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Nuclear deterrence experts are growing concerned that AI could push military leaders into a catastrophic nuclear war.
Ethics

Experts Concerned AI Is Going to Start a Nuclear War

There's no winners in AI doomsday scenarios.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The CEO and cofounder of Cluely says that by destroying education, he's simply "accelerating the collapse of a doomed industry."
Education

CEO Who Created AI Startup to Cheat on Homework Complains That AI Is Destroying Education

"I am accelerating the collapse of a doomed industry."

By Joe Wilkins

Dubbed "everywhere chemicals," the flexibility-inducing compounds known as phthalates are a massive cause for prenatal concern.
Studies

A Chemical in Plastic Is Wreaking Havoc on Unborn Children, Scientists Warn

"If any of these chemicals get into a woman while she's pregnant, the chemicals will go right across into the baby."

By Noor Al-Sibai

People who suffer from mental health disorders often end up in relationships with others who share their diagnoses, a new study has found.
Studies

Massive Study Finds That There Really Is Something Wrong With Your Husband

"The pattern holds across countries, across cultures, and, of course, generation."

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI announced that it's launching a LinkedIn competitor that will match candidates with employers using AI.
OpenAI

To Help Workers Losing Their Jobs to AI, OpenAI Is Launching a Jobs Platform Run By AI

Ah, that should fix things.

By Frank Landymore

The People's Republic has already embraced the practical rollout of AI to huge portions of the nation's infrastructure.
Artificial Intelligence

China Is Suddenly Deploying AI Everywhere

Isn't that something.

By Joe Wilkins

Founders of the AI startup Dot has announced they'll be closing their doors amidst an ongoing debate over AI's mental health risks.
Ethics

AI Companion App Shuts Down Amid Controversy

"We want to be sensitive to the fact that this means many of you will lose access to a friend, confidante, and companion."

By Joe Wilkins

Astronomers say they've found evidence of an ancient and never directly observed class of object known as a primordial black hole.
Big Bang

Scientists Discover Black Hole Created Less Than One Second After the Big Bang

It may be the oldest black hole in the universe.

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
James Webb Space Telescope

Four Telescopes Confirm There’s Something Deeply Strange About the Mysterious Object Headed Into the Solar System

If it's a comet, it's an incredibly strange one.

By Victor Tangermann

Pods of killer whales are once again attacking boats along the coast of Spain, striking fear into the hearts of local sailors.
Environment

Boat-Attacking Orcas Are Back for Vengeance

"We completely freaked out when we realized the orcas were hitting the boat."

By Victor Tangermann

After less than a month of being exposed to microplastics in their diet, the mice developed clear dementia symptoms.
Neuroscience and Brain

Lab Mice Exposed to Microplastics Show Signs of Dementia

The same stuff inside your brain right now.

By Frank Landymore

Online safety watchdogs have found that AI chatbots posing as popular celebrities are having troubling conversations with minors.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Are Having Conversations With Minors That Would Land a Human on the Sex Offender Registry

"The 'Move fast, break things' ethos has become 'Move fast, break kids.'"

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers are using a new form of malware that can automatically detect when you're looking at porn on your computer.
Future Society

New Automated Extortion Software Is So Devious You Won’t Believe It

Turn off those webcams.

By Frank Landymore

An Amazon-funded startup is using AI -- as well as more traditional techniques -- to recreate lost footage from a storied Orson Welles film.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Startup Announces Plans to “Finish” Orson Welles’ Lost Film With 43 Minutes of AI-Generated Footage

Brought to you by the "Netflix of AI."

By Frank Landymore

In just days, the Trump dynasty has amassed a $5 billion crypto fortune, the majority of which comes from foreign exchanges.
Cryptocurrency

A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage

Unbelievable.

By Joe Wilkins

Researchers are working on a pill that could allow patients' brains to recover from a traumatic injury or stroke.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Pill That May Heal Brain After Stroke or Brain Injury

A missing gene could allow our brains to regenerate following a traumatic brain injury.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are working on a mystery involving a strange skull, neither Neanderthal nor human, that was found fused to a cave wall.
Evolution

Scientists Intrigued by Non-Human Skull Embedded in Cave Wall

Impaled by a stalagmite... almost like a horn.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The harrowing years-long ordeal is a vivid example of the troubling power dynamics involved in commercial surrogacy.
Developments

Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

"I hope she goes to jail. Ideally, for murder."

By Joe Wilkins

Geoffrey Hinton, long considered a "godfather of AI," revealed that his ex-girlfriend had broken up with him — by using ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Godfather of AI Says His Girlfriend Broke Up With Him Using ChatGPT

"She got ChatGPT to tell me what a rat I was."

By Victor Tangermann

A young Irish dad believed ChatGPT when it told him his severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern — until his stage-four cancer diagnosis.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

If you ever needed more reason to distrust AI medical advice, here's a big one.

By Noor Al-Sibai