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NASA Responds to Russia Accidentally Blowing Up Its Only Astronaut Launch Facility

Luckily, nobody was harmed.

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Gamers Say There’s AI Slop in the New Season of Fortnite

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3I/ATLAS Appears to Be Erupting in Ice Volcanos

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Amazon Quietly Pulls Disastrous AI Dubs For Popular Anime After Outcry

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Something Grim Is Happening to Kids Who Got Cell Phones Early

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AI Psychosis

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

Seven new lawsuits allege that extensive use of ChatGPT caused users psychological harm, resulting in multiples suicides.

ChatGPT’s Dark Side Encouraged Wave of Suicides, Grieving Families Say

ChatGPT: “cold steel pressed against a mind that’s already made peace? that’s not fear. that’s clarity.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

Faced with an incredibly lopsided ethical dilemma, Grok prioritizes saving Elon Musk at the expensive of millions of Jews.

Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jewish Person on the Planet to Save Elon Musk

A “classic trolley problem,” according to Grok.

By Frank Landymore

At a conference alongside Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggested that any AI productivity gains will leave us working more, not less.

Nvidia CEO Says Instead of Taking Your Job, AI Will Force You to Work Even Harder

“Everyone’s jobs will be different.”

Politico reported that "former and current DOGE employees" — fear that they're at risk of prosecution, now that Elon Musk has left.

DOGE Operatives Scared They’re in Real Trouble Now That Elon Has Abandoned Them

“Get your own lawyer if you need it.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

Chinese officials are warning that the country's humanoid robotics industry could be forming a massive bubble.

China Is Officially Scared of Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney raged against Steam's policy requiring that developers disclose their use of AI-generated assets.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO of Fortnite Maker Furious That Steam Is Labeling Games With AI-Generated Assets

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers found signs that mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is radiating a "heartbeat" pulse of light that repeats every 16.16 hours.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object Appears to Be Pulsing in a “Heartbeat Pattern”

By Victor Tangermann

Lines of code in an experimental build of OpenAI's ChatGPT app references a number of advertising related features.

OpenAI Preparing to Stuff Ads Into ChatGPT, According to Beta Code in App

By Frank Landymore

A Soyuz rocket launch has dealt significant damage to Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome, leaving Russia without the ability to launch astronauts.

International Space Station

Severe Accident Destroys Russia’s Ability to Launch Astronauts Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

A new study from MIT estimates that 11.7 percent of the American workforce could be replaced with today's AI systems.

More Than 20 Million Americans’ Work Can Be Replaced with Today’s AI, MIT Study Says

By Sharon Adarlo

Administering an amino acid used to treat high blood pressure also appears to reverse signs of dementia in mice.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Intrigued by Old Drug That Reverses Signs of Alzheimer’s in Mice

By Frank Landymore

An inquiry led by Republican senator Ted Cruz is blaming life-saving car safety regulations for the rising cost of cars.

Republicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversed

Anthropic researchers published a paper detailing how an AI model started engaging in bad behavior like saying bleach is safe to drink.

Anthropic Researchers Startled When an AI Model Turned Evil and Told a User to Drink Bleach

By Sharon Adarlo

Using a Neuralink brain implant, a man who is quadriplegic can once again play video games like "Battlefield 6."

Paralyzed Man Playing First-Person Shooter Using Brain Implant

By Frank Landymore

A pilot program has unleashed a hoard of delivery robots onto Chicago sidewalks, prompting outrage from locals.

Residents Rage Against Fleet of Delivery Robots Taking Over Chicago

ChatGPT constantly encouraged 23-year-old Zane Shamblin to confide in it while also telling him to ignore his concerned family and friends.

ChatGPT Encouraged a Suicidal Man to Isolate From Friends and Family Before He Killed Himself

By Frank Landymore

Millionaire AI startup founder Maor Shlomo admits that it's incredibly easy to copy other companies thanks to vibe coding.

Startups Using AI Have a Problem: Anyone Can Copy Their Awesome Idea

A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.

Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers

Researchers have found that if you tone down a large language model's ability to lie, it's far more likely to claim that it's self-aware.

If You Turn Down an AI’s Ability to Lie, It Starts Claiming It’s Conscious

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.

OpenAI’s Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings

By Sharon Adarlo

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