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Ethics

Teens Alarmed at What AI Is Doing to Their Minds

"I want to have my normal brain back."

By Joe Wilkins

A cardboard Amazon Prime package is shown falling through a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. The package appears slightly blurred, indicating motion.
Drones

Video Shows Amazon Delivery Drone Dropping Package Directly Onto Concrete, Smashing Its Delicate Contents

"It does drop from 10 feet in the air."

By Joe Wilkins

In a baffling announcement today, struggling tech bro shoe company Allbirds announced it was pivoting to AI, leading to plenty of questions.
Ethics

What It Really Means That a Failing Shoe Brand “Pivoted to AI” and Its Stock Soared 700 Percent

"If you don’t believe we are in a bubble you are in denial."

By Victor Tangermann

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Food

Starbucks’ Baffling ChatGPT Collab Treats Customers Like Empty, Soulless Venti Cups

"If you are so paralyzed by an indecision that you need a chatbot to tell you what coffee drink to order, you probably need to check into a rehab."

By Joe Wilkins

Writer Jonas Ceika "sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects" for feedback. It was extremely flattering.
Ethics

ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” to a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your Other Brilliant Ideas

"It reminds me of something that would play over a quiet city montage or end credits."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

AI Is Turning Workplaces Into Hopeless Gridlock

Looks like AI is not the magical tool that CEOs make it out to be.

By Sharon Adarlo

A company hiring desperate job-seekers to train their AI model replacements was hacked, triggering five separate lawsuits.
Ethics

Companies Just Learned a Brutal Lesson About Training AI to Do Human Jobs

The seedy underbelly of the AI industry is really starting to show.

By Victor Tangermann

A blue Volvo XC90 SUV is being punched by a gigantic robot arm.
Future Society

Man Engineers Giant Robot Hand to Smash His Enemies

"I built a 5,000 kg giant robot arm just to see if my friend could survive the ultimate slap!"

By Joe Wilkins

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Astronomy

Earth Now Flying Through a Debris Field, Paper Finds

Look out!

By Sharon Adarlo

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Ethics

Berklee College of Music Students Furious That It’s Offering an AI “Songwriting” Class

"As a Berklee grad, I'm appalled at the questionable use of AI in creative classes."

By Sharon Adarlo

Braden "Clavicular" Peters, a so-called "looksmaxxing" influencer was hospitalized Tuesday evening for a suspected overdose.
Mental Health

Clavicular Rushed to Hospital in Perfect Illustration of Why Looksmaxxing Is a Horrifying Death Cult

It was only a matter of time.

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Usually, Young People Embrace New Technology. Gen Z’s Attitude Toward AI Should Worry the Entire Tech Industry

The AI industry has a major problem with young people.

By Sharon Adarlo

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns

"We find that AI assistance improves immediate performance, but it comes at a heavy cognitive cost."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI

Man Who Threw Molotov at Sam Altman’s House Warned AI Will Exterminate Humankind

"If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself."

By Joe Wilkins

Following a major outcry among Christian and far-right influencers, president Donald Trump deleted a picture of himself as Jesus.
Ethics

Trump Is Inflicting Massive Damage to His Public Image by Posting Offensive AI Slop

"I will not defend blasphemy."

By Victor Tangermann

LLMs aren't trained on the "vast majority of speech," experts warn, a major blind spot that could have sweeping consequences.
Ethics

There’s Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs

"Our sense of the world may become distorted in ways we have barely begun to comprehend."

By Victor Tangermann

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Pollution

Trump Moves to Let Coal Companies Pollute Waterways With Their Toxic Slag

"The Trump administration just took a sledgehammer to the health protections in place for toxic coal pollution."

By Joe Wilkins

The considerable role OpenAI's blockbuster chatbot ChatGPT played in two recent mass shootings has experts concerned.
Ethics

Why Do ChatGPT Users Keep Committing Mass Shootings?

It's quickly becoming a horrifying trend.

By Victor Tangermann

Experts say Trump's proposed budget for NASA is incredibly vague, "sloppy," and extremely likely to be shot down by Congress.
Mars

There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget

"This is the least transparent NASA budget request I've ever seen."

By Victor Tangermann

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OpenAI

Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

"His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré