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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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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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Finance

“Biblical Levels of Insider Trading”: New Prediction Market Monetizes Anything in Livestreams

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Finance

Insider Trading on Polymarket Is Revealing Military Secrets

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Future Society

Expert on Financial Crises Says the Signs Are Impossible to Miss

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Military

Horrified School District Pleads Police to Stop Using Electric Shock Torture Gloves on Students

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Artificial Intelligence

Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because AI “Receptionists” Can’t Understanding What They’re Saying

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Future Society

AI-Generated Children’s Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns

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Advanced Transport

Paramedics Now Rolling Up to Medical Emergencies in Flying Hovercraft

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Artificial Intelligence

This Is Probably Not the AI-Generated Version of “The Odyssey” That Elon Musk Was Imagining

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Artificial Intelligence

The Results of Middle and High School Students Using AI Are Extremely Ominous

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Mass Transit

Government Spending on Mass Transit Would Be Incredible for Small Towns, Study Finds

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Artificial Intelligence

Devious New Font Turns AI Scrapers Into Mincemeat

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Robotics

This Has to Be the Most Amazing Robot Death We’ve Ever Seen

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Privacy

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole

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Future Society

The AI Industry Has Fumbled Its Public Image So Badly That It’s Incredible

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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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