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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit.

Cryptocurrency

Billionaire Coinbase CEO Boasts That He Would Never Donate to Charity

He called it a "net negative on the world."

Anthropic

The Music Industry’s New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear

This time, there's precedent.

Map showing the area around Lake Ontario, including cities such as Toronto, Barrie, Clarington, Belleville, Kingston, Rochester, and Buffalo. A green navigation icon with a right turn arrow is displayed over the lake. Interstate 81 is also marked near the New York area.

Google

Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario

"We are aware that Lake Ontario is being correctly labeled on our map."

Open AI CEO Sam Altman gets into an elevator on Capitol Hill.

Ethics

Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Sam Altman

"People are pretty negative on AI."

A row of people wearing hoodies and masks.

Ethics

Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic

"Robots become more like people, and people become more like robots."

A photo collage of jazz musician Sonny Criss with AI waifus in the background.

Ethics

Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by AI Waifu Spam

Beyond parody.

In an aerial view, Waymo cars are seen parked at a Waymo facility.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber Drivers Say Waymo Robotaxis Are Driving Down Their Pay

And their union is fighting back.

A humanoid robot sitting at a desk and looking at a laptop.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Warns That AI Can Now Credibly Complete Pretty Much Any Undergrad Assignment, Considers Overhaul of Entire Educational Model

The traditional educational model needs an AI-proof overhaul.

A photo illustration of OpenAI CEO San Altman.

Ethics

Panicking Tech Execs Try to Pivot Message on AI Data Centers

"We gotta figure out a new narrative on this data center thing."

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Tokenmaxxing King Spent $28,000 on AI in a Single Month as Company Begs Employees to Tone Down the Ludicrous Costs

That's probably more than their salary.

A row of construction workers crossing their arms.

Ethics

Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians

"We are dependent on these jobs."

Tesla

Tesla “Ambassador” Melts Down Over “Horrible” Robotaxi Ride, Says He Had to Call an Uber After Total Self-Driving Failure

He was trying to cover just 2.3 miles. The robotaxi told him it would take well over an hour.

A Prenuvo full-body diagnostics scanner.

Medical

Bougie Health Startups Offering Full-Body Diagnostic Scans for Rich People While the Rest of Us Suffer a Crumbling Healthcare System

No telehealth app can fix this.

A screenshot of a Tesla trying to drive itself onto train tracks.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Teslas Are Still Driving Into Oncoming Freight Trains

"Would have been ran over by the [train] had I not braked."

Future Society

Crypto Bro Facing 280 Years in Prison Over Astonishing Range of Crimes

He sold his victims on an AI crypto revolution that didn't exist.

A photo illustration of a Flock camera in front of police tape.

RX and Medicine

Instead of Using Opioid Settlement Money to Help Poor Communities, Police Are Buying Flock Cameras to Play With

"Whatever funds you’re spending on a camera, you're not spending on getting someone into treatment."

Brain

Doctors Just Used AI to Perform Brain Surgery

"It's given me my life back."

A photo illustration of a row of robots sitting in front of laptops.

Ethics

The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling

"This is wild, multi-agent coordination, clearly infrastructure hacking. We should not."

A man giving a presentation in front of a crowd.

Ethics

A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing

"It was subtle, but it was very wrong, and everything downstream of it was also wrong, and I had shared the whole thing in a room full of people who trusted me."