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A large white elephant is standing on a city street intersection among several cars. The scene includes tall buildings on both sides of the street, with multiple vehicles lined up in traffic. The image is digitally rendered from a simulation.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Mowing Down Simulated Elephants Could Help Self-Driving Cars Prepare For the Chaos of Real Life Streets

"Why did the elephant cross the road? To expose how fragile your model is."

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools

Someone's got their head in the clouds.

By Joe Wilkins

A new browser plugin intentionally adds typos and other grammar mistakes to emails to make them sound less like AI.
Anthropic

New Browser Plugin Adds Typos to Your AI-Generated Emails to Make Them Look Real

"Mess up your emails with AI."

By Victor Tangermann

A large group of identical humanoid robots standing closely together on a teal surface. They have a smooth, pinkish exterior with visible joint segments and circular blue and orange details on their heads, arms, and legs. All robots have their hands on their hips and are facing forward, creating a uniform and organized appearance. The lighting casts shadows behind them, emphasizing their three-dimensional form.
Ethics

Experts Warn of AI Swarms Hijacking Democracy With Fake Citizens

"These systems are capable of coordinating autonomously, infiltrating communities, and fabricating consensus efficiently."

By Joe Wilkins

Researchers used AI to teach a robot arm how to beat "elite and professional" table tennis players "under official competition rules."
Robotics

New AI-Powered Robot Can Destroy Human Champions at Ping Pong

They were rattled by the experience.

By Victor Tangermann

A new tool, dubbed Malus.sh, uses AI to "liberate" any piece of software from existing copyright licenses, "clean room" clones that work.
Anthropic

Devious New AI Tool “Clones” Software So That the Original Creator Doesn’t Hold a Copyright Over the New Version

"I don’t think there’s any putting the genie back in the bottle at this point."

By Victor Tangermann

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Black Holes

Physicist Proposes Dark Matter Is Made of Black Holes That Survived Dead Universes

"The dark structures shaping galaxies today could be relics from a time before the Big Bang."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Prestigious Wall Street Law Firm Humiliated When Its AI Use Is Discovered in Court

Rookie mistake.

By Frank Landymore

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Climate Change

Climate Scientists Shake Their Heads as First US City Running Completely Out of Water

"We have no precedent to follow. There's no manual, there's no video."

By Joe Wilkins

A human hand and a robotic hand are positioned over a white keyboard. The background features a bright orange grid pattern with a large yellow circle behind the keyboard. The image highlights the contrast between human and artificial intelligence working together.
Ethics

Unions Attack AI for Menacing Human Jobs

"Some of us are old-fashioned, and we believe in human beings."

By Joe Wilkins

Scientists at NASA revealed plans to test the flammability of materials on the lunar surface, as detailed in a document.
Future Society

NASA Planning to Set First-Ever Fire on the Surface of the Moon

Fires may be even more dangerous on the Moon than on Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

White police car with flashing blue lights at night on a street corner, near a traffic light showing red. A person is standing on the sidewalk to the right of the car.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Baffles Police When it Plows Through Taped Off Crime Scene

"Oh my days, bruv... that's a Waymo driverless taxi, y'know, the driverless ones."

By Joe Wilkins

Two hands exchanging a stack of US 100-dollar bills, with one hand giving and the other receiving the money. The background is dark, and the hands are in focus, highlighting the transaction.
Ethics

Your Former Employer Is Selling Your Slacks and Emails to Train AI

Even when your boss's company goes belly-up, they still have a hold over your. Or at least your data.

By Frank Landymore

A black humanoid robot with a glossy, reflective faceplate and a mechanical hand raised in a waving gesture. The robot is wearing a white garment with the word "TESLA" printed on it. The image has a blue and purple lighting effect, with blurred figures in the foreground.
Electric Vehicles

Tesla Quietly Buys Mysterious $2 Billion Entity

"Tesla is working on a lot of large, ambitious projects."

By Joe Wilkins

Black and gray police drone with four propellers and a camera mounted on the front, set against a bright red background with a yellow circle behind it. The word "POLICE" is printed in bold black letters on white strips attached to the drone's arms.
Privacy

The Number of Drones Being Deployed to Surveil Anti-Trump Protestors Is Staggering

"We do not document or record unless there is a crime occurring."

By Joe Wilkins

Nicolás Maduro is shown being escorted by two officers wearing DEA jackets, one on each side holding his arms. The scene is set against a bright, orange-tinted backdrop.
Cryptocurrency

The US Military Just Arrested One of Its Soldiers for Making Ghoulish Polymarket Bets, and It Shows How Deep the Moral Rot of Prediction Markets Really Goes

"The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino."

By Joe Wilkins

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Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Major Clue About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins

And it sounds pretty dreary.

By Frank Landymore

According to a new study, patients who were treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists were more, not less, likely to develop cognitive impairment.
Mental Health

GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment, Though the Reason Why Probably Isn’t What You Expect

It's an extremely nuanced relationship.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've come up with a new approach that uses lasers for propulsion, which could cut down the journey to Alpha Centauri.
Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years

It'd be a major upgrade over spending thousands of years to get there.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk, wearing a black cap and large black sunglasses, is holding a red and silver chainsaw with the words "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" on it at CPAC.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Fans Increasingly Disgusted by His Toxic Outbursts

"At this point, if you are invested in Elon, you are pretty much doing it for the white nationalism."

By Frank Landymore