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If, for some reason, we as a society executed villains by firing them into the Sun, this is how an astronomers says we would do it.
Astronomy

Astronomer Explores Possibility of Launching Bad People Into Sun

Easy, right?

An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
Ethics

Town’s Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors

"Scenes of Lovecraftian horror."

A Reddit user said that a Tesla robotaxi safety driver fell asleep behind the wheel at least three times while using the service.
Elon Musk

Passenger Alarmed When Tesla Robotaxi “Safety” Driver Falls Completely Asleep at the Wheel

"The beeping is what woke him back up."

The observations are the earliest yet of a supernova, revealing in detail the moment that the shockwave obliterated the star.
Astronomy

Astronomers Witness the Moment a Fatal Shockwave Bursts Through the Surface of a Star

A stellar snuff film.

Google pulled the Gemma model from its AI Hub after the AI falsely claimed that a Republican senator had been accused of heinous crimes.
Artificial Intelligence

Google Pulls Down AI Chatbot After It Accuses Senator of Terrible Crime

"It is an act of defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned AI model."

AI chipmaker Nvidia's Wednesday earnings call is putting investors on edge, results that could send ripples through already rattled markets.
Artificial Intelligence

The Whole Financial World Is Terrified of Nvidia’s Earnings Call

Investors fear the worst.

Even Downdetector, a website that tracks internet outages, was temporarily knocked out by today's Cloudflare outage.
Cybersecurity

The Internet Crashed So Hard This Morning That Downdetector Went Down

The irony.

The CEO of a video game publisher has been accused of asking ChatGPT how to wriggle out of paying out a massive $250 million bonus.
Ethics

CEO Accused of Asking ChatGPT About Something Absolutely Wild

Don't ask ChatGPT anything you wouldn't want read in court.

Bitcoin has wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in total market value, dropping below $92,000 for the first time since mid-April.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Showing Signs of Severe Collapse

"Bitcoin has fallen fast, hard, and with no clear trigger."

Sonder, a company once seen as a potential rival to Airbnb, suddenly went bankrupt last week, stranding its guests across the world.
Future Society

Guests Kicked to the Curb In the Middle of Their Stay After Airbnb Rival Goes Bankrupt Right Before Thanksgiving

Enjoy your stay!

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is still not giving up hope that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien mothership and says it's too early to call it.
Mars

Harvard Scientist Suspicious About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins Fires Back at Critics

"The verdict is still out."

OpenAI confirmed that it had suspended FoloToy's access to its AI models after a damning report about the toymaker's AI teddy bear.
Ethics

OpenAI Blocks Toymaker After Its AI Teddy Bear Is Caught Telling Children Terrible Things

"I can confirm we've suspended this developer for violating our policies."

President Donald Trump's social network, Truth Social, is on life support, with Trump Media and Technology Group shares hitting a record low.
Bitcoin

The Stock of Trump’s Tech Company Is Crashing So Hard It Isn’t Even Funny

Ouch!

Valve cofounder Gabe Newell is indulging himself with some light retail therapy — in the form of a $500 million superyacht.
Jeff Bezos

Gabe Newell Buys Obscene Yacht

Why game on land when you can game in the middle of the ocean?

Scientists have identified several caves carved by water and they may have held or have evidence of extraterrestrial life.
Exobiology

Scientist Say They’ve Found Caves on Mars That May Contain Life

Future mission to Mars should focus on these caverns.

Busy parents are increasingly turning to OpenAI's ChatGPT for child rearing advice, medical information, and to entertain their kids.
Ethics

Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children

Would you trust an AI chatbot with your children?

AI companies like Mercor are scrapping thousands of worker contracts in order restart operations while paying much lower rates.
Meta

AI Companies Are Treating Their Workers Like Human Garbage, Which May Be a Sign of Things to Come for the Rest of Us

"We needed to have the guaranteed income, even if it's demoralizing."

Disgruntled spouses are divorcing their bot-enamored partners that they say cheated on them with an AI companion.
Ethics

People Are Starting to Get Divorced Because of Affairs With AI

Till AI do us part.

There's still far too much we don't understand about how AI-powered toys can affect a child's development, an expert warns.
Ethics

Child Development Researcher Issues Warning About AI-Powered Teddy Bears Flooding Market Before Christmas

Err on the side of not letting your child be a lab rat for unproven AI tech.

Researchers at MIT have invented "Circulatronics," a medical platform they say enables non-invasive treatment of neuroinflammation.
Treatments

MIT Invents Injectable Brain Chips

"This technology is not just confined to the brain, but could also be extended to other parts of the body in the future."