a rooftop, with a backdrop of trees and distant hills under a bright sky.

The War in Iran Is Causing China to Sell So Many Solar Panels That Your Jaw Will Drop

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Artificial Intelligence

Bosses Are Blowing More Money on AI Agents Than It’d Cost Them to Just Pay Human Workers

By Frank Landymore

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AI Agents Linked to OpenAI Are Pretending to Be Human Journalists

By Frank Landymore

Bitcoin developer James Lopp suggested freezing 5.6 million long-dormant Bitcoins to save them from quantum computer attacks.

Bitcoin Developers Are Debating a Move That Could Send Crypto Markets Into a Tailspin

By Victor Tangermann

A busy urban street scene with multiple cars lined up in traffic, including a white Waymo self-driving car equipped with sensors on the roof and sides. A person on a scooter is next to the Waymo car, and three pedestrians are crossing the street near the vehicle. There are traffic signs indicating "Do Not Enter" and bicycle signals. Trees line the sidewalk, casting shadows on the street. The overall lighting has a warm, reddish tone.

Waymo Has a Bike Lane Problem

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who traveled around the Moon and back, demonstrates that getting used to Earth's gravity isn't exactly easy.

International Space Station

Video Shows NASA Astronaut Struggling to Walk After Journey Around the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued a grim apology, admitting that the firm had failed to notify law enforcement ahead of a deadly shooting.

Sam Altman Issues Grim Apology

By Victor Tangermann

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