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Following a major outcry among Christian and far-right influencers, president Donald Trump deleted a picture of himself as Jesus.
Ethics

Trump Is Inflicting Massive Damage to His Public Image by Posting Offensive AI Slop

"I will not defend blasphemy."

By Victor Tangermann

LLMs aren't trained on the "vast majority of speech," experts warn, a major blind spot that could have sweeping consequences.
Ethics

There’s Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs

"Our sense of the world may become distorted in ways we have barely begun to comprehend."

By Victor Tangermann

A large industrial power plant with multiple cooling towers and two tall smokestacks emitting white smoke is visible in the distance. In the foreground, there is a vast area of disturbed land with muddy, water-filled pits and earth-moving equipment. Surrounding the disturbed land are dense green forests, and beyond the power plant, there are more industrial buildings and infrastructure. The sky is clear and blue.
Pollution

Trump Moves to Let Coal Companies Pollute Waterways With Their Toxic Slag

"The Trump administration just took a sledgehammer to the health protections in place for toxic coal pollution."

By Joe Wilkins

The considerable role OpenAI's blockbuster chatbot ChatGPT played in two recent mass shootings has experts concerned.
Ethics

Why Do ChatGPT Users Keep Committing Mass Shootings?

It's quickly becoming a horrifying trend.

By Victor Tangermann

Experts say Trump's proposed budget for NASA is incredibly vague, "sloppy," and extremely likely to be shot down by Congress.
Mars

There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget

"This is the least transparent NASA budget request I've ever seen."

By Victor Tangermann

Close-up of a person's face on the left side, illuminated with red light, showing a serious expression. In the background on the right, a blurred figure wearing a dark hooded garment is partially visible, holding onto a vertical surface, with a blue-toned environment behind them.
OpenAI

Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

"His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A stack of red baseball caps with white embroidered text reading "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN." The caps also feature a white arrow design on the side and an American flag patch on the back. The caps are held in a person's hand.
Mental Health

Psychological Research Finds Trump Supporters Are Not Doing Well

"I wanted to give those supporters a chance to explain in their own words why they support him."

By Joe Wilkins

According to a shocking new investigation by The Western Edge, Amazon tried to keep the April 6 death of a worker a secret.
Future Society

Amazon Accused of Hiding Worker’s Death for a Week, Making Employees Keep Working as Corpse Lay on Floor

"Let’s get back to work."

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's plans to add facial recognition tech to its smart glasses, as part of a new feature dubbed "Name Tag," has outraged rights groups.
Meta

Huge Group of Experts Warns Meta That Its Pervert Glasses Will Enable Terrible Crimes

The company's latest controversial product "will harm vulnerable people while further imperiling our democracy."

By Victor Tangermann

A humanoid Unitree G1 robot can be seen chasing a small flock of wild boars through an empty car parking lot in Warsaw, Poland.
Robotics

Video Shows Humanoid Robot Chasing a Pack of Wild Boars

It's like "Horizon Zero Dawn," but in reverse.

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is using AI to develop a "photorealistic, AI-powered 3D" version of himself that can interact with staffers.
Meta

Meta Secretly Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg so No Employee Can Ever Escape His Watchful Eye

There's no escape.

By Victor Tangermann

A person wearing a black graduation gown and cap is holding a diploma with a ribbon while covering their face with one hand. The background features a large yellow circle and several blue and red humanoid robots.
Ethics

Recent Grads Say AI Is Making It Impossible to Find a Job

"I feel helpless."

By Joe Wilkins

Denialists are ironically pointing to faked, AI-generated footage as "proof" that NASA had staged its latest trip around the Moon.
Artificial Intelligence

Moon Denialists Are So Pathetic That They’re Using AI to Fake Artemis Footage

This is just sad.

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of gloved hands holding a syringe and a vaccine vial, with the syringe needle inserted into the vial. The background features a stylized American flag with white stars on a black field on the left and red and white stripes on the right. The image has a high-contrast, blue-tinted effect on the hands and syringe.
RX and Medicine

CDC Caught Burying Report on Real Effects of COVID Vaccine

RFK Jr "has a fixed, immutable belief that vaccines cause harm."

By Joe Wilkins

Two partially unwrapped burritos with foil at the bottom, set against a blurred background of a car driving through a tunnel with green and yellow lights.
Future Society

A New Study Found Something Disturbing About the Way Delivery Workers Drive to Get You Your Burrito

"It kind of bothers me that to be on time for about 75 percent of my trips, I'd have to exceed the speed limit rather a little bit."

By Joe Wilkins

Two clenched fists in black and white are shown wearing handcuffs against a solid bright orange background. The image has a high-contrast, stylized effect with a slight shadow around the fists.
Facial recognition

Man Suing City After AI Camera Flags Him For Wrongful Arrest

He was a "100 percent match."

By Joe Wilkins

Nike's reportedly AI-designed World Cup jerseys debuted with comically misshapen shoulders that are impossible to ignore.
Artificial Intelligence

Nike’s AI Designed World Cup Jerseys Are a Disaster

"This is a stupid, STUPID design."

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is shown smoking while wearing headphones and speaking into a microphone. A tweet from Elon Musk is overlaid, stating that The Boring Company could build a Hyperloop tunnel from downtown San Francisco to downtown Los Angeles for less than 5% of the cost of subsidizing free flights between the two cities, calling it a technological marvel exceeding any high-speed rail on Earth. The tweet references a post by Hans Mahncke about the cost of subsidizing free flights.
Hyperloop

Elon Musk Says He Could Definitely Build a Public Transit System Better Than Anything In China If He Tried

Sure.

By Frank Landymore

A hand reaching towards a bright white light source, surrounded by a red and orange glowing aura. The image has a dramatic, high-contrast effect with the hand appearing as a dark silhouette against the intense light.
Climate Change

Heat Waves Are Getting So Brutal That They Just Kill You, Full Stop

"If it's already happening now, then what does a future that is two or three degrees warmer hold?"

By Joe Wilkins

A close-up view of a blue car's rear side and spinning wheel on a road, with a black silhouette of a duck standing nearby. The background features a bright orange sky and a guardrail along the road.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Runs Down Mother Duck Taking Care of Her Eggs, Flees Scene

"It didn't slow down or hesitate at all."

By Frank Landymore