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Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Admits Its Robotaxis Have a Small Issue With Driving Into Floodwaters

Flood-worthy vessels, they are not.

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

New Wikipedia Clone Made Entirely of AI Hallucinations

An entire "universe" of nonsensical information that somehow all still fits together.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Four Financial Journalists Accused of Being Fake AI-Generated Puppets That Shill Crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and More

Oops!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Ethics

Software Engineers Say They’re Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Them

"It's making me dumber for sure."

By Krystle Vermes

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Meta

Mark Zuckerberg Is Realizing That When You Treat Your Workers Like Human Garbage, They Might Not Like You Anymore

"Your callousness to the concerns of your own employees is concerning."

By Frank Landymore

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RX and Medicine

Trump Says a New Drug Can Bring Dead People Back to Life

"We've taken people that were dead.... and the person became better. It works."

By Jon Christian

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Anthropic

Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason

Anthropic would rather blame the internet than its poor training.

By Krystle Vermes

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Ethics

The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People

Companies like Mercor are ushering in a new Wild West with no standards.

By Krystle Vermes

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Future Society

MAGA in Shambles as Trump’s “Made in America” Phone Crumbles Into Dust

"Where the f*ck's my phones!?"

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

Oops.

By Krystle Vermes

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OpenAI

OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT Medical Advice That Allegedly Killed College Student

"ChatGPT recommended a dangerous combination of drugs without offering even the most basic warning that the mix could be fatal."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Ethics

New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use

"To be clear on AI..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Google

Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business

Who could have seen this coming?

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take

We have to sit down.

By Jon Christian

A man dressed in black is standing on a street holding the hand of a large red robot with a skeletal frame and no visible head. Next to him are two smaller humanoid robots, one silver with a blue-lit face and the other red and gold.
Artificial Intelligence

Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit

"We kindly request that all users refrain from making any dangerous modifications or using the robot in a hazardous manner."

By Jon Christian

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Artificial Intelligence

Husband Alarmed as Wife Starts Whispering Quietly to Her Computer

"I'm talking to my computer all the time now."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before

"Many jobs will remain in the future, but they will be more pressured, more fragmented and less human."

By Joe Wilkins

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Elon Musk

Grok Just Issued a Brutal Beatdown to Elon Musk

"More than one thing can be true, but this isn't one."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Alarmed by Formidable AI-Powered Zero-Day Cyberattack

"It's a taste of what's to come."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Angry Mom Defeats Entire AI Data Center

“When you speak about wanting changes for cleaner air, and you have a child who's impacted, it hits differently."

By Joe Wilkins