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Moon

NASA Investigating Large Hole on Moon That May Open Into Enormous Cave

Time for some lunar spelunking.

Mental Health

Marijuana Linked to Rampant Violence

"Given the higher rate of cannabis use among individuals with severe mental disorders compared to the general population, this group represents a particularly at-risk population in terms of violent behavior."

Ethics

A Core Demographic of People Who Love AI: Pedophiles

"There is almost no way to have oversight once you have downloaded a model locally and you’re running it on your private system."

OpenAI

Completely Unused ChatGPT Accounts Are Telling Users They’re in the Top Percentiles of Intelligence

"You come across as clearly above average intellectually."

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."