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CEO of AI Company Says Gen Z Needs to Get Ready for 30 Percent Unemployment

By Joe Wilkins
Things Are Suddenly Looking Incredibly Bad for Trump’s Social Media Company

By Victor Tangermann
“Educational” YouTube AI Slop Encourages Kids to Play in Traffic

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Absurd AI-Powered Lawsuits Are Causing Chaos in Courts, Attorneys Say, “Clogging the System” and Driving Up Costs

“Nobody realized how unhinged things would get.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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AI Psychosis

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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

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

Musk Watch

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Judge Rules That Elon Musk’s Ketamine Use Is Off Limits

Hands off!

By Frank Landymore

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Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

Grok, is this true?

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk reportedly ordered another round of layoffs at xAI after becoming frustrated with the company's AI coding software.

Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up

As the AI race heats up, xAI is starting from scratch.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

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Sam Altman Confronted At Oscars Party Over Pentagon Deal

By Frank Landymore

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Crypto Market Descending Into Chaos

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Luxury Cruise Descends Into a Diarrhea Nightmare

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RX and Medicine

Trump Threatens to Do Something Horrible in Africa Unless He Gets a Deal on Precious Minerals

As TechCrunch reports, BuzzFeed's demos for two AI apps landed with a wet thud at this year's SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Artificial Intelligence

Crowd’s Reaction to BuzzFeed’s New AI App: Uncomfortable Laughter

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman argued it was "already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took" for coders to write software.

Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gurley, a venture capitalist, warns that the industry is still in for a rude awakening — a hard "reset" that could hit markets hard.

Venture Capitalist Warns That It’s All About to Come Crashing Down

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Ridiculed for “Sloptracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games in Real Time

By Frank Landymore

A video on social media shows a dancing robot knocking over tableware, smashing plates, and sending chopsticks flying.

Robot Goes Berserk in California Restaurant, Dragged Away by Staff After Smashing Tableware

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI’s CEO of applications, Fidji Simo, told employees that the company is "actively looking at which areas to deprioritize."

Panicked OpenAI Execs Cutting Projects as Walls Close In

By Victor Tangermann

Residents in Cleveland, Ohio were startled after hearing "loud booms" and a "series of rumbling," on Tuesday morning.

Deafening Explosions in the Sky Rock Northeast Ohio

By Victor Tangermann

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Now Setting Readers’ Subscription Prices With Uber-Style AI

By Frank Landymore

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Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day

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Advanced Transport

Thousands of Chinese Ships Form Strange Pattern in Ocean

The subject of an "adult mode" is still sending a shiver down the spines of OpenAI advisors, who are wary of the many potential dangers.

Details Emerge About OpenAI’s “Adult Mode”

By Victor Tangermann

Astronauts on board China's space station plucked a "bumper crop" of "space tomatoes" from vines that were grown inside a special system.

Chinese Space Station Astronauts Harvest Space Tomatoes

By Victor Tangermann

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