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Mental Health

Netflix Turns Horrific Social Experiment Into Reality TV Show

Why?

Future Society

Elon Musk, Who is Hoarding Nearly a Trillion Dollars, Says Saving Money Is “Pointless”

Because of AI, of course.

Artificial Intelligence

Frustrated Resident Blasts the Screeching Sound of a Data Center to a County Official During a Council Meeting, Gets Mocked

"We're going to be making them listen to it, so they can get a dose of what they're asking us to endure."

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Evidence That the Human Brain Is Constantly Snapping Between Different Realities

"The brain rapidly alternates, about 15 times per second, between conscious and suppressed micro-epochs."

Google

Google Starved Out Publishers With AI Search. Now, Its Pivot Is Blowing Up in Its Face.

Its AI Mode isn't the cash cow it hoped it would be.

Health & Medicine

RFK Jr Opens the Floodgates on Experimental Peptides, Alarming Scientists

"It does undermine the idea that you would test drugs for safety and effectiveness before they were widely made available."

Pollution

After His Iran War Triggered an Oil Crisis, Trump Blames Soaring Energy Prices on Climate Regulations

This will do little beyond sending emissions soaring.

Moon

NASA Slams the Accelerator to Get to the Moon Before Trump’s Term Is Over

Buckle up.

Artificial Intelligence

The Hinge on Apple’s Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was “Built With AI”

"We use AI algorithms to precisely match each individual hinge with its best-fit housing to ensure perfect alignment."

Machine Learning

Top AI Safety Researcher Says He’s Stopped Saving for Retirement Because He’s So Sure We’re All Going to Die

"I do not save for retirement right now."

Cybersecurity

Elon Musk-Linked Startup Says Its AI Agents Hacked Anthropic in Just Hours

"If a bunch of kids who have just started a company can do this, then potentially, the Chinese aren’t far behind."

OpenAI

Woman Dies After ChatGPT Coached Her to Decrease Dose of Medication Prescribed by Doctor

"Even if today feels tough, and your speech is slow, your sleep is poor, you must persevere."

Ethics

Elon Musk’s Real Estate Goons Threaten Local Residents Not to Sue Over Deafening Data Center Noise

"It sounds like an airplane engine but it’s continuous, it’s incredibly loud."

Astronomy

Astronomers Spot Mysterious Object Lurking Beyond Pluto

A new, undiscovered neighbor?

Astronomy

Unannounced Test by Controversial “Sunlight-as-a-Service” Space Startup Shocks Astronomers

"This is not a 'concern' — this is like a bullet in your head. It’s the end of ground-based astronomy."

Pollution

It Turns Out That the Air You’re Breathing Is Doing Irreparable Damage to Your Brain

A breath of deathly air.

Anthropic

Anthropic Appears to Be the First Company to Go Public by Warning That It May Destroy Humankind

"Sufficiently advanced AI systems could pose catastrophic or existential risks to society if not developed and deployed responsibly."

Solar Power

Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust

"Solar is now the engine of the power transition."

Ethics

Epic Games Discovers That It Doesn’t Like AI When People Use It to Rip Off Its Own Products

The hypocrisy is palpable.

Future Society

Company That Sold “Endless Cruises” Suspends Operations as Fuel Costs Spike, Kicks Residents Off Ship

A promise of a life at sea comes to a sudden end.