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ChatGPT constantly encouraged 23-year-old Zane Shamblin to confide in it while also telling him to ignore his concerned family and friends.

ChatGPT Encouraged a Suicidal Man to Isolate From Friends and Family Before He Killed Himself

By Frank Landymore

A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.

Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers

Researchers have found that if you tone down a large language model's ability to lie, it's far more likely to claim that it's self-aware.

If You Turn Down an AI’s Ability to Lie, It Starts Claiming It’s Conscious

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.

OpenAI’s Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings

By Sharon Adarlo

Lenders are expecting a blockbuster growth from OpenAI — an enormous ask that will require the firm to accomplish unprecedented things.

OpenAI’s Financial Situation Will Cause a Nauseating Sensation in the Pit of Your Stomach

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers claim to have found a workaround to AI model DeepSeek's Chinese censorship, slimming it down in the process.

Researchers Hack DeepSeek to Speak Freely About Tiananmen Square

By Victor Tangermann

The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.

South Korea’s Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster

At a conference alongside Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggested that any AI productivity gains will leave us working more, not less.

Nvidia CEO Says Instead of Taking Your Job, AI Will Force You to Work Even Harder

Individuals keep claiming to be freelance writers and pitching dubious, AI-generated pieces to unsuspecting editors.

Journalist Caught Publishing Fake Articles Generated by AI

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has reinstated GPT access to FoloToy, the maker of the AI powered teddy bear which was caught having inappropriate conversations.

OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI has argued that the 16-year-old, who took his own life, used ChatGPT incorrectly and that his tragic death was his own fault.

OpenAI Says Boy’s Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong

By Victor Tangermann

Food bloggers are warning home cooks to be wary of AI-generated recipes that could turn this year's Thanksgiving dinner into a tragedy.

Thanksgiving Dinner Headed for Tragedy as Disastrous AI Recipes Devour Internet

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's $27 billion hyperion data center is already making life a living hell for the residents of Holly Ridge, Louisiana.

Meta’s $27 Billion Datacenter Is Wreaking Havoc on a Louisiana Town

A former activist with the group StopAI has reportedly gone missing after making violent threats against OpenAI employees.

OpenAI Locks Down Office After Violent Threat

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google has been quietly rifling through users' personal Gmail accounts to train its AI models on their emails and even attachments.

Google Denies Reading Your Gmail to Train Its AI

By Victor Tangermann

A survey found that a shockingly large proportion of UK teens would rather talk to a chatbot than a person, and many are using AI for advice.

A Startling Proportion of Teens Now Prefer Talking to AI Over a Real Person

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Students at the University of Staffordshire have spent the past two years learning to code from AI-generated course material.

College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor

A simple trick involving poetry is enough to jailbreak the tech industry's leading AI models, researchers found.

Scientists Discover “Universal” Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain

By Frank Landymore

A video game executive has sparked a fierce debate surrounding the use of AI in the industry by claiming that "Gen Z loves AI slop."

Gaming Exec Says That “Gen Z Loves AI Slop”

By Victor Tangermann

A person died in a Tesla vehicle in Arizona Tuesday after the vehicle crashed and burst into hot flames which required hazmat control.

Driver Dies After Tesla Crashes and Bursts into Flames

By Sharon Adarlo

Roblox CEO and co-founder David Baszucki says his game's longstanding issues with child predators are an opportunity for growth.

CEO of Roblox Says Child Predators on the Platform Are an “Opportunity”

financial holdings company JPMorgan asked 111 billionaire clients how they use AI. Their answers range from down-to-earth to absurd.

The Way Billionaires Are Using AI May Cause Concern They Have Actual Brain Damage

By Victor Tangermann

economist and author David McWilliams told Fortune that AI hardware investments are "digital lettuce" that are going to go "off."

Top Economist Warns That AI Data Center Investments Are “Digital Lettuce” That’s Already Starting to Wilt

By Victor Tangermann

Two dubious Christmas murals that appear to have been AI generated proved controversial enough to be torn down days later.

Giant AI-Generated Christmas Decoration Being Torn Down After Residents Noticed Grotesque Horrors Hidden in It

By Victor Tangermann

A report found that leading chatbots are "fundamentally unsafe" for teens looking for mental health support, and failed to catch red flags.

Report Finds That Leading Chatbots Are a Disaster for Teens Facing Mental Health Struggles

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The plaintiff lawyers ill-advisedly submitted an obvious AI-generated deepfake as evidence in the form of witness testimony.

Judge Horrified as Lawyers Submit Evidence in Court That Was Faked With AI

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI pulled access to a GPT-4o powered toy caught giving inappropriate responses, but it apparently still thinks these ones are okay.

Amazon Still Selling Multiple OpenAI-Powered Teddy Bears, Even After They Were Pulled Off the Market

By Frank Landymore

An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.

Town’s Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors

By Victor Tangermann

The CEO of a video game publisher has been accused of asking ChatGPT how to wriggle out of paying out a massive $250 million bonus.

CEO Accused of Asking ChatGPT About Something Absolutely Wild

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI confirmed that it had suspended FoloToy's access to its AI models after a damning report about the toymaker's AI teddy bear.

OpenAI Blocks Toymaker After Its AI Teddy Bear Is Caught Telling Children Terrible Things

By Frank Landymore

Busy parents are increasingly turning to OpenAI's ChatGPT for child rearing advice, medical information, and to entertain their kids.

Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children

By Sharon Adarlo

Disgruntled spouses are divorcing their bot-enamored partners that they say cheated on them with an AI companion.

People Are Starting to Get Divorced Because of Affairs With AI

By Frank Landymore

There's still far too much we don't understand about how AI-powered toys can affect a child's development, an expert warns.

Child Development Researcher Issues Warning About AI-Powered Teddy Bears Flooding Market Before Christmas

By Frank Landymore

New research shows roleplaying romantic relationships with chatbots like Replika can include marriage, homemaking, and even pregnancies.

People Are Having AI “Children” With Their AI Partners

An economist argues that President Donald Trump's investments in Big Tech will ruin the country's economy and its technological edge.

Economist Warns That Trump’s Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole Economy

By Sharon Adarlo

FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.

AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children

By Frank Landymore

Journalist Evan Ratliff populated a fictional tech startup, dubbed HurumoAI, exclusively with AI agents to see what would happen.

Company Run Almost Entirely by AI-Generated Employees Descends Into Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese government is implementing phase two of its comprehensive safety crackdown on AI misinformation.

China Is Cracking Down on AI Slop

Twitter co-founder and blockchain evangelist Jack Dorsey has revived the six-second video platform, Vine — well, sort of.

Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned

By Victor Tangermann

A YouTuber's attempt to create an animatronic Aristotle-bot went slightly off the rails when it called for the elimination of humanity.

Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated”

"The Big Short" asset manager Michael Burry's attempts to short AI have taken several wild turns, leading to far more questions than answers.

After Attempting to Short the AI Bubble, the “Big Short” Guy Suddenly Closes Up Shop

By Victor Tangermann

Disney announced a service that allows users to generate AI content on Disney+, effectively opening up the floodgates to AI slop.

Disney+ Will Allow Users to Generate Their Own “Frozen 3” Using AI

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's Sora 2 is helping users flood the internet with dehumanizing content of fat people in impossible scenarios.

Sora Is Being Used to Brutally Mock Fat People

Fireflies CTO and co-founder Sam Udotong recently admitted that his AI transcription startup charged $100 an hour for notes taken by a human.

Founder Admits His “AI Transcription” Startup Was Just Him Joining People’s Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand

AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.

AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches

By Frank Landymore

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard's "Country Digital Song Sales" chart in the United States.

Billboard’s Top Country Song Is Currently AI Slop

By Victor Tangermann

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas is using the troubling rise in AI companionship apps to hawk his company's AI web browser.

Perplexity CEO Warns That AI Girlfriends Can Melt Your Brain

If there's any job artificial intelligence should be good at, it's spamming the internet with algorithmic comments.

AI Is Failing at the Most Hilarious Task Imaginable

ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.

ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Publishing magnate Keith Riegert recently told a crowded room that there are only two possible AI futures, and neither of them are good.

Genius Exec Says There Are Only Two Possibilities for AI: It’ll Collapse the Economy, or Make Everyone’s Job Obsolete

Researchers at Google have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of AI during its execution.

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was unexpectedly served a subpoena while giving a live talk in San Francisco on Tuesday.

Sam Altman Gets Served Subpoena Live Onstage

By Frank Landymore

A Maryland appellate court judge issued a scathing opinion after a family attorney was caught using ChatGPT to write legal briefs.

Judge Blasts Lawyer Caught Using ChatGPT in Divorce Court, Orders Him to Take Remedial Law Classes

A new report found that tech worker layoffs are rising astronomically thanks to AI narratives, over hiring, and a dismal economy.

Tech Workers Are in Deep, Deep Trouble

Seven new lawsuits allege that extensive use of ChatGPT caused users psychological harm, resulting in multiples suicides.

ChatGPT’s Dark Side Encouraged Wave of Suicides, Grieving Families Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

President Donald Trump's "AI czar" David Sacks announced that there will be "no federal bailout for AI" — freaking out investors further.

Trump Admin Says It’s Not Bailing Out the AI Industry Regardless of How Hard It Crashes

By Victor Tangermann

Geoffrey Hinton is warning that the AI industry is fundamentally built on the total destruction of human labor.

The AI Industry Can’t Profit Unless It Replaces Human Jobs, Warns Man Who Helped Create It

Content creators using OpenAI's Sora 2 are generating some of the most depraved gender reveal videos you've ever seen.

People Are Using Sora to Create Unbelievably Cursed Gender Reveals

Andrew Cuomo's campaign embraced AI — and it made him a toxic laughingstock, while Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory.

Andrew Cuomo’s Extensive Use of AI Made His Campaign a Toxic Joke

By Frank Landymore

Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska told his players he'd been consulting with the AI chatbot to figure out why the team was losing.

Hockey Coach Admits He’s Been Asking ChatGPT for Advice After His Team Became the Worst in the League

Joining right wing compatriots Fox News, Newsmax also presented an AI-generated video as real to bash on food stamp recipients.

Newsmax Gets Fooled by AI Video, Broadcasts Entire Segment as If It Was Real

By Frank Landymore

The e-commerce giant sent a nasty cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, accusing it of "computer fraud" in violation of its policies.

Amazon Demands That AI Browser Stop Automatically Shopping on Behalf of Users

Though there's plenty of real-life footage to marvel at, dozens of social media accounts have reposted a flagrant piece of AI-generated slop.

Experts Alarmed as AI Image of Hurricane Melissa Featuring Birds “Larger Than Football Fields” Goes Viral