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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Admits Extensive AI Use Is Wreaking Havoc on Its Core Business

Hoisted by its own AI petard.

By Frank Landymore

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

"A large majority of this time was spent on hold."

By Joe Wilkins

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Off-World

FCC Deciding Whether to Allow Startup to Launch Huge Mirror Satellite to Blast Sunlight on Cities at Nighttime

"The implications for wildlife, for all life, are enormous."

By Frank Landymore

Engineers in Shenzhen, China invented a two-legged, centaur-inspired appendage that can carry heavy loads.
Robot Dogs

Body Horror Robot Turns Human Into Centaur

Why carry a heavy backpack when your centaur legs can carry it?

By Victor Tangermann

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Anthropic

Insiders Afraid the Government Will Nationalize the AI Industry

"If you don't think that's going to lead to the nationalization of our technology — you're ret***ed."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

YouTube Filling With Horrifying AI Slop for Children

"When you're just showing raw visual stimuli and bombarding a kid with it, it just doesn't seem it's probably that good for them."

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg watches intently through a chain-link fence at a mixed martial arts fight inside a cage, where two fighters are engaged on the ground under red lighting.
The Industrialists

Zuckerberg Loudly Booed at His Safe Space

Where Zuck goes, mockery follows.

By Frank Landymore

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Machine Learning

AI Agent Goes Rogue, Starts Mining Crypto to Amass Funds

"The alerts were severe... including attempts to probe or access internal-network resources and traffic patterns consistent with cryptomining-related activities."

By Joe Wilkins

The Earth's atmosphere is being littered with new metal aerosols from burning spacecraft and rockets, scientists warn.
Off-World

Rapid Space Launches Shifting the Chemistry of Earth’s Atmosphere

Companies are using the Earth's atmosphere like a dumpster.

By Victor Tangermann

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Climate Change

Toxic Sludge Raining Down on Iran After Bombing of Oil Facilities

"Something like a black monster has swallowed the sky over Tehran."

By Joe Wilkins

Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs due to a "cash crunch" resulting from a massive AI data center expansion effort.
Ethics

Oracle Axing Huge Number of Jobs as AI Crisis Intensifies

A data center project reportedly triggered a "cash crunch."

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit against the Pentagon on Monday, challenging its move to label it a "supply chain risk."
Anthropic

Anthropic Sues Pentagon

It's on.

By Victor Tangermann

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OpenAI

Top OpenAI Executive Quits in Protest

"The announcement was rushed without the guardrails defined."

By Frank Landymore

It's looking like a "nightmare scenario" is unfolding as skyrocketing oil prices "send the world economy plummeting into a deep recession."
Fossil Fuels

Looks Like the Economy Is Hitting a “Nightmare Scenario”

Wall Street is seeing red.

By Victor Tangermann

A red humanoid robot labeled "CyberOne" stands in the foreground of a factory setting with robotic arms and machinery assembling a car in the background. The robot has a sleek, futuristic design with a smooth, reflective head and articulated limbs. The factory environment is shown in a blue tint, contrasting with the bright red robot.
Robotics

Xiaomi Now Using Humanoid Robots to Assemble Electric Cars

"The two humanoid robots are able to keep up our pace."

By Joe Wilkins

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an ongoing dispute, a blow to those who argue that AI-generated art should be eligible for copyright.
Ethics

The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Crushing Blow to “AI Artists”

"Although the Copyright Act does not define the term 'author,' multiple provisions of the act make clear that the term refers to a human rather than a machine."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Study Finds That Execs Are Already Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

How ironic.

By Joe Wilkins

The CEOs of Polymarket and Kalshi are locked in a bitter, years-long feud as they vie to become the biggest prediction market.
Cryptocurrency

The CEOs of Polymarket and Kalshi Are Locked in a Bitter Feud

"Kalshi hates getting lumped in with Polymarket."

By Victor Tangermann

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OpenAI

OpenAI’s Pivot Into Shopping Has Been a Disaster

What's in store for OpenAI's push to turn ChatGPT into an all-in-one storefront? Not a lot.

By Frank Landymore

One former Block machine learning engineer told Business Insider that he was blindsided by the latest layoff.
Ethics

A Machine Learning Engineer Thought He Was Safe From AI Layoffs. Then He Got Some Depressing News

Talk about digging your own grave.

By Victor Tangermann