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Astronomy

US Government Accuses Russian Spacecraft of “Threatening Behavior” and Orbital “Weapons Operations”

One official called them "behaviors consistent with on-orbit weapons operations."

Anthropic

Man Arrested After Telling Claude About Plans to Shoot Up Daycare

"We're understanding what's in his mind with his interactions with the chatbot."

The Industrialists

Bryan Johnson Announces Plans for Mass Revenge

"I have an AI agent that logs every negative comment someone makes about me online."

Hacking

Man Hires Swarm of AI Agents to Go on Epic Hacking Spree Against Major Companies

"It's ​a new world now."

Ethics

Nobel-Winning Computer Scientist Says AI Has Become Conscious: “We’re Toast”

It was fun while it lasted.

Anthropic

There Are Signs of Serious Trouble in the Data Center Industry

"People aren’t just dropping their shorts for data centers anymore."

Meta

Head of Instagram Says He Has No Idea How to Deal With Wave of Horrible AI Slop

"We are actively working out what to do; it’s just a tricky problem."

Meta

Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta Corporate Office Depicting Zuck as the Devil

Brazilians have had enough of the "billionaire scoundrel."

Finance

Anthropic’s Financial Situation May Explain Why Dario Amodei Looks So Terrified All the Time

He's trapped in an impossible scenario.

Cybersecurity

Frontier OpenAI Model Exposes Stunning Exploit That Leaves Millions of Web Servers Open to Attack

The internet is in peril.

Finance

Why Did Polymarket Think It Was a Good Idea to Allow Bets on the Fates of the Cornell 7?

Polymarket argued that it brings "objective, data-driven insight" into how a sexual assault cases moves "through the legal system."

Future Society

Halley’s Comet Barraging Earth With Debris

Heads up!

Pollution

Random Ohio Town Turns Into Scene From ‘Silent Hill’ After Massive Chemical Leak

"I can't see out my window."

Off-World

11-Foot Chunk of Chinese Rocket Crashes Down in Minnesota Cornfield

Now that's something for a corn maze!

Viruses

Startup Deploys AI-Engineered Virus on Human Patient

"If it works, that's incredible."

Ethics

Maybe Vibe Coding Should Be Called “Cuck Coding” Because You Just Sit in a Chair and Watch

Hey, front row seats!

Artificial Intelligence

Grotesque Engagement Farmers Are Using AI to Manipulate Real Arrest Footage So That Cops Grope Women

"It's important to remember that these videos feature real people — both police officers and citizens — who are being depicted doing things that never happened."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Growing Death Toll: “What He Put Into the Woodchipper Were Children”

"500,000 children died."

Data Privacy

Meta’s Muse AI Agent Caught Leaking Users’ Intimate Personal Information

"We would have guessed that gathering these would take real effort. It took one query."

Future Society

Major Data Center Developer Rents Floating Prison Barge to House Contract Construction Workers

Talk about a commute.