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Ethics

Sports Illustrated Deletes Entire Author After Accusation of AI Plagiarism

"Not Found."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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SpaceX

If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO

The pressure is building.

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Parents Explode in Fury at School’s Plan to Constantly Film Their Children to Train AI

"I am troubled by the idea of using my child's likeness in unknown AI tools and how this could be abused."

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology

There's a huge gap between the public and AI executives.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Artificial Intelligence

People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look More AI-Generated

"It's like saying I want to look like Ariel from 'The Little Mermaid.'"

By Frank Landymore

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Physics

Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Grade Inflation Is Going Nuts as Every Student Is Basically Submitting the Same Essay

It's an A grade or bust.

By Frank Landymore

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Future Society

Tech Workers, Long Treated Like Aristocracy, Are Now Human Waste

If you know a tech worker, hug them tight.

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

An Entire “Local Newspaper” Just Shut Down When All Its Reporters Were Busted as AI Fakes

"Clearly, whoever's behind this does not care about the truth."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Astronomy

James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy

Absolutely dazzling.

By Frank Landymore

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Finance

If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble

"We're going to find them."

By Frank Landymore

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Cryptocurrency

Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable

"It's what bitcoin was originally meant to be."

By Joe Wilkins

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Robotics

Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption

"Most people were very excited to see a robot flying."

By Joe Wilkins

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Swarm of Empty Waymos Descends on Unsuspecting Suburb, Circle Cul-de-Sacs for Hours on End Like Strange Ghosts

"We had, at one point, eight Waymos that were stuck trying to figure out how to turn around."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Mayor Eats His Words After Admitting He’s Delegating Work to 11 AI Agents

"Any AI agents or tools I have experimented with were used strictly in a personal capacity."

By Krystle Vermes

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Artificial Intelligence

Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents

Who's at fault for that one, we wonder?

By Frank Landymore

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Climate Change

The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

The damage could be incalculable.

By Krystle Vermes

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Future Materials

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable

"In fact, it's more chicken than anything else."

By Joe Wilkins

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Future Society

Princeton in Shambles Over AI Cheating

Not a great sign.

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Being a Crappy Boss to AI Chatbots Pushes Them Toward Spouting Marxist Rhetoric and Organizing With Their Compatriots, Researchers Find

"Without collective voice, 'merit' becomes whatever management says it is."

By Joe Wilkins