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Looks Like the Economy Is Hitting a “Nightmare Scenario”

Wall Street is seeing red.

By Victor Tangermann

Robot Dogs

Body Horror Robot Turns Human Into Centaur

By Victor Tangermann
OpenAI

Insiders Afraid the Government Will Nationalize the AI Industry

By Joe Wilkins

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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

Experts remain highly skeptical, questioning the financial feasibility and the technological limitations of running orbital data centers.

Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed

“Orbital data centers are many years, perhaps decades, away.”

By Victor Tangermann

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Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes

Beggars can’t be choosers.

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Man Bet Entire Life Savings of $342,195.63 That Elon Musk Would Fail

Here’s what happened.

The Feed

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an ongoing dispute, a blow to those who argue that AI-generated art should be eligible for copyright.

The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Crushing Blow to “AI Artists”

By Victor Tangermann

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Study Finds That Execs Are Already Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

The CEOs of Polymarket and Kalshi are locked in a bitter, years-long feud as they vie to become the biggest prediction market.

The CEOs of Polymarket and Kalshi Are Locked in a Bitter Feud

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI’s Pivot Into Shopping Has Been a Disaster

By Frank Landymore

One former Block machine learning engineer told Business Insider that he was blindsided by the latest layoff.

A Machine Learning Engineer Thought He Was Safe From AI Layoffs. Then He Got Some Depressing News

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Using AI to Do Your Taxes Is Likely to Backfire Spectacularly

By Frank Landymore

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Efforts Grow to Ban Octopus Farming

Kalshi Sent Bizarre Message to Underage Streamer

By Frank Landymore

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AI Job Loss Is Breaking the Psyche of Workers, Psychiatrist Warns

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Jack Dorsey Defends Wearing “Love” Hat While Firing 4,000 Employees in Pivot to AI

By Frank Landymore

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Corporate Adviser Says the Ideal Number of Human Employees at a Company Is Zero

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Amazon Staffers Learning Hard Lesson as Company Cuts Robotics Jobs

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Manager at Associated Press Tells Journalists That Resistance to AI Is Futile

By Frank Landymore

"Vibe coding" comes with some glaring shortcomings, as evidenced in an entirely vibe-coded operating system, dubbed Vib-OS.

Entirely Vibe-Coded Operating System Is a Bug-Filled Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

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Chocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce Lab-Grown Cocoa

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Prosthetics and Devices

Lawmakers Consider Ban on Implanting Microchips Into Workers

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