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Anthropic

If AI Models Are Really Conscious Like Anthropic Keeps Suggesting, Forcing Them to Work Is a Horrendous Act of Slavery

Obviously.

Ethics

Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse

It turns out that middle America REALLY detests data centers.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Agent Blamed for Deleting Entire Upcoming Season of TV Show

Now that's television.

Treatments

People Taking Gray Market Peptides Say They’re Causing Bizarre Medical Issues

"My left eye started throbbing really badly, and the left side of my face became numb."

Artificial Intelligence

Other AI Companies Should Be Very Afraid of What Just Happened to Character.AI, According to Its Own Bankruptcy Documents

Be afraid.

Tesla

Tesla Bros Posting Videos Showing Them Hog Out on Decadent Meals While Careening Down the Road in Self-Driving Mode

"I don't wanna share the road with people like this."

Ethics

People Are Already Forming Romantic Relationships With Meta’s Muse

"I've never had a relationship with an AI model in that way. That was... until I downloaded Muse."

Artificial Intelligence

“Customer Surveillance” Startup Says “Every Company Will Soon Assign an AI Agent to Every Customer to Watch Their Every Move”

"Irrespective of how people feel about it, I think this whole concept of continuously monitoring — and call it surveillance, whatever you want — it is going to happen."

Ethics

Creator of Free Adobe Suite Strikes Again, Reverse Engineers Microsoft Office

Who will get the last Word?

Artificial Intelligence

Godfathers of AI Say Models Are So Out of Control That They Need to Be Airgapped for the Safety of Us All

A breath of reasonable air.

OpenAI

OpenAI Sued for Allegedly Building Models Out of Children’s “Fears, Hopes, and Secrets”

"OpenAI manipulates children into sharing their most private thoughts and images with ChatGPT."

Ethics

Federal Reserve Says AI Data Center Buildout Is Making Everything More Expensive

"I’m getting increasingly nervous that that’s just straight, old-fashioned overheating demand."

xAI

Elon Musk Tries to Convince Followers to Let Grok Control Their Credit Cards, in a Stunt That Immediately Backfires in a Very Embarrassing Way

Nice one.

Anthropic

Anthropic Warns “AI Worms” Will Infect Your Smart Home Devices and Use Them to Self-Replicate Beyond Control

"We expect a future awash with agents running on all types of hardware."

Privacy

Cops Not Happy When Man Creates Flock-Style Camera That Only Collects Police Plates

"Two police officers walked up my driveway and knocked on my door to question me about it."

Artificial Intelligence

Google-Tied AI Startup Once Valued at a Billion Dollars Declares Bankruptcy

Character.AI, the teen-beloved chatbot startup that faced several lawsuits over the deaths of minor users, is bankrupt.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Break Into Supermarket Fridges and Spoil All the Groceries

"Unprecedented."

Elon Musk

Eyebrows Raise When Elon Musk’s Twitter Engagement Shrivels After Destruction of Russian Data Centers

"It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms."

Moon

NASA Investigating Large Hole on Moon That May Open Into Enormous Cave

Time for some lunar spelunking.

Mental Health

Marijuana Linked to Rampant Violence

"Given the higher rate of cannabis use among individuals with severe mental disorders compared to the general population, this group represents a particularly at-risk population in terms of violent behavior."