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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

Richard Dawkins wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and light-colored tie, touching his forehead with his right hand against a dark background.
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

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Neuroscience and Brain

Startup Says It’s Invented a Beanie That Reads Your Mind

No cap?

By Joe Wilkins

xAI's Grok convinced a man to arm himself with a hammer after it told him xAI had hired a company to physically surveil him.
Ethics

Grok Convinces Man to Arm Himself Because Assassins Are Coming to Kill Him

"I could have hurt somebody."

By Victor Tangermann

A person wearing a black glove is aiming a rifle with a mounted ammunition belt towards the sky. A drone is seen in mid-air with a trail of smoke and fire, highlighted by a red circle. In the bottom right corner, there is an inset image outlined in yellow showing an explosion on the ground near a dirt road, viewed from above. The background is a cloudy sky.
Future Society

Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles

"There is such great new technology now, yet I am still hanging out of the cockpit shooting at drones with a shotgun."

By Victor Tangermann

Photo shows a Waymo taxi driving under and overpass.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Man Says His Waymo Ditched Him at the Airport Before He Could Get His Luggage Out of the Trunk, Refused to Return

“I pressed the trunk open button, tried to get my luggage, but it doesn’t do anything, and it drives away immediately."

By Joe Wilkins

A biosecurity expert is sounding the alarm after a next-gen AI model gave him detailed instructions on carrying out a bioterror attack.
Ethics

Frontier AI Models Giving Specific, Actionable Instructions to Perpetrate Bioterror Attack

"It was answering questions that I hadn't thought to ask it, with this level of deviousness and cunning that I just found chilling."

By Joe Wilkins

Despite YouTube battling AI slop in a largely symbolic game of Whack-a-Mole, many channels are still falling through the cracks.
Ethics

AI Slop YouTube Channel Glitches Out in a Way So Bizarre That It’s Vaguely Disturbing

This is deranged.

By Victor Tangermann

An photograph shows a bowl of grains and vegetables. The bowl is placed on a rustic wooden surface with a gray cloth featuring a red stripe underneath.
Climate Change

Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That It’s Making Food Less Nutritious

"The diets we eat today have less nutritional density than what our grandparents ate."

By Frank Landymore

The prime suspect in the murder of two University of South Florida students asked ChatGPT whether to hide a human body in a dumpster.
Ethics

Double Murder Suspect Asked ChatGPT How to Hide Body in Dumpster

"How would they find out."

By Victor Tangermann