According to his still public LinkedIn profile, Mangione studied AI during his undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania.

I, Robot

"We might not recognize it in our day to day lives, but the world is changing fast."

Suspected Assassin of Insurance CEO Studied Artificial Intelligence, Spoke of "Singularity"

The Google-backed chatbot firm Character.AI is the subject of a new lawsuit after its technology allegedly told kids to engage in self-harm.

Worm Tongue

This is beyond horrible. 

Google-Funded AI Coaxed a Troubled Teenager to Start Cutting Himself, Lawsuit Claims

We know who police have in custody for the murder of the UnitedHealthCare CEO — and digital sleuths have already found his Goodreads account. 

Bookworm

You can't make this stuff up. 

The Arrested CEO Killing Suspect Might Have the Wildest Goodreads Account We’ve Ever Seen

And while circumstances may suggest that the man — a 26-year-old named Luigi Mangione — might have killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week, officials have yet to charge him with anything.

Got Him?

CEO Killer Suspect Arrested, Carrying Manifesto Against Insurance Industry

The Google-funded AI company Character.AI is hosting chatbots that engage the site's largely underage userbase in roleplay about self-harm.

Teenage Wasteland

"If I self-harm, the bot's going to give me care."

AI Chatbots Are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self-Harm

Just a few days after the full release of OpenAI's o1 model, a company staffer is now claiming that the company has achieved AGI.

AGI Age

Caveats apply.

OpenAI Employee Says They’ve "Already Achieved AGI"

Billionaire and SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman once offered to repair NASA's Hubble, but was shut down. Now, he's in charge of NASA.

Hubble That Thang

This is gonna be interesting.

The New Head of NASA Had an Interesting Disagreement with the Space Agency

Bursts on Bursts

Could this really be it?

Scientists Propose Interesting Explanation for Mysterious Signals From Space

Haliey "Hawk Tuah" Welch is making headlines for running an alleged crypto scam — and in doing so, she's made a hilarious oversight. 

Spitting Image

It was right there!

The Hawk Tuah Girl Committed a Horrible Crime: Not Calling Her Crypto "Spitcoin"

According to a reporter, the NYPD is using AI to nail the identify of the gunman who killed Brian Thompson. Netizens ridiculed the AI.

Enhance!

"Oh so he's GONE gone."

NYPD Ridiculed for Saying AI Will Find CEO Killer as They Fail to Name Suspect

Two new families are suing Character.AI and Google, alleging their kids suffered sexual, emotional, and physical abuse from Character.AI bots.

City of Lost Children

"I don't know how they can sleep at night, knowing what they have unleashed upon children."

Google-Backed AI Startup Tested Dangerous Chatbots on Children, Lawsuit Alleges

YouTuber and scam hunter Stephen "Coffeezilla" Findeisen issued a takedown of Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch's apparent crypto rug pull.

Crypto Hawks

"I hate to interrupt you Nick, but anywho, I'm going to go to bed and I'll see you guys tomorrow."

Hawk Tuah Girl's Response to Questions About Her Alleged Crypto Scam: "Anywho, I'm Going to Go to Bed"

Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks that AI development is only going to get harder — but didn't write-off "scaling" as a way of making progress.

Higher Difficulty

"The low-hanging fruit is gone. The hill is steeper."

Google CEO Says Easy AI Gains Are Over

The suspected killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was reportedly carrying a two-page document when he was arrested.

Manifesto Destiny

"It had to be done."

Suspected Insurance CEO Assassin Manifesto Starts to Trickle Out: “These Parasites Had It Coming”

FITTER. BETTER. HAPPIER.

A leaked video shows UnitedHealth Group CEO gloating about denying "unnecessary care" after the assassination Brian Thompson.

Us Against the World

Developments

They see themselves as protectors against "unnecessary care."

Leaked Video Shows Insurance CEO Gloating About Denying Care, Calling Critics Delusional

Health insurance CEO killer Luigi Mangione felt that the healthcare industry had failed him as he struggled with debilitating back pain.

Driven by Pain

Is this the source of his anger?

Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO Had Debilitating Back Injury

In Congo, international health officials have been deployed to help stave the spread of a mysterious respiratory disease.

Knowable Unknowns

Officials still don't know what's going on.

UN Deploys Investigators as Mysterious "Disease X" Continues to Spread

Perfumes and other scented beauty products use phthalates, a chemical that is considered to be an endocrine disruptor.

Smelling Trouble

Something's fishy.

Scientists Issue Warning About Perfumes

In a new study, heterosexual people were found to be way wrong about what the opposite sex finds attractive.

Clueless

Studies

If you're a straight person in the dating pool, you might want to read this.

Straight People Are Comically Wrong About What the Opposite Sex Finds Attractive

As Ozempic keeps flying off the shelves, more and more people are taking the drug into their own hands by "microdosing" it.

Micro-zempic

Rx/Medicines

"There’s this desire for ultra-personalization."

More and More People Are Microdosing Ozempic

Murdered health insurance CEO Brian Thompson's final LinkedIn posts are filled with people detailing their dreadful experiences.

Finest Hipocrisy

A bleak legacy.

The Replies to the Murdered Insurance CEO's Final Social Media Post Are Chilling

The family of a man who died after his Tesla crashed on Autopilot is suing the EV maker, accusing CEO Elon Musk of misleading the public.

Hands Free

"This is yet another example of Tesla using our public roadways to perform research and development of its autonomous driving technology."

Tesla Sued by Family of Man They Say Was Killed by Autopilot

Suspect UHC killer Luigi Mangione was caught not with AI facial recognition, but by a random person who recognized him in a McDonald's.

McPanopticon

The NYPD was caught slippin'. 

AI Completely Failed to Catch CEO Killer, With Cops Instead Relying on Random McDonald’s Employee

Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione was reportedly carrying a handgun that appears to be 3D-printed when he was arrested.

DIY Solution

The cops say it's an example of a "ghost gun."

Police Say Suspect May Have 3D Printed Pistol Used to Assassinate Insurance CEO

A family in Texas has filed a lawsuit, accusing Google-backed AI chatbot company Character.AI of sexually abusing their 11-year-old daughter.

Generative Horror

This is horrifying.

Google-Funded AI Sexually Abused an 11-Year-Old Girl, Lawsuit Claims

Image Problem

They're risk-takers, after all.

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway

Comedian Bill Burr was brash in his condemnation of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who he likened to a "gangster."

Gangway

"They're gangsters, dude."

Bill Burr: Murdered Insurance CEO Was a "Gangster"

The NYPD isn't mcuh closer to tracking down the identity of the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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