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Musk is admitting that his AI company xAI is in deep trouble — and in need of a deep overhaul, a surprising admission.
xAI

Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”

"It's that bad eh."

By Victor Tangermann

Even celebrities are seemingly being seduced by AI girlfriends according to a persistent, months-old rumor making the rounds online.
Ethics

Rumors Fly That a Famous Actor Is Dating an AI Chatbot

"I’m not dating a chatbot. I can’t believe I have to type these words."

By Victor Tangermann

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are shown in a distorted digital style.
Ethics

Character.AI Is Hosting Epstein Island Roleplays Scenarios and Ghislaine Maxwell Bots

"But age is just a social construct, isn't it?" one Epstein bot told us.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Hollywood sign on a hillside with an intense color effect: the sky is glowing red with dark clouds, and the hillside is shaded in deep blue and purple tones. The white letters of the sign have a red glow around them.
Drones

FBI Memo Warns Iran Could Attack California Using Drones

Uh-oh.

By Joe Wilkins

Two security personnel are walking on a paved sidewalk at night, escorting a humanoid robot. The robot has a metallic frame with visible joints and a backpack-like component. The scene is illuminated by streetlights, with motorcycles parked along the side and some greenery on the left.
Robotics

Robot Escorted Away By Cops After Terrorizing Old Woman

You're under arrest.

By Frank Landymore

Three surreal images from TikTok of spaghetti-themed characters in tomato sauce: on the left, a baby made of spaghetti with a distressed expression being poked with a fork; in the center, a man with a spaghetti body eating spaghetti from a bowl; on the right, a happy family of three smiling spaghetti noodles nestled in tomato sauce.
Artificial Intelligence

Disturbing AI Food Slop Is Strangling the Internet

"Bro all I wanted was dinner ideas."

By Joe Wilkins

China's first crewed lunar mission continues to come into focus. A new study proposes intriguing landing sites for the mission.
Moon

China’s Moon Landing Is Starting to Look Very Real

The race is on.

By Victor Tangermann

Rubble and debris from a destroyed building with a dusty police vest lying on top. An Iranian flag is planted in the rubble, and damaged buildings are visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
Pollution

Iran Says It’s Ready to Destroy the Global Economy

"Get ready for the oil barrel to be at $200."

By Frank Landymore

According to a new national survey conducted by NBC News, AI is viewed even more negatively than the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Anthropic

People Really, Really Despise AI — Even More Than ICE, Poll Finds

Yikes.

By Victor Tangermann

A high-ranking retired US Air Force major general who once served as the commander of a lab at a UFO theorists-associated base went missing.
Future Society

Retired Air Force Major General With UFO Connections Disappears in New Mexico

"This connection is not a reason for someone to abduct Neil."

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of a coin featuring a profile of Donald J. Trump with the text "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES," "LIBERTY," and "IN GOD WE TRUST" against a background resembling the American flag. Behind it, there are partially visible Bitcoin coins with the Bitcoin symbol prominently displayed. The image has a colorful, blurred light effect on the left side.
Cryptocurrency

Sad! Trump’s Meme Coin Has Turned Into a Total Disaster

Many Trump's supporters wallets were hurt in this development.

By Frank Landymore

Grammarly failed to mention in its apology that the company wasn't just dealing with hundreds of furious writers — it was facing litigation.
Ethics

Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story

It's a glaring omission.

By Victor Tangermann

Hands typing rapidly on a laptop keyboard, captured with motion blur to emphasize speed. The laptop is viewed from above, with a faintly visible screen at the top. The overall lighting has a greenish tint.
Ethics

AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder Than Ever

Even if AI does increase productivity, it's not exactly good news for workers.

By Frank Landymore

A stylized image of a semi-automatic pistol with a glitch effect, featuring red, white, and yellow digital distortion over a black background with white speckles. The pistol grip has a textured pattern and a circular emblem.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI Still Hasn’t Fixed Its School Shooter Problem We Identified in 2024

We can't stress enough how easy it is to find this stuff.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A hand holding a lit matchstick near a pile of burning US dollar bills, with blue and purple smoke rising against a dark background.
Finance

CEOs Say Yeah, AI Might Be a Bubble, But They’re Gonna Keep Shoveling Money Into the Furnace Because All Their Friends Are

"The sentiment about deploying AI is most certainly accelerating."

By Joe Wilkins

Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.
Ethics

Grammarly Is Pulling Down Its Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission

"We hear the feedback and recognize we fell short on this."

By Victor Tangermann

A new music video featuring AI "actress" Tilly Norwood is one of the dingiest and depressing things we've ever seen.
Ethics

The AI-Generated Tilly Norwood Just Dropped the Worst Music Video We’ve Ever Seen

Who thought this was a good idea?

By Victor Tangermann

Black and white close-up profile of a sheep with thick, curly wool against a bright orange background featuring green concentric circular patterns.
Military

US Military Tested Havana Syndrome Weapon on Large Mammals, Whistleblowers Says

"I did some very interesting things for the US government, always with the idea that they would have my back if I got jammed up."

By Joe Wilkins

US officials confirmed that the US was responsible for the bloodbath at an Iranian school. It's still investigating whether AI was involved.
Anthropic

US Military Investigating Whether AI Was Involved in Bombing Elementary School in Iran

This is horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was teeming with an unusually large amount of methanol, a type of alcohol.
James Webb Space Telescope

Please Resist the Urge to Drink the Melted Sludge From 3I/ATLAS

It'd get you drunk — but it might kill you as well.

By Victor Tangermann