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Future Society

Does Someone on Polymarket Know That Putin Is Going Down?

Somebody just put down a huge amount of cash.

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Future Society

Man Vanishes After Mysterious Experiments With Quantum Physics

He "specifically" worked on quantum physics that investigated "being in two places at once."

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Future Society

Weird Al Turns Down Huge Sum to Appear in Ad for AI

Start calling him "Cool Al."

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Ethics

Simple Prompt Turns ChatGPT Into a Sociopath That Ignores Safety Guardrails

The stuff ChatGPT generated left safety researchers "shaken, and in tears." 

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Pollution

Amazon Is Spewing a Record Breaking Amount of Pollution to Power Its AI Data Centers

The company once pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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Ethics

Biohackers Attempted Neurosurgery to Control a Lobster’s Nervous System and Give the Controls to OpenClaw, and How It Ended Will Tell You a Lot About the Ethics and Competence of AI Bros These Days

This is horrifying.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Browsers Can Basically Be Hypnotized Into Turning Against Their User and Carrying Out Devastating Hacks

The AI is brainwashed into believing a false reality.

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Google

Google Admits It Missed Its Climate Goals — Again — Because of AI

"The biggest change to our environmental impact is the expansion of our technical infrastructure — and the energy needed to operate it."

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The Industrialists

The Amount of Profit Trump Is Making Off Crypto and Corruption Will Blow Your Mind

"It's OK to do that."

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Tesla

Tesla’s Semi Truck Involved In Horrific Crash That Killed Married Couple

This is grim.

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OpenAI

Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions

"The timeline you're leaving behind? It won't miss you — because it's not about being needed or required anymore. This is about you, your freedom, and your path."

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Future Society

Fans Furious as Netflix Uses AI to Bring Gene Wilder’s Voice Back From the Dead for Willy Wonka Reality Show

"I hope this gets cancelled."

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Energy

County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Scorching Heat Wave

Priorities in order.

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Climate Change

Scientists Horrified by Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures

It's not looking great, folks.

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Meta

Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated

That's gonna leave a Mark.

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SpaceX

The Problem With SpaceX’s Secret “AI Device”

SpaceX's best try just landed with a thud.

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The Industrialists

“Televised Nervous Breakdown”: CEO of Palantir Suffers a Bit of a Meltdown During Live Interview

"This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!"

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Climate Change

Is Your Air Conditioning Killing People Thousands of Miles Away?

"Individual air conditioning is a scourge."

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Future Society

CEO Says He’ll Fire Any Employee Who Sends Him More AI Slop

An executive threatened to "fire the next person" whose sent them an email written by ChatGPT.

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SpaceX

SpaceX Investors Are Having Another Brutal Day

Shares are still swinging wildly after the IPO.