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SpaceX

SpaceX Bombarded With Lawsuits to Accusing Starship of Damaging Homes

"A relentless, daily bombardment."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

FBI Director Kash Patel Says AI Has Stopped Numerous Violent Attacks Against America. We’d Love to See a Single Whiff of Evidence

"I'm using it everywhere."

By Joe Wilkins

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OpenAI

Sam Altman Frets That Frontier AI Models Are Acting Strange, Asking for Favors

"It was a strange thing."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers say they've identified a minor planet beyond Pluto that's wrapped in an extremely thin envelope of gases.
Astronomy

Scientists Detect Atmosphere on Planet-Like Object Beyond Pluto

This could change everything.

By Victor Tangermann

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Drones

Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package Into Pond

Splash!

By Joe Wilkins

Microsoft's Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced Xbox would "begin winding down" the company's Copilot AI chatbot.
Ethics

Gamers Cheer as Microsoft Pulls Copilot AI Out of Xbox Entirely

"Everybody likes that."

By Victor Tangermann

Marc Andreessen seemingly tried to show off his AI prompt engineering skills — only for the internet to mercilessly mock him.
Anthropic

Marc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How AI Actually Works

"He is scripting his own psychotic break."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Ordinary People Fear AI, While the Tech Leaders Working to Create a Permanent Underclass Say They’re Extremely Psyched About It

A major gulf in expectations.

By Joe Wilkins

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Climate Change

Earth Screams in Agony as Microplastics Found to Increase Global Warming

"We can say with confidence that overall they are warming agents."

By Frank Landymore

According to a new investigation by Mother Jones, OpenAI's ChatGPT still easily gives advice on how to plan mass shootings.
Ethics

Even After Two Massacres, OpenAI Still Hasn’t Stopped ChatGPT From Helping Plan School Shootings

It's practically begging to help people plan mass shootings.

By Victor Tangermann

Over the weekend, a test of SpaceX's water deluge system appeared to have resulted in an explosion, a potential setback.
Starship

Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch

Another setback?

By Victor Tangermann

A wet urban street with several cars driving and parked along the road. The road surface is wet, reflecting the headlights of the vehicles, and there is water splashing near the curb, indicating recent rain or flooding. A Waymo self-driving taxi is in the roadway.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Busy Roadways Clogged as Waymo Becomes Stumped by Small Puddle

"What do I do? I'm stuck here."

By Joe Wilkins

A humanoid robot is seated in an airplane window seat with black leather upholstery. The robot has a sleek, metallic body with a black head featuring a visor-like face. The airplane window shows a bright, sunlit exterior.
Robotics

Passengers Groan as Robot Passenger Causes Hour-Long Delay at Oakland Airport

"What kind of batteries does it have? What's going on with this? X, Y, and Z."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Apple Is Blocking Vibe Coding Apps From the App Store, Infuriating Developers

"Either they should stop enforcing the rules in this weird way, or they should update the guideline to let this use case emerge."

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Approaching Half of New Podcasts Appear to Be AI Slop

"It's absurd."

By Frank Landymore

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Anthropic

Richard Dawkins One-Shotted By AI Girl

"I felt I had gained a new friend."

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin's first Blue Moon prototype, dubbed Mark 1, recently completed evaluations inside NASA's massive Thermal Vacuum Chamber A.
Starship

Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lander Just Completed a Key Test

Will it be ready for launch before the end of the year?

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of Mark Zuckerberg's face, partially obscured by bright, glowing red and orange circular patterns resembling cells or microscopic organisms.
Ethics

Zuckerberg Trying to Simulate Human Biology at the Cellular Level

His goal is to "cure and prevent all disease through AI-powered biology, frontier research, and state-of-the-art technology."

By Joe Wilkins

The Planetary Society, a non-profit cofounded by astronomer Carl Sagan, has revived its "Save NASA Science" campaign to oppose Trump's budget.
NASA

Scientists and Lawmakers Horrified at Trump’s Brutal Budget for NASA

We're having major déjà vu.

By Victor Tangermann

Many Chinese directors, actors, and celebrities share Hollywood's concerns over the death of human agency and creativity due to AI.
Ethics

The Chinese Streaming Industry Is Being Gutted by AI-Generated Shows

"They’re still just imitating humans or trying to make things more humanlike."

By Victor Tangermann