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Sam Altman Is Spiraling

He’s not mad, he insists. He’s laughing, actually!

By Victor Tangermann

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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 is shown in a black and white photo. He is wearing a dark sweater over a striped collared shirt and looking to the right. The background is bright yellow with a large red circle featuring a grid pattern behind his head.

Elon Laments That in Spite of His Obscene Wealth, He Still Can’t Find Happiness

Insulting.

When an X account asked Grok to find the "probability" that NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is somehow related to Epstein, it had a baffling answer.

Grok’s Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing AI Response We’ve Ever Seen

This is getting so stupid.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is lashing out on X about the latest Epstein files, accusing the media of lying and making increasingly desperate sounding defenses.

Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal

The billionaire doth protest too much.

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

Welcome sign for Dilley, with the text "Welcome to Dilley" and "a slice of the good life!" partially visible, supported by wooden posts, set against a partly cloudy sky and green trees.

This Measles Outbreak at a Detention Center Perfectly Encapsulates America Right Now

Peloton's doubling down on AI doesn't appear to have paid off. The company slashed 11 percent of its workforce this week.

Artificial Intelligence

Peloton Institutes Mass Layoffs After Pivoting to AI

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is shown with curly dark hair and glasses is wearing a dark pinstripe suit jacket over a white shirt. He has a slightly open mouth expression. The background is a green grid pattern with an orange circle behind his head.

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Just Sent Shockwaves Through the Entire Stock Market by Releasing a New AI Tool

By Frank Landymore

A man in a black suit and tie is depicted as a marionette puppet, suspended by strings. He is highlighted with a red outline and positioned against a large gray circle on a vibrant yellow and purple marbled background.

New Site Lets AI Rent Human Bodies

After announcing a blockbuster $100 billion deal in September, the ChatGPT maker may have changed its mind.

Uh Oh… Nvidia’s $100 Billion Deal With OpenAI Has Fallen Apart

By Victor Tangermann

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan shown wearing a black suit and white shirt holds up a white sweatshirt featuring a detailed black illustration of Washington, DC with the word "Polymarket" written above the illustration in a stylized script. The background is orange with a large purple circle behind the man's head.

Polymarket CEO Known for Yelling at His Employees, Attending Meetings Shirtless

Michael Burry warned that further losses for Bitcoin could put a major strain on the balance sheets of investors that overindexed on crypto.

If Bitcoin Keeps Tanking, It Could Cause a “Death Spiral” for the Entire Economy

By Victor Tangermann

Dearborn police are the latest to make use of dystopian drone hives to surveil their cities from the skies.

Police in Detroit Suburb Install Hives That Can Instantly Deploy Drones to Fight Crime

Underwater view of a large, dark blue iceberg with a smooth, rounded surface, partially submerged beneath a calm water surface with a cloudy sky above.

Disaster Strikes as Scientists Tunnel Into Core of Doomsday Glacier

AI companies are looking to spend trillions on data centers — a huge sum that could threaten the economy if the bet doesn't pay off.

Tech Companies Showing Signs of Distress as They Run Out of Money for AI Infrastructure

By Victor Tangermann

A new render of China's conceptual spacecraft called the Luan Niao, an orbital mothership designed to launch uncrewed fighter drones from high above the planet.

China Provides Glimpse of Colossal Orbital Aircraft Carrier

A moderator at the r/aviation subreddit didn't look too kindly on a shot by astronaut Don Pettit, deeming it too "blurry" and taking it down.

International Space Station

Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was “Blurry”

By Victor Tangermann

Investors are starting to look elsewhere as the Trump administration continues to threaten the independence of its central bank.

Artificial Intelligence

Investors Dumping American Stocks as the Country Bets Everything on AI

By Victor Tangermann

The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.

Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein

The raid is part of Paris prosecutors' ongoing investigation into the nonconsensual sexualized images generated by Grok.

Police Raid SpaceX’s Brand New Offices

By Frank Landymore

NASA's wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon didn't quite go as planned, forcing the agency to push back the launch.

NASA Runs Into Trouble Fueling Up Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

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