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Privacy

Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign

"We didn't give them permission to do it on us."

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Developments

Almost the Entire Country Is Drowning in Cases of Explosive Diarrhea

So much for "under control."

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Fossil Fuels

Shell Is Profiting Massively Off the War in Iran

Its profits doubled compared to last year.

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Ethics

LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report “Seems Like AI Slop,” Which Is Definitely Going to Get a Real Workout

A button that marks posts as not being AI slop would probably be far more useful.

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Mars

NASA Mars Rover Discovers Field of Mesmerizing Polygons

"This sea of polygons took our breath away."

An illustration shows Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie with glasses and short hair dyed pink, speaking into a handheld megaphone. Superimposed behind him is a red octagonal stop sign with the words "AI SLOP" written on it against a clear blue sky. The image has a stylized, high-contrast look with a white outline around the man.
Artificial Intelligence

Cambridge Analytica’s Website Is Now an AI Slop Farm

Somehow, Cambridge Analytica has returned. Sort of.

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Meta

Meta’s Attempted Crackdown on AI Glasses Perverts Is Already Failing

So far, so little.

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Drones

Schools Deploying Pepper Spray Drones to Sic on Mass Shooters

Anything but actual gun control.

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Ethics

Hack “Writers” Fuming After ChatGPT Starts Refusing Prompts to Copy a Specific Author’s Style

"I have no idea how to get around this."

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Finance

South Korean Authorities Scrambling to Save Stock Market From AI Bubble

"The country has turned into a casino."

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Machine Learning

Amazon Is Gutting Its AI Division After Sustained Failure

Wait, Amazon has AI models?

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Developments

The United States Is Rapidly Running Out of Blood

Here's how you can help.

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Hacking

If You AI-Generate Code, Hackers Just Found a Devious Method to Install Malware Directly on Your Computer

Awesome.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft CEO Warns That Companies Embracing AI Could Drive Themselves Out of Business

Double AI agents.

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Astrophysics

NASA Rescue Mission Spirals Into Crisis

That's not what was supposed to happen.

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Ethics

Residents Furious at Plan to Seize and Destroy Their Homes for AI Data Centers

"We don't have a choice in this."

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Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff After Bizarre Pivot to AI

Embracing AI can't save you from terrible management.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Launches New Service Where You Can Send Him All Your Money and Hope for the Best

Not all at once!

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Data Privacy

This New Meta “Advertisement” Is Absolutely Brutal

"Pervert glasses have no place in our society."

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OpenAI

Sam Altman Says Even the Power of AI Will Never Lead to a Shorter Work Week

"We're still going to complain about it, but secretly we're going to be happy."