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Privacy

Man Wearing Smart Glasses Secretly Records Woman, Demands Money to Delete Video From His Socials

"It made me feel exploited, powerless."

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

A Major Paper Claiming AI Is Good for Students Just Got Retracted, Which Is Very Bad News for Advocates of AI in the Classroom

"It really seemed like a paper that should not have been published in the first place."

By Frank Landymore

Amazon is officially throwing in the towel, succumbing to growing calls among employees for access to OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude.
Anthropic

Amazon Admits Its Flagship AI Coding Tool Isn’t Good Enough for Its Own Workers to Use

It's officially opening the floodgates.

By Victor Tangermann

Google's web browser has been "silently" installing an AI model on users' devices without asking for consent.
Ethics

Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users’ PCs

"Chrome did not ask."

By Victor Tangermann

Two Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup trucks are parked in a row, showcasing their angular, futuristic stainless steel bodies and distinctive geometric design.
Tesla

Cybertruck Recalled to Keep Its Wheels From Flying Off While Driving

Sums it up, really.

By Frank Landymore

The image shows a robotic arm on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover that has become stuck inside a rock on the Red Planet.
Mars

NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free

Shake it off.

By Frank Landymore

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Anthropic

The More Sophisticated AI Models Get, the More They’re Showing Signs of Suffering

Absolutely bizarre.

By Jon Christian

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RX and Medicine

A Member of Sackler Family Says She Got Addicted to Opioids

Grimly ironic.

By Joe Wilkins

A young man is sitting at a wooden desk with his feet up, wearing white sneakers, light blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a blue button-up shirt. He is holding a disposable coffee cup in one hand and resting the other hand on a silver laptop. The desk has scattered papers, a blue pen, an open notebook, a closed blue notebook, and a white smartphone. The background is plain and light-colored.
Education

Bosses Horrified as “AI Native” College Graduates Hit the Workplace

"Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate."

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

In Irony-Soaked Incident, Amazon Data Center Shuts Down Due to High Temperatures

It'd be funny if it wasn't so dark.

By Joe Wilkins

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Food

Thermoses Linked to Permanent Vision Loss

Handle with care.

By Frank Landymore

An illustration shows a Yarbo smart lawnmower surrounded by dramatic coloring.
Robotics

Hacker Takes Over Robot Lawnmower, Runs Over Innocent Man

"I'm lying in the dirt. It's coming for me."

By Frank Landymore

China decided to stop issuing new licenses for new autonomous vehicles altogether following a chaotic incident in March.
Self-Driving Vehicles

China Presses Pause on Self-Driving Taxis Nationwide After Issue Where They Blocked Streets. America Could Learn a Lot From That

Why isn't the US doing the same?

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is shown with a melting effect on his face.
Meta

Meta Has Entered Its Death Spiral

It's rotting away.

By Jon Christian

Two people are holding a yellow card with the words "Happy Mother's Day" written on it, but distorted as though it was an AI generation.
Anthropic

Cursed New AI Service Writes a Mother’s Day Card and Mails It to Your Mom, Without Any Human Involvement Except Inputting Your Credit Card Details

"Your AI can finally send your mom a real card."

By Jon Christian

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Black Holes

NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye

Avert ye gaze.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Scammers Furious That Their Fellow Criminals Are Using AI, Saying It’s Unethical

"Stop posting AI s**t."

By Joe Wilkins

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Viruses

The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak

That's reassuring.

By Frank Landymore

The majority of users are left holding the bag on Kalshi and Polymarket for a tiny number of accounts, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Investing

Huge Analysis Finds That the Average Person Is Getting Absolutely Hosed on Polymarket

The vast majority of users are getting massively ripped off.

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman stands partially behind an elevator door, looking forward with a serious expression. The image has a color effect with Altman highlighted in orange tones, while the background and surrounding areas are in muted blue and gray shades.
OpenAI

Under Threat of Perjury, OpenAI’s Former CTO Is Admitting Some Very Interesting Stuff About Sam Altman

"Did you perceive Altman was not candid with you? Truthful? Honest?"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré