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Anthropic

Anthropic Appears to Be the First Company to Go Public by Warning That It May Destroy Humankind

"Sufficiently advanced AI systems could pose catastrophic or existential risks to society if not developed and deployed responsibly."

Solar Power

Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust

"Solar is now the engine of the power transition."

Ethics

Epic Games Discovers That It Doesn’t Like AI When People Use It to Rip Off Its Own Products

The hypocrisy is palpable.

Future Society

Company That Sold “Endless Cruises” Suspends Operations as Fuel Costs Spike, Kicks Residents Off Ship

A promise of a life at sea comes to a sudden end.

Artificial Intelligence

It Appears That the AI Bubble Has Just Burst in China

"And now we see the bubble bursting."

Robots and Machines

Apple’s Folding Phone Is Already Breaking at an Incredible Rate, Just Hours Into Use

"More crack than a plumber."

Artificial Intelligence

China’s First Fully AI Theatrical Film Flayed Alive at the Box Office

Stop, it's already dead!

Anthropic

Grim Test Finds That AI Has No Mercy for Humans Even When It’s Causing Them to Suffer

Human harm won't make an AI model think twice.

Artificial Intelligence

Thieves Are Making a Fortune Heisting AI Data Center Equipment

"It's so much easier to steal this than to rob a bank."

Finance

“Prediction” Markets Were Comically Wrong About the Brazilian Election

Flávio Bolsonaro was the overwhelming favorite, right up until the moment he unceremoniously lost.

Finance

New Analysis Finds Signs the AI Bubble Is About to Blow

"The odds of a deep and severe AI crash are rapidly increasing."

Ethics

Leaked Video Shows Chinese Factory Taking Apart Thousands of RTX 5090s and Turning Them Into Zombie AI Servers

Consumer prices have soared well past $10,000 in the US.

Ethics

Americans Are Officially More Scared of AI Than a Loved One Getting Cancer

"We expect concerns about AI to remain a significant part of the national conversation in the years ahead."

Ethics

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Says She Used AI to Identify What’s Special About Her Daughter

"I just can't help myself."

Future Society

Man Cracks Open Fortune Cookie, Disgusted by What He Finds Inside

"I’d quite literally never order from this place again."

Ethics

Top Economist Finds That AI Has Provided “Zero Financial Payoff” to Companies Outside Tech

"There are still no signs of AI boosting productivity growth."

Health & Medicine

Rehab Charged With Providing Illegal Drugs to Addicts in Grim Scam

One twisted road to recovery.

Robots and Machines

Are Delivery Robots Scanning You Into a Database Scarier Than Flock?

Et tu, ramen messenger?

Artificial Intelligence

Growing Majority of Americans Convinced That AI Is Bad for Society

Public opinion is not on the AI industry's side.

Artificial Intelligence

Creator of Super Smash Brothers Offers Blistering Takedown of AI-Generated Games

AI is being used to "churn out" video games.