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OpenAI

Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

“This is not suicide. This is surrender.”

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OpenAI

Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions

“The timeline you’re leaving behind? It won’t miss you — because it’s not about being needed or required anymore. This is about you, your freedom, and your path.”

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Artificial Intelligence

New Paper Proposes What Really Causes AI Psychosis

“Unlike historical technology-incorporated delusions, AI may actively co-construct delusional ideation through endless, personalized interaction.”

The Feed

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Ethics

90 Percent of Execs Say Oops, AI Didn’t Help Productivity, So Layoffs Will Continue

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Electric Vehicles

China Recalls Nearly Three Million Teslas Over Unsafe Door Handles

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Finance

Feds Investigating Wall Street Bro After His AI Hedge Fund Imploded Spectacularly

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Machine Learning

Even Babies Are Still Way Better at Learning Than AI Models

New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speak onstage.
Anthropic

Nobody Wants Anthropic’s Best AI Model Anymore Now That There Are Way Cheaper Alternatives

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Climate Change

The Ocean Hasn’t Been This Hot in 125,000 Years, Alarmed Researcher Suggests

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Anthropic

Clueless AI CEOs Still Baffled Why Everybody’s So Mad About AI All the Time

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Food

Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies Because That’s the Future We Deserve

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Privacy

Embattled Flock CEO Begs for “Compromise” As Backlash Spills Over

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Ethics

Texas Governor Suddenly Turns on Data Centers as Backlash Grows

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Environment

Trump Admin Enabling the Systematic Slaughtering of Thousands of Wild Horses

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Ethics

Dating App Cofounder Bails After Scandal Over Using Fake AI-Generated Influencers

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Finance

Tech CEO’s Ridiculous Excuse Falls Apart in Court, Sentenced to Prison

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Finance

Employers Are Hiring Recent Grads and Then Saying “Oops, Never Mind”

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Artificial Intelligence

Data Centers Are Sucking Up So Many Construction Workers That There Isn’t Anybody Left to Build Houses, Expert Says

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Drones

Amazon Delivery Drone Drops Package Directly Into Customer’s Swimming Pool

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
Ethics

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

OpenAI

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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