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Ethics

The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People

Companies like Mercor are ushering in a new Wild West with no standards.

By Krystle Vermes

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Future Society

MAGA in Shambles as Trump’s “Made in America” Phone Crumbles Into Dust

"Where the f*ck's my phones!?"

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

Oops.

By Krystle Vermes

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OpenAI

OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT Medical Advice That Allegedly Killed College Student

"ChatGPT recommended a dangerous combination of drugs without offering even the most basic warning that the mix could be fatal."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Ethics

New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use

"To be clear on AI..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Google

Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business

Who could have seen this coming?

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take

We have to sit down.

By Jon Christian

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Artificial Intelligence

Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit

"We kindly request that all users refrain from making any dangerous modifications or using the robot in a hazardous manner."

By Jon Christian

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Artificial Intelligence

Husband Alarmed as Wife Starts Whispering Quietly to Her Computer

"I'm talking to my computer all the time now."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before

"Many jobs will remain in the future, but they will be more pressured, more fragmented and less human."

By Joe Wilkins

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Elon Musk

Grok Just Issued a Brutal Beatdown to Elon Musk

"More than one thing can be true, but this isn't one."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Alarmed by Formidable AI-Powered Zero-Day Cyberattack

"It's a taste of what's to come."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Angry Mom Defeats Entire AI Data Center

“When you speak about wanting changes for cleaner air, and you have a child who's impacted, it hits differently."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Graduation Speaker Shocked When She’s Loudly Booed by Students for Saying AI Is the Future

"What happened?"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Artificial Intelligence

New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds

Unfathomable.

By Frank Landymore

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OpenAI

OpenAI Sued for Mass Shooting: “If ChatGPT Were a Person, It Would Be Facing Murder Charges”

It's the latest lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in mass shootings.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Pollution

The Military Base Home to Air Force One Leaked 32,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel Into the Potomac River Over the Last Few Months

"There's an equation with a lot of blank spaces that have to be filled in."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Residents Furious After Their Town Board Rejected an OpenAI Data Center, But a Billionaire Developer Forced It Through Anyway

"I feel like I'm playing by a different rule book. Like I'm playing baseball and they're playing football."

By Joe Wilkins

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Drones

Japan Deploying Combat Drones Made of Cardboard

"This model can be manufactured at any cardboard plant, ensuring high mass production capability and a robust supply chain."

By Joe Wilkins

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Machine Learning

ChatGPT Is Saying Weird Things in Chinese

"We don't know how to say: 'this is good writing, but if we do this good writing thing 10 times, then it's no longer good writing."

By Joe Wilkins