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The subject of an "adult mode" is still sending a shiver down the spines of OpenAI advisors, who are wary of the many potential dangers.
Ethics

Details Emerge About OpenAI’s “Adult Mode”

Sam Altman wants to "treat adult users like adults." That's far easier said than done.

Astronauts on board China's space station plucked a "bumper crop" of "space tomatoes" from vines that were grown inside a special system.
Off-World

Chinese Space Station Astronauts Harvest Space Tomatoes

It was a "bumper crop."

Data centers are turning to robot security guards, especially Boston Dynamics' popular quadruped robot dog Spot.
Ethics

AI Data Center Security Guards Are Not Human

Did you just hear... clanking?

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xAI

Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

Grok, is this true?

Chinese AI robotics company Galbot has designed software that teaches a Unitree G1 humanoid robot how to playing tennis.
Robotics

This Video of a Humanoid Robot Playing Tennis Is Extremely Impressive

Thwap!

Meta is reportedly planning to conduct yet another round of sweeping layoffs that could affect 20 percent or more of the company.
Future Society

Meta Reportingly Firing a Vast Percentage of Its Staff in Zuckerberg’s Move to AI

The company is looking to spend up to $135 billion on AI this year alone.

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Facial recognition

AI Mistake Throws Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Nearly Six Months

Dumb AI meets even dumber cops.

People in China love OpenClaw autonomous AI agents -- but the government is expressing some significant reservations.
Ethics

China Alarmed by Spread of OpenClaw Agents

The country is being gripped by OpenClaw "mania."

Netflix is offering up to $600 million to buy InterPositive, an AI moviemaking company founded by actor Ben Affleck.
Ethics

Netflix Buys Startup That Modifies Footage Using AI

They're willing to dig deep into their pockets.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Woman Sues Tesla After Cybertruck Tries to Drive Her Off Bridge

Fly away!

A young woman in a U.S. Army dress uniform takes a selfie with Donald Trump and Lionel Messi in a formal room with classical decor and portraits. In a separate image, the same woman is seated barefoot in the driver's seat of a military vehicle, wearing a green tactical shirt with an American flag patch and camouflage pants, with a calm expression.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Supporters Getting Scammed by AI-Generated Foot Fetish Model

"Btw I respond to every message but be patient since I'm not a robot haha."

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Ethics

Atlassian Lays Off 10 Percent of Its Workforce as It Pivots to AI

More heads roll.

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Nuclear Fusion

Trucker Awarded $20,000 for Hauling a Massive Amount of Nuclear Waste

Congratulations!

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Exoplanets

Scientists Spot Two Planets That Collided, Resulting in Carnage That Will Send Prickles Through Your Scalp

"Completely bonkers."

Dario Amodei and Pete Hegseth are shown in a stylized illustration. The background is bright orange with a white grid pattern.
Ethics

The Military’s AI Fever Is Leading Into Disaster, Critics Say

"Greater reliance on AI reduces the lives of individuals to blips and data points on a screen."

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Finance

Live Nation Directors Mocked Customers in Explosive Just-Released Messages, Saying They’re “Stupid” for Allowing Themselves to Be Gouged

"Robbing them blind baby."

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OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits That AI Is Disrupting the Basic Fabric of Capitalism

"So that's, like, a real change to how capitalism has worked."

A company claims to have simulated the neurons of an adult fruit fly's brain and letting it roam inside a Matrix-like virtual environment.
Physics

Researchers Upload Fly’s Brain to Matrix, Let It Control Virtual Body

"The ghost is no longer in the machine. The machine is becoming the ghost."

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Finance

Tech Billionaires Are Quietly Rooting for AI Bubble to Collapse

"Stop trying to make bubbles go away."

Cortical Labs announced that it's working on "biological data centers" in Melbourne, Australia, and Singapore.
Ethics

New Data Centers Will Be Powered by Human Brain Cells

You've heard of hardware. But have you heard of "wetware?"