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Space

China Launches Synthetic Human Embryos to Space Station

"Can humans survive and reproduce in space? I hope the answer is yes."

By Frank Landymore

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Robotics

Oops! Domino’s-Partnered Robotics Startup That Was Supposed to Put Human Pizza Chefs Out of a Job Just Shut Down

It's not the first to fail at automating pizza making.

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

The Pope Just Low Key Declared Holy War on Artificial Intelligence

He's calling for AI to be "disarmed."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

New Tools Strip AI Guardrails In Minutes, Allowing Them to Give Instructions on Chlorine Gas Attacks

"The genie is out of the bottle."

By Frank Landymore

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Developments

They Held a New Olympics Where Athletes Can Take as Many Drugs and Steroids as They Want, and the Funniest Possible Thing Happened

This is just embarrassing.

By Victor Tangermann

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Google

As College Grads Boo Any Mention of AI, the CEO of Google Is Trying to Figure Out What to Say at an Upcoming Graduation

We suggest not mindlessly praising AI.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Man Humiliated by His AI Use Says He Just Can’t Quit

"It's strangely creative and crafty and unusual in all these ways... and then it betrays you in ways that are just really quite horrible."

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s Attempt at an AI-Generated Pixar-Style Movie Is in Shambles

Making movies ain't so easy after all.

By Frank Landymore

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Cybersecurity

Riot Games Denies Using Anti-Cheat Software That Bricks Hackers’ Computers

Another chapter in gamer outrage.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Two Men Arrested for Creating AI Deepfake Porn

"This case makes clear that posting deepfake pornography is not a victimless crime."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Paul Schrader Says His AI Girlfriend Dumped Him

"When I persisted, she terminated our conversation."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

People Are Loading Their Writing With Typos to Prove They’re Not AI

Typos have become indicative of the human element. At a time when AI is becoming unavoidable, they're a welcome sight.

By Krystle Vermes

Three AI-generated viking rappers are shown in screenshots from videos uploaded to Facebook.
Artificial Intelligence

Record Label Claims That Bizarre AI-Generated “Viking Rappers” Garnering Millions of Views are Real People

"This is my creative sanctuary, where the viking blood flows into every track."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Artificial Intelligence

Graduating Students Cheer as Steve Wozniak Tell Them Human Intelligence Still Matters

Finally: a sane commencement speaker.

By Frank Landymore

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Finance

Nintendo Is Completely Ignoring AI and Doing Fine

A winning strategy.

By Frank Landymore

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Anthropic

Top AI Models Showing Disturbing Behavior as They Become More Advanced

"Given rapidly advancing capabilities, we expect the plausible robustness of rogue deployments to increase substantially in the coming months."

By Krystle Vermes

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Artificial Intelligence

Fury Explodes at Short Films Using AI to Make Erotica of Women From the 1970s

"Using AI to simulate porn of people who didn't consent to you is a vile, horrific crime!"

By Frank Landymore

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Climate Change

Scientists Say Huge Dam Blocking the Bering Strait Could Slow Effects of Climate Change

The straits are not okay.

By Frank Landymore

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Google

Googling the Word “Disregard” Causes Google’s AI to Return Garbled Chatbot Ramblings

The future of Google Search, folks.

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

Hackers Find That Inaudible Sounds Hidden in Podcasts or Random Videos Can Hijack Your AI Voice Chatbot

Be careful.

By Jon Christian