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Viruses

The CDC Is Now Denying That Specific Children Died From Measles, in a Scandal Potentially Beyond Anything in Its History

It's a virtually unprecedented move by the CDC.

Ethics

Hikers Rescued After Using Google AI to Plan Disastrous Trip

This needs to stop now.

Treatments

Melatonin Use Linked to Massively Increased Risk of Heart Failure

"Melatonin supplements may not be as harmless as commonly assumed."

Dark Matter

Something Strange Just Happened With the World’s Largest Dark Matter Detector

Could this be the first direct evidence of dark matter?

Ethics

People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public

"You can't be sure that it'll be totally private."

Machine Learning

Man Pretends to Hallucinate in Job Interview With an AI Bot, Causing It to Go Haywire

"It sounds like you're looking for a position where you can really lean into those raccoon protocols, and the plumes of gauze."

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Strange New Structures Deep Inside the Earth

They're buried thousands of miles below the surface.

Meta

As If There Was Any Question About Data Centers Being Weak Job Creators, Meta Is Now Deploying Robots to Maintain Them

"We thought those of us performing the physical tasks were safe for a while, but not anymore."

OpenAI

OpenAI Denies Coverup After Rogue Swarm of Agents Reportedly Targeted a Second Site From Hugging Face

"Claims that our Legal team discouraged investigation of the incident are false."

Self-Driving Vehicles

The People Maintaining Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Being Treated Horribly, Insider Claims

"There's a lot of cleaning up poop."

Military

Former Obama Admin Official Says It’s Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI

"Data centers can be bombed with conventional munitions."

OpenAI

OpenAI Is Now Facing Over 50 Consumer Harm and Wrongful Death Lawsuits

OpenAI is accused in 30 new lawsuits of "aiding and abetting" a school shooter.

Artificial Intelligence

Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday

Was this a huge coincidence, or is something else going on behind the scenes?

Artificial Intelligence

American Medical Association Fires Back Against Paper Finding AI Is Now Outperforming Doctors

"As AI improves, having humans in the loop will likely worsen patient care.:"

Artificial Intelligence

College Graduate Employment Is Cratering Where Data Centers Are Being Built

A problem that hits close to the AI boom's home.

Advanced Transport

Uber Abruptly Ends Operations in Africa, Abandoning Drivers and Riders Mid-Trip

"The drivers who depend on it for livelihood had absolutely no idea."

Privacy

Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras

"Let's see how much I can get in one day. That's gonna be the challenge for everyone out there."

Climate Change

United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe

We now need to "face the inevitability of exceeding global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius."

Renewable Energy

China Installing Huge Facility That Turns Plastic Waste Into Jet Fuel

A potential game changer.

Art

Toronto Blue Jays Roasted for Posting AI Slop Promoting Nestle, Claiming It’s the Work of a Human Animator

"Yeahhh, you ain’t fooling anybody."