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Robotics

Government Officials Order the Robot Cage Fights to Stop, Organizers Say

"We made it boys."

Ethics

Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project

It's "gross incompetence," or "gross disregard" for the law. Or both.

Biology

In Case You Still Have Faith in Humanity, Here’s an Influencer “Riding” a Sea Turtle While It Tries to Lay Eggs

"The desire for fame and viral views has pushed many to do evil and stupid acts."

Artificial Intelligence

Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok

The Emperor has AI psychosis.

Elon Musk

Mother of Elon Musk’s Children Says She Has Been “Let Go” by the Billionaire

"I will miss him dearly."

Boeing

NASA Has Been So Thoroughly Screwed by Boeing’s Disastrous Starliner That It’s Now Throwing Its Entire Access to Space Into Question

SpaceX is getting ready to pull the rug out.

Future Society

Horde of Obsolete Humanoid Robots Made to Hurl Themselves Into Vat of Liquid Steel for Total Obliteration

That's one way to get rid of old inventory.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump Launched an America.org “Super Intelligence” Chatbot and It Immediately Disagrees With Him on Huge Topics, Including Whether He Won the 2020 Election

A "super intelligence" can't be wrong, right?

Ethics

The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds

Extensive AI use has been linked to "severe negative outcomes," researchers argue.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Such a Sad Sack That He Just Stole a Random Guy’s Joke on Twitter

"Claiming other people's work as his own is Musk's entire career."

Ethics

The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren’t Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life

AI companies have done next to nothing to earn their trust.

Ethics

Man Facing Up to Three Years in Prison After Sharing AI Slop That Leads to Mass Panic

Careful about sharing AI slop!

Meta

It’s Looking Possible That Zuckerberg Is Accidentally Committing Corporate Suicide

"The largest misallocation of capital in history."

Astrophysics

NASA Telescope Careening Down to Earth After Failed Rescue Mission

It's not dead quite yet, but its days are counted.

Ethics

You Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old Tweets

That's... not what we were expecting.

Privacy

Phoebe Bridgers Banned Phones at Her Concerts and It’s Creating a Beautiful and Mysterious Experience Where People Are Drawing Her Amazing Light Show by Hand

Inspiring.

Artificial Intelligence

Top BBC Director Says He’s Been Reviewing a Fully AI-Generated Episode of “Doctor Who” and It’s “Pretty Good”

Just what the franchise needs: an injection of AI slop.

Finance

Data Centers Are a $6 Trillion Time Bomb, Analysts Warn

"What the industry needs is a wave of innovation that will dwarf what mobile and cloud unlocked."

OpenAI

Here’s the Email You Get When an OpenAI Model Hacks Your Organization

OpenAI will wish you the "best" after hacking into your company.

Artificial Intelligence

RFK Jr Announcing That AI Is Now Better Than Human Doctors Shows That He Is a Buffoon Who Is Ruining Trust in American Health Institutions

"If somebody tells you, 'Masks work, trust the experts,' AI may tell you otherwise."