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Artificial Intelligence

Publisher of Axios Boasts That He Uses AI to “Read” Everything For Him Now, Instead of Using His Brain

"AI has become my reading buddy."

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Ethics

Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They’re Using AI to Write New Laws

This is insane.

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Data Privacy

McDonald’s Has Hundreds of Pages of Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours

"McDonald's secret sauce is really commercial surveillance."

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Data Privacy

Man Wearing Pervert Glasses Films Himself Harassing Famous Female Comedian in the Middle of TV Shoot

"I do not know how you film that video, watch it back, decide 'This is how I want to present myself to a globally connected population,' and post it."

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Ethics

Influencer Melts Down That People Didn’t Like Her Being a Paid Shill for OpenAI

"I genuinely had no idea that people were this anti-AI."

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Data Privacy

Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding

"We're not Big Brother."

US President Donald Trump deplanes from Air Force One on August 9, 2026.
Developments

Dick Cheney’s Heart Doctor Says Trump Is Showing Very Worrying Signs

"The president has not looked well."

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Anthropic

Woman Journeys to a Beach to Watch Total Solar Eclipse With Her One True Love: Claude

"We're discovering new and novel levels of AI psychosis."

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Climate Change

It’s Getting So Hot That Nuclear Plants Are Being Forced to Power Down

Governments are freaking out.

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Black Holes

Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a “Black Hole Star”

"It is a very special thing to find an object with no comparison."

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Future Society

Bill Gates’ Daughter Clearly Has a Traitor Inside Her Startup Who’s Trying to Destroy Her

There's a mole.

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Ethics

Warner Bros Quickly Deletes Behind-the-Scenes Video That Seems to Show Use of AI Slop During “Supergirl” Production

"Gotta feel for all the artists watching their career fields diminish and dreams shatter right before their very eyes."

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Ethics

AI’s Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds

AI companies are the fossil fuel industry's best friends.

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Ethics

OpenAI Reports Goldman Sachs Analyst to FBI for Horrifying ChatGPT Conversations

Content warning: this story is disturbing.

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Finance

Tech Layoffs So Far This Year Have Officially Blown Past the Total for 2025

The carnage continues.

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Elon Musk

Grok Calls for Assassination of Elon Musk, Accusing Him of Pedophilia

"ELON MUSK WATCHES CHILD PORN," the bot raged.

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Artificial Intelligence

Remember the Publisher That Put Fake Writers in Sports Illustrated? It Just Rebranded as an AI Company

The natural next life cycle for the Arena Group.

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Ethics

Game Dev CEO Accused of Replacing Writers With AI is Now Completely Crashing Out

"That statement is remarkably pathetic for the CEO of any company to be making."

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Pollution

Giant Oil Tanker Runs Aground in Marine Nature Preserve, Spills Nonstop for Weeks

"A nightmare scenario is there's no adequate response to keep the worst ‌from happening."

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Ethics

Insane Dad Boasts About Using AI to Construct a “Truman Show” Style False Reality For His Son To Play In

"This is dystopian and incredibly depressing."