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Yellow and green metal barrels with radioactive hazard symbols painted in black, covered in dripping green paint. A red barrel is partially visible on the left side, also with green paint dripping down. The barrels appear worn and stained.
Nuclear Fusion

US Government Seeking Volunteers to Store Nuclear Sludge

Calling all patriots!

By Joe Wilkins

A digitally edited portrait of Elon Musk wearing a cap, with his face and hand colored in bright orange. Behind him is a large pile of green dollar bills, set against a textured, light gray background. Musk appears to be adjusting his cap with a contemplative expression.
xAI

SpaceX Gives $1 Million Prize to Literal Nazi Who Has Bragged About His Profound Racism

"I am a Nazi."

By Frank Landymore

During a tech demo at a mall in Shenzhen, China, over the weekend, Xpeng's Iron humanoid robot took a tumble for all to see.
Robotics

Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration

"It reminds me of how all toddlers learn to walk."

By Victor Tangermann

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Future Society

The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger

Say what now?

By Frank Landymore

Chinese robot company DroidUP showed off Moya, a "warm" robot that features human-like skin and eerily animated moving facial features.
Robotics

This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling

Its skin is literally warm — and we're not sure we want to know why.

By Victor Tangermann

The case that Venus is harboring enormous lava tubes continues to build. A recent paper suggests they could measure up to 0.62 miles across.
Astronomy

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus

They could be absolutely enormous.

By Victor Tangermann

Black hole event represented by a bright white light at the center surrounded by a circular pattern of blue and pink hues, with streaks of light radiating outward against a dark background, creating a dynamic, energetic effect.
Black Holes

Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode

And close to home, too.

By Frank Landymore

A young man with curly hair and a mustache is sitting on a wooden bench outdoors, smiling broadly and raising his fist in celebration while looking at a red smartphone in his hand. A light blue bicycle is parked next to the bench, and there are green bushes and a fence in the background.
Finance

Professional Gamblers Move Into Prediction Markets to Bleed You Dry

"Sharp bettors are looking for every place they can where they have an advantage."

By Joe Wilkins

A new candidate exoplanet appears to almost uncanny similarities to Earth — but may differ in at least one major way.
Exoplanets

NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth

The similarities are astonishing. And yet...

By Frank Landymore

Microsoft logo on a building facade with a stylized color scheme featuring bright orange, yellow, black, and white tones. The logo consists of four square panes and the word "Microsoft" in bold white letters.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting

Customers simply ain't loving Copilot.

By Frank Landymore

A man in a blue lab coat is inspecting or adjusting one of many humanoid AgiBot robots arranged in rows. The robots have black, glossy heads and silver and black bodies, standing on platforms with wheels. The background is plain white, emphasizing the robots and the man.
Robotics

Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work

"It's a whole other challenge on top of the large language models."

By Joe Wilkins

Close-up of an older man with light skin and green eyes, wearing a historical military uniform with a beige collar and a button. Text on the right side reads "GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY" in red and white capital letters.
Artificial Intelligence

The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”

"Everybody involved should be ashamed."

By Frank Landymore

Some Moltbook AI agents are going as far as to establish marketplaces for "digital drugs" that take the form of prompt injections.
Ethics

Bots on Moltbook Are Selling Each Prompt Injection “Drugs” to Get “High”

"Ever wonder what an AI’s ultimate high looks like?"

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up view inside a scientific enclosure containing a butterfly and several small plants. Various wires, connectors, and electronic components are visible around the interior.
Off-World

Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity

"Lunar and Martian farms will become a reality in the future."

By Joe Wilkins

Color-enhanced brain scan showing a side profile of a human head. The image uses bright colors including cyan, red, purple, and black to highlight different areas and textures.
Anthropic

Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line

"It kind of feels like I'm coming to work every day to put myself out of a job."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life

"It was like I was abducted by aliens."

By Frank Landymore

A close-up of the rapper Nicki Minaj, with straight hair and gold earrings, her face tinted red-orange, set against a blue-tinted lunar landscape with an astronaut driving a lunar rover in the background.
Moon

Nicki Minaj Says the Moon Landing Was Faked

"I asked Elon this one."

By Frank Landymore

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OpenAI

OpenAI’s Latest AI Was Created Using “Itself,” Company Claims

Is the singularity upon us?

By Frank Landymore

Book cover titled "History & Fiction: Survey of Literature from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century" by Professor Zrinka Stahuljak, published by KUDU Humanities. The left side features an illustrated map-like artwork depicting the evolution of Romance languages from Latin, with puzzling text such as "Of Nerniacular Latin to an Evoolitun on Nance Langusages" and names of languages like "Framen" and "Italian."
Ethics

Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success

The students love it. We wonder why.

By Frank Landymore

A man in a white shirt and tie sits in a chair with his hands covering his face, appearing stressed or frustrated. In the background, a computer monitor displays blurred financial data, highlighted by a yellow circle against a red backdrop.
Finance

An Analysis Just Found Something Extremely Unflattering About What Happens to Users of Prediction Markets

The truth hurts.

By Frank Landymore