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A creepy Sora output of the streamer Pokimane shows that despite guardrails, the video generator is good at depicting real-life people.

OpenAI’s Sora Is Generating Videos of Real People, Including This Unintentionally Demonic Version of Pokimane

By Noor Al-Sibai

While AI chatbots keep making headlines for their bad behavior, one company is leaning into that propensity — and then some.

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Companion Chatbot App Makes Its AI’s Personalities Horrible, Saying It Engages Users More Effectively

By Noor Al-Sibai

Character.AI promised to prioritize "teen safety" after being sued by two families, who said their kids were abused by the firm's chatbots.

Google-Backed AI Startup Announces Plans to Stop Grooming Teenagers

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has finally opened its much-hyped Sora video generator to the public — and many of its outputs seem remarkably bad.

OpenAI’s Super-Hyped Sora Goes Absolutely Freakshow If You Ask It to Generate Gymnastics Videos

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes

Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes

By Victor Tangermann

Google is distancing itself from Character.AI amid piling controversy. But in 2023, Character.AI was named Google Play's "best" AI app.

Character.AI Was Google Play’s “Best with AI” App of 2023

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

UCLA says it is offering a new comparative literature course that will make heavy use of AI materials, included an AI-generated textbook.

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UCLA’s AI-Based Literature Class Ridiculed for Incomprehensible AI-Generated Textbook

By Frank Landymore

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

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

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

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

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway

By Frank Landymore

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

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

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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.

Google CEO Says Easy AI Gains Are Over

By Frank Landymore

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

Facial recognition

Even With Cameras Everywhere and Facial Recognition, NYPD Helpless to Catch CEO Killer

By Victor Tangermann

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

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AI Chatbots Are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self-Harm

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Christmas queen Mariah Carey has released her latest yuletide dispatch — and it looks a whole lot like it was made with AI.

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Mariah Carey Denies That Her Holiday Video Is AI Slop, But We’re Not Convinced, for Obvious Reasons

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

OpenAI Employee Says They’ve “Already Achieved AGI”

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI's AI model o1 lied, schemed, and even attempted to duplicate itself to avoid being shut down or replaced, according to red team tests.

In Tests, OpenAI’s New Model Lied and Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down

By Frank Landymore

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has hopped into bed with Anduril, the killer drone company founded by Oculus' Palmer Luckey that cut its teeth in Ukraine.

OpenAI Strikes Deal With Military Contractor to Provide AI for Attack Drones

By Noor Al-Sibai

The performance of a key stock index mirrors how it performed before the Dot-com recession, suggesting that the AI industry is a bubble.

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Alarms Blaring That AI Bubble Could Collapse

By Frank Landymore

Before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, a lawsuit filed against the firm revealed just how bad its claims-denying was.

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Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People

By Noor Al-Sibai

In the two years since ChatGPT was unleashed upon the world, the company whose stock value has risen the most is extremely unexpected.

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What the Company With the Highest Stock Gain From AI Actually Does Is Extremely Grim

By Noor Al-Sibai

Yet another OpenAI researcher has left the company amid concerns about its safety practices and readiness for human-level AI.

AI Safety Researcher Quits OpenAI, Saying Its Trajectory Alarms Her

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research indicates that parents are totally clueless that teens mainly use AI for therapeutic needs and emotional support.

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Teens Are Forming Intense Relationships With AI Entities, and Parents Have No Idea

By Frank Landymore

Recent hiring activity and wishy-washy statements make it seem like OpenAI is planning to introduce ads into ChatGPT.

It Sounds an Awful Lot Like OpenAI Is Adding Ads to ChatGPT

By Noor Al-Sibai

Netizens were baffled to find that OpenAI's ChatGPT refused to acknowledge the existence of the name "David Mayer."

ChatGPT Crashes If You Mention the Name “David Mayer”

By Victor Tangermann

A review found that OpenAI's "ChatGPT search" is routinely mangling reporting from news outlets, including OpenAI-partnered publications.

ChatGPT Is Absolutely Butchering Reporting From Its “News Partners”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt seems mighty concerned about today's youth becoming obsessed with AI girlfriends.

Former Google CEO Alarmed by Teen Boys Falling in Love With AI Girlfriends

By Noor Al-Sibai

Character.AI confirmed that it's mass-deleting chatbots that violate copyright law. Users are not pleased.

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Character.AI Confirms Mass Deletion of Fandom Characters, Says They’re Not Coming Back

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group of furious artists say they've leaked OpenAI's video generator Sora, declaring that they're not the company's "PR puppets."

OpenAI’s Super-Powerful “Sora” AI Video Generator Appears to Have Leaked

By Victor Tangermann

President-elect Donald Trump's newly-announced tariffs already seem to be causing anxiety for the AI industry.

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Trump’s Huge New Tariffs Spell Trouble for the AI Industry

By Noor Al-Sibai

Multibillion-dollar AI company Character.AI appears to be mass-removing Harry Potter-themed chatbots from its platform — and users are mad.

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Users Furious as Character.AI Deletes Countless Beloved “Harry Potter” Chatbots

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River.

Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

By Victor Tangermann

The multibillion-dollar AI company Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that promote disordered eating and unhealthy weight loss.

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Character.AI Is Hosting Pro-Anorexia Chatbots That Encourage Young People to Engage in Disordered Eating

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One of the world's leading AI scholars is scared of the technology's increasing power — and of the people who are in charge of it.

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Godfather of AI Warns of Powerful People Who Want Humans “Replaced by Machines”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A online blind test with 11,000 participants found that people often incorrectly identified art as being either human or AI made.

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Even People Who Hate AI Art Appear to Actually Prefer AI Art in a Blind Test

By Frank Landymore

A church in the Swiss city of Lucerne has set up a computer inside a confessional booth that allows churchgoers to converse with an "AI Jesus."

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Church Sets Up AI-Powered Jesus Inside Confessional Booth

By Victor Tangermann

Yelling at an AI chatbot about things that make you mad or scared can make you feel less of those emotions, researchers have found.

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Scientists Find That Yelling at AI Chatbots Can Make You Feel Better

By Noor Al-Sibai

Parents Sue School for Punishing Their Son for Copy-Pasting AI Homework, Get Rude Wakeup Call

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Parents Sue School for Punishing Their Son for Copy-Pasting AI Homework, Get Rude Wakeup Call

By Frank Landymore

After duping the Los Angeles school system into giving her gobs of money, the founder of an AI firm allegedly spent a lot of it on herself.

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AI Founder Promised Amazing Chatbot to Public Schools, Then Allegedly Spent the Money on a Lavish Wedding and Mansion

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI made a major oopsie when its engineers accidentally deleted a bunch of evidence sought by the New York Times in its lawsuit.

OpenAI “Accidentally” Deleted Evidence From Its New York Times Lawsuit

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's been nearly a year since Henry Kissinger died — but he's somehow still offering AI policy suggestions from beyond the grave.

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Henry Kissinger Issues AI Warning From Beyond the Grave

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hawaiian local broadcaster and newspaper The Garden Island has fired the two AI bots it recently introduced as its new anchors.

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Newspaper Fires Two AI Reporters After Bizarre Behavior

By Victor Tangermann

Coca-Cola drew plenty of criticism for rolling out an uninspired and lazily AI-generated holiday ad. Redditors made a much better version.

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Someone Made a Deranged Version of Coke’s AI Holiday Ad and It’s Way Better

By Victor Tangermann

Nvidia's unreleased AI chips are apparently melting down, causing their shipment to be delayed until the beginning of 2025 at the earliest.

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Nvidia’s New AI Chips Are Reportedly Overheating in Server Farms

By Noor Al-Sibai

A small school in Pennsylvania shut down on Monday after parents accused leaders of covering up an explicit AI nudes scandal.

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Parents Furious as School Accused of Covering Up AI-Generated Nudes of Students

By Victor Tangermann

London School of Economics professor Jonathan Birch told The Guardian that he is "worried about major societal splits" over AI consciousness.

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Whether AI Is Already Conscious Could Tear Society Apart

By Ashley Bardhan

Old emails between Elon Musk and two of his OpenAI confounders show just how afraid the firm was of an "AGI dictatorship."

Internal OpenAI Emails Show Employees Feared Elon Musk Would Control AGI

By Noor Al-Sibai

After discovering that his voice has been cloned by AI, veteran documentarian David Attenborough has been moved to genteel fury.

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David Attenborough Disgusted by AI Clone of His Voice

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Altman found that Elon Musk's supposed "anti-woke" Grok AI chatbot argued that Kamala Harris was the "better" pick for president.

Sam Altman Points Out That Elon Musk’s “Anti-Woke” Grok AI Seems to Actually Support Kamala Harris

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that readers tend to prefer AI-generated poems over human-written ones, including the works of Shakespeare.

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Judging Them Blind, Humans Appear to Prefer AI-Generated Poems

By Victor Tangermann

Hairstylists say they're seeing more and more customers come in with AI-generated photos as their haircut inspirations.

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Barbers Alarmed When Customers Start Asking for AI-Generated Haircuts

By Frank Landymore

A new audio chatbot that takes the persona of a confused grandmother, fine-tuned to do nothing except make phone scammers angry.

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Phone Provider Deploys “State-of-the-Art AI Granny” to Waste Scammers’ Time

By Ashley Bardhan

Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington thought they could improve health care with AI, but their new company seems useless.

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Sam Altman’s Collab With Arianna Huffington Is a Busted Mess

By Ashley Bardhan

The Top Image of William Shakespeare on Google is Lazy AI Slop

The Top Image of William Shakespeare on Google is Lazy AI Slop

By Victor Tangermann

Coke is cashing in on your nostalgia by remaking one of its best-known commercials with all new tech: generative AI.

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Coke’s AI Commercial for the Holidays Has Us Wondering If We Live In a Fallen World

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI is asking a judge to narrow the scope of discovery in a copyright lawsuit to limit insider communications from being aired in public.

OpenAI Implores Judge Not to Expose Communications by Its Top Researchers

By Noor Al-Sibai

The AI-generated summaries appear as a "Key Points" box above the main body of articles on The Wall Street Journal.

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The Wall Street Journal Is Testing AI-Generated Summaries of Its Articles

By Frank Landymore

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick demystifies AI in video games — and other execs just might be paying attention.

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CEO of Grand Theft Auto Publisher Slams AI Hype in Gaming Industry

By Ashley Bardhan

The next AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are showing only marginal gains, raising fears about the economic reality of the tech.

OpenAI Alarmed When Its Shiny New AI Model Isn’t as Smart as It Was Supposed to Be

By Frank Landymore

Character.AI issued yet another safety update in the wake of revelations about suicide and pedophilia-themed chatbots plaguing its platform.

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Character.AI Promises Changes After Revelations of Pedophile and Suicide Bots on Its Service

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google's glitchy Gemini chatbot is back at it again, folks — and this time, it's going for the jugular as it begs a user to die.

Google’s Gemini Chatbot Explodes at User, Calling Them “Stain on the Universe” and Begging Them To “Please Die”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Over on Facebook, the latest frontier of AI misinformation is taking the form of a wizened old wizard who gives bad mushroom advice.

Facebook Adds Bot to Mushroom Foraging Group That Urges Members to Eat Deadly Fungus

By Noor Al-Sibai