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Ethics

Dating App Cofounder Bails After Scandal Over Using Fake AI-Generated Influencers

The app was found to be a "psyop."

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Finance

Tech CEO’s Ridiculous Excuse Falls Apart in Court, Sentenced to Prison

Suspicious investors had reported her after making a strange discovery.

Female employer say No thank you.
Finance

Employers Are Hiring Recent Grads and Then Saying “Oops, Never Mind”

"It's totally out of control."

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Artificial Intelligence

Data Centers Are Sucking Up So Many Construction Workers That There Isn’t Anybody Left to Build Houses, Expert Says

"Many of those people that were in housing are going to these data centers."

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Drones

Amazon Delivery Drone Drops Package Directly Into Customer’s Swimming Pool

"Oh s***!"

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Finance

“Biblical Levels of Insider Trading”: New Prediction Market Monetizes Anything in Livestreams

"What if any livestream could become a prediction market?"

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Finance

Insider Trading on Polymarket Is Revealing Military Secrets

"It would be ⁠naive to think foreign-intelligence agencies aren't monitoring these markets."

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Future Society

Expert on Financial Crises Says the Signs Are Impossible to Miss

"We need to acknowledge that the bottom can fall beneath the US economy, practically, in any minute."

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Elon Musk

Tesla Is Giving Up on Solar Roof Tiles as Elon Musk Leans Into Fossil Fuels

Yet another flopped product built on too much hype.

Omaha Police Officer Jason Cvitanov points out the contact pads on the Compliant Technologies G.L.O.V.E. during an interview.
Military

Horrified School District Pleads Police to Stop Using Electric Shock Torture Gloves on Students

"I can't even imagine walking down the hallway and seeing a peer of mine being electrocuted in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students."

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Artificial Intelligence

Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because AI “Receptionists” Can’t Understanding What They’re Saying

"I ended up just hanging up and not bothering to try and book an appointment."

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Future Society

AI-Generated Children’s Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns

"The same tropes kept coming up."

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Advanced Transport

Paramedics Now Rolling Up to Medical Emergencies in Flying Hovercraft

It's helping paramedics "redefine emergency response in rural communities."

A triptych showing a large man with a single cyclopean eye wearing a blue suit, light blue shirt, and bright pink tie. In the first panel, he stands in a cave facing two smaller men dressed as ancient warriors with shields and swords. In the second panel, he is bending down, grabbing one of the smaller men who is sitting on a red armchair, looking surprised. In the third panel, the cyclopean man is holding a large glass pitcher filled with a light-colored liquid and carrots, appearing to offer it to someone. The setting appears to be a rocky cave.
Artificial Intelligence

This Is Probably Not the AI-Generated Version of “The Odyssey” That Elon Musk Was Imagining

Or in all likelihood, that *anyone* was imagining.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Results of Middle and High School Students Using AI Are Extremely Ominous

In an age of AI, getting good grades is a mirage.

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Mass Transit

Government Spending on Mass Transit Would Be Incredible for Small Towns, Study Finds

New York isn't the only city that could have incredible transit.

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Artificial Intelligence

Devious New Font Turns AI Scrapers Into Mincemeat

The font makes "the text itself polluted, harder, and more expensive to collect without permission."

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Robotics

This Has to Be the Most Amazing Robot Death We’ve Ever Seen

Ever blow out your back so hard that you split in half?

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Privacy

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole

"Any good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich."

CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks to members of the media.
Future Society

The AI Industry Has Fumbled Its Public Image So Badly That It’s Incredible

The majority of young adults in the US say they're "more concerned than excited" about AI.