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Data Privacy

Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky

It's the company's "fastest growing business unit."

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Physics

Cop Used Electrocution Gloves to Subdue High School Student in Special Education Program

"We are constantly seeking ways to keep the public and police officers safe through innovations like G.L.O.V.E."

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, leaves the Senate Republicans' lunch meeting in the U.S. Capitol.
Ethics

Leaked Memo Shows Republicans Are Terrified of the Backlash Against AI Data Centers

"This has become a sleeper issue for the entire election cycle."

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Neuroscience and Brain

We Are Admittedly Creeped Out by These Chunks of Human Brain Matter That Have Lived Longer Than a Toddler

Apart from being creepy, they serve an important purpose.

AI Overview search results for "i'm alone with an Indian" on Google.
Ethics

Google AI Giving Staggeringly Racist “Advice” About Being Alone With Certain Groups of People

"Leave the area or call emergency services right away."

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Finance

The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and Utilities

"It’s a roller-coaster ride, up and down — I can't afford to have an emergency."

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OpenAI

OpenAI Halts AI Training on Advanced Model as It Detects Dark Signs Emerging

"As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow."

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Space Force

Space Force Pulls Weapons on Innocent People They Thought Were Intruders

Whoops!

Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference.
Artificial Intelligence

Flock Says It’s “Taking a Break” From Responding to Media Requests

"Our media team is currently touching grass."

Screenshots of convention goers riding a robot horse.
Robot Dogs

Chinese Startup Shows Off Robot Horse You Can Actually Ride

"We had the horseless carriage, now we have the horseless horse."

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The Industrialists

Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety

"He created a false and misleading impression of Facebook's commitment to young people."

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Health & Medicine

Trump’s Bizarre AI Post About Bombing Americans With Diarrhea Is Turning Out to Be a Weirdly Perfect Prediction of His Presidency

Trump's feces slop was — unfortunately — prophetic.

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Finance

European Central Bank Warns That AI Crash Is Looming

"A US AI fallout would not remain a US problem."

A screengrab from a Unitree video shows one of its robots leaping to incredible heights.
Robotics

Unitree’s New Robot Can Sprint Faster Than Usain Bolt, Though the Way It Moves May Give You Nightmares About Demons

There's no outrunning the machines now.

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Ethics

ChatGPT for Teens Is an Immediate, Dismal Failure

Did OpenAI think this through at all?

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Robotaxi With No Driver Spotted Smashing Through Traffic Barriers

"It ran through the bollards. Holy sh*t."

A Waipio Little League team player hits a home run during the World Series Championship.
Finance

Sports Betting Site Boasts That It’s Letting Users Bet on Little League Players

"Betting on children is repulsive. Get help."

Red and white sign informing drivers that Flock cameras are collecting license plates.
Privacy

Flock’s Network Is Losing Value to Cops as More and More of Its Cameras Go Offline

More poles going down prevents new poles from going up.

A photo illustration of a teen filming a girl in distress at school using smart glasses.
Ethics

Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools

"I'm about to break those glasses."

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Education

Teachers Warn That Students Are Losing the Ability to Think as They Lean on AI for Everything

"If writing is thinking, then any part of the struggle that is outsourced to technology amounts to relinquishing some freedom to perceive."