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Future Society

The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants

"These facilities could lock America into decades of continued fossil fuel dependence."

Environment

Amid Terrifying Readings, Experts Fear El Niño Is About to Wreak Havoc

"The warning lights are flashing."

Privacy

Flock Cameras Are Really Just the Start of Our Dystopian Surveillance Hell, Experts Warn

"Instead of having to go to a million different systems... we can get it in one platform in one place somewhat instantaneously."

Finance

This Graph of Data Center Spending Compared to All Other Construction Will Give You Chills

How did we even get here?

Bitcoin

Crypto Gurus Concerned AI Is Poised to Crack Blockchain Math, Allowing Hackers to Steal Funds With Impunity

"Calmly begin planning for 'bunker mode.'"

Ethics

There’s Even a Pay Gap Between Male and Female AI Agents

C'mon, guys.

Tesla

Tesla Factory Planning Massive Increase of Toxic Heavy Metal Emissions Near Elementary School

"This will include toxic metals such as arsenic, beryllium, and cadmium."

Finance

Senator Who Tried to Ban Prediction Markets Gets Hired by Kalshi as a Lobbyist

Her lobbying group is raking in the cash.

Ethics

One of America’s Last Remaining Chestnut Groves Could Soon Be Wiped Out to Make Room for an AI Data Center

It's "one of the largest single AI infrastructure investments in US history."

Artificial Intelligence

Mac Users Are Nuking Every Trace of Apple AI on Their Machines

Sayonara useless AI features, and hello disk space.

Anthropic

Eggheads at Anthropic Said They Used Claude to “Solve” Humor

"'Here's the Claude. We've solved it.'"

Investing

Gambling Addiction Group in Shambles After It Turns Out It’s Funded by Kalshi

It's like a "national council on teenage sex abuse taking money from Jeffrey Epstein."

Finance

Mainstream News Anchors Now Talking About the AI Bubble Bursting at Any Moment

"I think the entire AI boom is investing in the wrong future."

Robotics

Walmart Running Into Trouble as Its Super-Expensive Robots Can’t Handle the Realities of Warehouse Work

It's an automation "arms race."

The Industrialists

Mark Zuckerberg Launched Meta’s Muse AI Agent Despite Disturbing Safety Concerns

"I couldn't stop it from my phone."

Anthropic

Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have Information About the Case

"Unacceptable."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Basically Just Admitted It Was Misleading Customers, Renames Full Self-Driving to “Tesla Assisted Driving” In Europe

Not so adamant now.

Ethics

OpenAI Is Wargaming Its Response in Case of Public Revolt After Catastrophic AI Disaster

Everything's on the table.

Future Society

Sacked OpenAI Insiders Say the Company Is Firing Anyone Who Warns What’s Really Going On

If there ever was a culture of safety, it's being replaced by a culture of fear.

Mass Transit

Chinese High-Speed Rail Station Breaks World Record, Serving One Million Riders in a Single Day

Jaw-dropping.