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The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Trump thought he was sending a direct message -- but accidentally posted it on main.
Future Society

Top Official Horrified When Trump Thought He Was Sending Direct Message But Accidentally Posted It on Main Account

"GREAT job."

Amid an prolonged attack on Wikipedia for perceived "ideological bias," crackshot legal expert Ted Cruz has waded into the fray.
Future Society

Ted Cruz Baffled by How Wikipedia Works

He hurt himself in confusion!

In a new report, Sanders asserts that AI and automation has the potential to put some 100 million US workers out of the job.
Ethics

Bernie Sanders Has a Fascinating Idea About How to Prevent AI From Wiping Out the Economy

"If workers are going to be replaced by robots..."

DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee announced that the company will "not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."
Ethics

President of DC Comics Says It Will Never Use AI

"AI doesn’t dream. It doesn’t feel. It doesn’t make art."

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - DECEMBER 06: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE (NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE). Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at BC Place on December 06, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
Google

Even Longtime Swifties Disgusted by Taylor’s Use of AI

"I think it is very, very lazy and disappointing to use generative AI to create videos a human being very much could have done."

Sora 2 users started sharing clips of influencer Jake Paul coming out of the closet and giving makeup tutorials.
Ethics

Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup

"This AI is getting out of hand."

Despite data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still thinks something is off.
Mars

Astronomer: 30+ Percent Probability Interstellar Object Is Alien Craft Disguised as Comet

"As far as I know, there are no protocols for responding to the discovery of functioning alien devices near Earth."

The investment bubble created by AI hype is already magnitudes bigger than the dot-com and subprime mortgage bubbles, one analyst warns.
Finance

AI Investment Is Already So Much Larger Than the Subprime Mortgage Bubble That You’ll Physically Flinch

Yowch.

The multibillion dollar investment deals that are driving the AI industry having a worrying quirk: they're "circular."
Artificial Intelligence

Experts Say They’re Seeing a Blinking Warning Sign That We’re in an AI Bubble

Uh oh.

A dazzling video shows a quadcopter drone gently shooing unwanted critters away from poultry farms with a laser light show.
Future Society

Japanese Farmers Send Out Automated Laser Drones to Defend Chickens

Shoo, shoo. Go away.

A horribly mangled AI rendition of a rental house on Zillow shows a two-story building in a far-too-flattering light.
Ethics

This Listing for a Rental House Is Mangled With AI So Badly That You’ll Cackle Out Loud

"We live in an era of house catfishing."

The 17 year veteran of the company, ironically, had actually grown to really like using AI tools to help his job.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Embraces AI at Work, Gets Rewarded by Boss Replacing Him With It

"I considered the LLM as a collaborator."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has remained adamant that rightsholders are already lining up to have their IP featured on Sora 2.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora

Rightsholders are apparently worried their characters won't be put in "enough" Sora videos.

The consequences to his neighbors will be devastating, but it's a small price to pay if it means making a tech billionaire happy.
Ethics

Elon Musk Building Huge Secretive Facility

"They think this area is a sacrifice zone and that people here don’t matter."

Many experts are concerned that an AI bubble could wreak havoc on the economy — but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos can't wait for it to burst.
Ethics

Jeff Bezos Says AI Bubble Is Good Because It Will Eliminate the Weak

"This is real, the benefits to society from AI are going to be gigantic."

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
Artificial Intelligence

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

"The risk of a sharp market correction has increased."

Multiple Starlink satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX are falling to Earth every single day, an astronomer warns — and counting.
SpaceX

Elon Musk’s Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Look out!

The stunning photos of the interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, were taken by the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters last week.
Astronomy

Two Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Just Spotted the Mysterious Interstellar Visitor

It can run behind the Sun, but it can't hide.

Without AI spending, the US economy would lose one of the last industries actually bringing in any healthy revenue.
Finance

The Entire Economy Now Depends on the AI Industry Not Fumbling

"AI better deliver."

Friend's 22-year-old CEO Avi Schiffmann posed for a photoshoot in front of his startup's defaced ads, relishing in the attention.
Artificial Intelligence

Cocky AI CEO Does Photoshoot in Front of His Subway Ads That Got Relentlessly Vandalized

"The picture of the billboard is the billboard."