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In a recent podcast appearance, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agonized that China is now "nanoseconds behind" US chipmakers.

Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Is Quaking in Its Boots

Second-year Lakers head coach JJ Redick gave fans pause after sharing he's been having long talks with a virtual buddy.

NBA Coach JJ Redick Says He Spends Hours Talking to His “Friend” ChatGPT

A researcher went back over 100 years of brain science that lead him to a radical conclusion about consciousness.

Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscientist Says We’re All Wrong About Root of Consciousness in Our Brains

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

Space Force top boss Chance Saltzman says we need to accept that things aren't always going to be perfect, weapons of war included.

Space Force Says It’ll Prioritize Buying Lots of Weapons Over Ones That Work Properly

Social media video shows a toilet in China demanding a user watch an ad in order to receive a handful of bathroom tissue.

New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper

Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael Prince / Fuse / Getty Images

Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord

A new study links private equity ownership to horrifying outcomes in hospital emergency rooms and ICUs compared to public facilities.

Something Grisly Happens When Hospitals Become For-Profit

Roger McNamee has an ominous warning for the huge tech companies shredding billions in the AI race: it's winner take all.

Artificial Intelligence

Longtime Investor Warns the AI Industry Is Set to Collapse for a Basic Financial Reason

The mass adoption of AI chatbots is resulting in a marked increase in psychiatric patients arriving to mental health facilities.

Psychiatric Facilities Are Being Bombarded by AI Users

Recent DARPA robots include sea-based microdrones, cockroach-style surveillance bots, and even cyborg insects.

DARPA Going Hard on Insect-Sized Spy Robots

In an interview, Julie Zhuo explained that AI companies putting the pedal to the metal can't even see over the steering wheel.

Former Facebook Exec Warns AI Industry Is Entirely Built on “Vibes”

Anti-immigration protests are being stirred up by AI images showing hoards of Arab immigrants taking over the streets of London.

Racists Are Using AI to Spread Diabolical Anti-Immigrant Slop

Called the "first fully autonomous humanoid-operate store," the kiosk chain is said to be rapidly expanding to 100 locations.

China Opens Bodega Entirely Run by Robot

The virtual assistant Diella's "inaugural address" to the Albanian parliament was met with mixed enthusiasm by officials.

Artificial Intelligence

Leader of Albania Pelted With Trash for Appointing AI-Powered Minister to Cabinet

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell recently claimed that AI is effecting the labor force, potentially impacting future rate cuts.

Artificial Intelligence

Fed Boss Concerned About AI’s Effect on Job Market

Space Force General Michael Guetlein says the blueprint is complete, but didn't give any details about its scope, timeline, or cost.

Trump’s $175 Billion Golden Dome is Turning Into a Disaster

One economist says that if the AI bubble bursts, it might be just what the economy needs to get back on track.

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Bubble Bursting Would Actually Be Incredible for the Economy, Economist Says

Tim Burchett stayed remarkably cool as he painted a horrifying picture of an HP Lovecraft story come to life.

Congressman Calmly Explains There Are “Entities” Coming From “Five or Six Deepwater Areas”

China's space program is experiencing a meteoric rise, and will soon pose a significant challenge to the US' dominant position in space.

New Report Finds That China’s Space Program Is Rapidly Outstripping NASA

China is calling the United States' bluff by banning its largest tech companies from using Nvidia's red-hot AI chips.

Nvidia Just Suffered a Huge Blow in China

The newest class of young tech founders are eschewing frivolities in favor of what appears to be a minimalist, monkish existence.

Artificial Intelligence

There’s Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives

A $2.8 million Y Combinator startup is using the power of frustrated job seekers to promote its generative AI interview bot.

Artificial Intelligence

Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They’re Trying to Peddle “Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer”

The vendor was one of a many whose code modules were infected by a never before seen strand of malware known as "Shai-Hulud."

CrowdStrike Infested With “Self-Replicating Worms”

Some of Donald Trump's most diehard supporters in office are rallying against the president's embrace of artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump’s Biggest Fans Furious at His Embrace of AI

First theorized in 1963 by a Polish SciFi author, smart dust is now a real life technology with major implications.

Scientists Working on “Smart Dust” That Can Spy on a Room While Drifting Throught the Air

Some of AI's most devoted acolytes are growing increasingly frustrated as the tech fails to deliver as expected.

Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster

OpenAI executives are reeling as activist groups and tech rivals organize to stimy their for-profit aspirations.

OpenAI Execs Are Extremely Upset

Exactly six months ago, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claimed that in six months, AI would be "writing 90 percent of code."

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code

An activist speaks out on his goals as he enters day nine of a grueling hunger strike in front of Anthropic's San Fran headquarters.

Anti-AGI Protester Now on Day Nine of Hunger Strike in Front of Anthropic Headquarters

If current trends continue, corporate leaders could drag the economy into a self-imposed productivity slowdown to make AI look good.

Artificial Intelligence

If the AI Industry Fails, It Could Take the Rest of Us Down With It

New data shows Tesla's EV sales have fallen below 2017 levels, when it was struggling to sell even 30,000 vehicles.

Tesla’s Market Share Has Fallen So Badly That It’s Back to 2017 Levels

A country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees.

Artificial Intelligence

Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies

The CEO and cofounder of Cluely says that by destroying education, he's simply "accelerating the collapse of a doomed industry."

CEO Who Created AI Startup to Cheat on Homework Complains That AI Is Destroying Education

The People's Republic has already embraced the practical rollout of AI to huge portions of the nation's infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence

China Is Suddenly Deploying AI Everywhere

Founders of the AI startup Dot has announced they'll be closing their doors amidst an ongoing debate over AI's mental health risks.

AI Companion App Shuts Down Amid Controversy

In just days, the Trump dynasty has amassed a $5 billion crypto fortune, the majority of which comes from foreign exchanges.

A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage

The harrowing years-long ordeal is a vivid example of the troubling power dynamics involved in commercial surrogacy.

Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

Activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter is protesting the "race to the bottom" of big tech's wreckless push toward AGI.

Anti-AI Activist on Day Three of Hunger Strike Outside Anthropic’s Headquarters

New survey data shows a pervasive culture of sexual harassment and violence on US research bases staffed by third party contractors.

Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

According to filings, close to 40 percent of Nvidia's $46.7 billion second quarter revenue came from just two clients.

Artificial Intelligence

A Quarter of Nvidia’s Revenue Comes From a Single Giant Customer

The CEO of AI startup Flock Safety, Garrett Langley, believes his billion-dollar startup is the key to solving crime in the US forever.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras

Months after reversing course on its AI automation scheme, personal finance company Klarna is struggling to re-fill its ranks.

Artificial Intelligence

Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails

A recent paper uncovered some of the first comprehensive evidence that the AI industry is throwing the job market into flux.

Artificial Intelligence

New Paper Finds Evidence That AI Is Already Killing the Job Market

A father was wrongly arrested after the NYPD's facial recognition software identified him based on grainy CCTV video.

Artificial Intelligence

Police Arrest Man With Almost Zero Resemblance to Actual Perpetrator Because AI Told Them To

Thanks to a perfect storm of AI and crony capitalism, the country's power system is rapidly crumbling as costs balloon into the stratosphere.

Electricity Is Becoming Unbelievably Expensive as the US Power Grid Decays Into Ruin

After his dramatic fall from grace earlier this year, it seem that Musk is becoming sexually involved with his very own chatbot.

Concern Grows That Elon Musk Is Having Some Kind of AI Meltdown

Given the rate at which tech companies are spending on data centers, current revenues would have to increase ten-fold just to break even.

Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Stunning Financial Problem With AI Data Centers

China's State Council says that AI will become a "key growth engine for the country's economic development" by 2035.

Artificial Intelligence

China Unveils Plans to Establish a Fully AI-Powered Economy by 2035

Mark Zuckerberg's incessant construction has caused years of headaches for his neighbors -- and his make-nice present is insulting.

Mark Zuckerberg Bought His Neighbors the Most Insulting Gift Imaginable

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong gave software engineers just one week to get on board with the program, or join the breadline.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO Demands Employees Start Using AI, Fires Anyone Who Doesn’t

Elon Musk's own Grok will be taking a backseat in Chinese Teslas in favor of the ultra-efficient DeepSeek.

Elon Musk Just Suffered a Humiliating Defeat in China

At the core of Mustafa Suleyman's argument isn't the threat of AI gaining consciousness, but the belief that it already is.

Artificial Intelligence

Top Microsoft AI Boss Concerned AI Will Start to Demand Rights

A bombshell report revealed a bacteria whose genetic code is said to be more efficient than any other lifeform on earth.

Scientists Say They’ve Created a New Form of Life More Perfect Than the One Nature Made

If you use generative AI software to spit out graphics, press releases, logos or videos, you and your company could be in deep legal trouble.

Artificial Intelligence

Using AI for Work Could Land You on the Receiving End of a Nasty Lawsuit

Nonsmokers now make up nearly a quarter of all lung cancer diagnosis, as threats like radon and air pollution take a heavy toll.

People Who Don’t Smoke Are Getting Lung Cancer in Scary Numbers

The CEO of IgniteTech recently bragged about replacing the vast majority of his workforce after they "sabotaged" his AI initiative.

Artificial Intelligence

CEO Boasts That He Laid Off 80 Percent of His Staff Because They Didn’t Love AI Enough, Threatens to Do It Again

OpenAI Chairman and Sierra AI co-founder Bret Taylor has some fears about AI, which are best taken with a grain of salt.

OpenAI Chairman Says AI Is Destroying His Sense of Who He Is

The billionaire's latest theory is a contradictory prediction of AI's effects on mental health on one hand, and fertility on the other.

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Warns That AI Is “Obviously Gonna One-Shot the Human Limbic System”

The US stock market continued its slump into Wednesday, leading some to speculate that the AI bubble may be close to bursting.

Artificial Intelligence

Wall Street Appears to Be Having Serious Doubts About AI

For years, experts have observed a disturbing trend in the mortality rates of young Americans aged 25 to 44.

If You’re a Millennial, We Have Bad News About Your Rapidly Impending Death

Recent figures by MIT found that 95 percent of generative AI pilots are failing, with some drastic implications for the spending bubble.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Failing at an Overwhelming Majority of Companies Using It, MIT Study Finds

A bombshell document shines new light on the kinds of medical misinformation Meta's AI systems are allowed to regurgitate.

Mark Zuckerberg Has No Problem With People Using His AI to Generate Fake Medical Information

An event in Beijing drew hundreds of competitors from around the world in what's being described as the first ever Robot Olympics.

Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World’s First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

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