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SpaceX and xAI are competing in a Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming tech.
Robots and Machines

SpaceX Angling for Military Contract to Produce Drone Swarms

After years of opposing them, Musk is looking to develop killer drones.

By Victor Tangermann

A $1.2 billion fund announced in a regulatory filing that it's looking to give mom-and-pop investors a chance to get access to SpaceX stock.
Artificial Intelligence

Buckle Up: New Fund Will Let Regular Investors Buy SpaceX Stock

Access could open up much sooner than the anticipated IPO.

By Victor Tangermann

A red dart is stuck in the center of a yellow human ear, which is placed on a black and blue target board with concentric circles and numbers.
Military

Skeptic Builds “Havana Syndrome”-Style Device, Tests It on Himself, Suffers Grim Consequences

One-shotted by the brain scrambler.

By Joe Wilkins

White Tesla with black wheels and "Robotaxi" written on the side, featuring a distorted front end against a red grid background with a blue circle behind the car.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Robotaxis Crashing Vastly More Often Than Human Drivers

And that's just from the crashes we know about.

By Frank Landymore

A city skyline featuring a mix of modern and older buildings under a partly cloudy sky. The shadow of an airship has been overlaid onto them.
Artificial Intelligence

Oxford Researcher Warns That AI Is Heading for a Hindenburg-Style Disaster

"It was a dead technology from that point on."

By Frank Landymore

Renters seeking a new home in the Washington, DC, area made a horrifying discovery while browsing listings.
Ethics

Realtor Uses AI, Accidentally Posts Listing for Rental Property With Demonic Figure Emerging From Mirror

"Genuinely the worst possible thing to scroll past before I fall asleep."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's vehicle sales across 13 European markets are absolutely atrocious compared to the same point just two years ago.
Tesla

Tesla’s New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal

It's hard to imagine how it could get any worse.

By Joe Wilkins

A young woman with long hair and bangs is holding a video game controller in her right hand and has her left hand clenched in a fist. She has a frustrated or upset expression on her face. She is wearing a knitted sweater. The background features a blue grid pattern with an orange circle behind her. The image has a stylized, textured effect.
Artificial Intelligence

Unity Says It Has a New Product That Cooks Up Entire Games Using AI

You'll be able to "prompt full casual games into existence," apparently.

By Frank Landymore

The next AI price hike could affect hard drives, following RAM, SSDs, and graphical processing units.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices

First RAM, now storage?

By Victor Tangermann

A man in a white shirt and floral tie is sitting at a desk with multiple old computer monitors and keyboards around him. He has a stressed or shocked expression, holding his head with both hands. The image is lit with vibrant pink and blue lighting, creating a dramatic and intense atmosphere.
Artificial Intelligence

It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They’re About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychological Effects

"An invisible disaster."

By Frank Landymore

Trump administration officials are now considering cutting ties with Anthropic over the company's limits on its contract.
Anthropic

Pentagon Issues Threat to Anthropic

"Everything's on the table."

By Victor Tangermann

The televised Spring Festival Gala put on by the state-run China Media Group featured an impressive synchronized martial arts routine.
Robotics

Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls

Is it really the best time to arm them with spears and swords?

By Victor Tangermann

Still frame from video by Tesla driver Daniel Milligan. A boat docked at a pier at night, with its reflection visible in the calm water. The image is taken from a vehicle dashboard camera, showing a speed of 7 MPH and indicating that the vehicle is in self-driving mode.
Self-Driving Vehicles

FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake

As you do.

By Frank Landymore

Meta was granted a patent in 2023 for the idea, outlining how a large language model (LLM) can "simulate" a user's social media activity.
Metaverse

Meta Patented AI That Takes Over Your Account When You Die, Keeps Posting Forever

From beyond the grave.

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of a woman with long hair and a textured short-sleeve shirt, looking downward with a serious expression. In the foreground, a hand is holding and interacting with a smartphone. The image uses a color overlay effect, with the person in reddish tones and the hand in blue tones, set against a yellow background with a subtle grid pattern.
Ethics

AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

"I couldn't leave my house for months... people were messaging me all over my social media, like, 'Are you safe? Are your kids safe?'"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman with long, dark hair featuring blonde highlights and bangs is sitting on a wicker sofa. She is wearing a white crocheted top with yellow and blue patterns and light-colored pants. She is holding a pink smartphone and looking at it with a thoughtful expression. The background shows a window with sheer curtains.
Ethics

Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?

Is it "good" or "bad?" Developers can't say.

By Frank Landymore

A black school desk chair with an attached writing surface is illuminated from behind by a green light, casting a dark shadow on a blue background.
Pollution

Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns

"The only honor you can bank on in the oil and gas industry is there ain't nothing honorable being done."

By Joe Wilkins

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama seated in a sports stadium.
Space

Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens

"They're real."

By Frank Landymore

Two red dice with white dots are floating above a hand, which is covered by a grid-patterned fabric. The dice show the numbers five and four. The background features a gradient of blue and beige tones with the grid pattern continuing throughout.
Future Society

Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling

"Everything is gambling now."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have found that boreal forests, the largest terrestrial biome on Earth, are steadily shifting northwards.
Climate Change

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

They're on the move.

By Victor Tangermann