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After falling down a wellness rabbit hole, one woman learned the hard way that going off the pill might have some unintended consequences.
RX and Medicine

"Who am I without birth control?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Medicare patients in half a dozen states will have some of their health claims automatically reviewed by AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

AI companies are becoming a "whole new bounty hunter."

By Frank Landymore

AI companions are on the rise — but new research has found that they may do more harm than good to the humans using them.
Studies

"No evidence that AI use is helping people feel less alone or isolated.”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A clinical psychologist warns of the powerful delusions induced by AI chatbots, but thinks "psychosis" doesn't quite describe what's going on.
Artificial Intelligence

"I predict that in the years ahead there will be new categories of disorders that exist because of AI."

By Frank Landymore

There's publicity stunts, and then there's... whatever Will Smith is doing, now that he has twice posted AI concert footage in as many weeks.
Artificial Intelligence

Not this...

By Noor Al-Sibai

Clothesmaker J. Crew used AI to guzzle up its own aesthetic and create ads with seemingly fake models, without issuing any AI disclosures.
Artificial Intelligence

Just... why?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People who date on Tinder and people who get laid from Tinder are two distinct types — and when broken down by gender, it gets even weirder.
Studies

Fascinating -- and dark.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new survey, consumers not only suggested that Tesla's FSD feature is a huge turn-off, but that they think it should be illegal too.
Tesla

"Frankly, I don't see how FSD is legal in the first place."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An influencer was getting a perfunctory wax when she realized in horror that her esthetician was wearing Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses.
Meta

"I could not stop thinking, 'could this girl be filming me right now?'"

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research found that everything ranging from a typo to emotional language made it more likely for a medical AI to give you bad advice.
Artificial Intelligence

"It's a little scary."

By Frank Landymore

On a close read, GPT-5's writing is strange and nonsensical — at least to a human. Other chatbots have a very different take.
OpenAI

"A kind of secret language."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The ocean is on track to become so acidic that sharks could quite literally lose their bite, new research found.
Science & Energy

Shark weak.

By Frank Landymore

A close confidante of Elon Musk's who once worked at his DOGE agency is now in control of a pharma company that's poised to sell legal MDMA.
Elon Musk

Somehow, this checks out.

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research demonstrates how the first proteins could've formed without the help of biological processes.
Biology

It comes down to some "very simple chemistry."

By Frank Landymore

A recent paper uncovered some of the first comprehensive evidence that the AI industry is throwing the job market into flux.
Artificial Intelligence

"For 22 to 25 year olds, employment is falling in the most AI-exposed jobs and rising in the least exposed jobs."

By Joe Wilkins

Why the New York Times Claimed Life Had Been Found on Mars
Mars

"An absolute proof that there is conscious, intelligent, organic life on Mars."

By Jon Christian

A father was wrongly arrested after the NYPD's facial recognition software identified him based on grainy CCTV video.
Artificial Intelligence

"I swear to God, that's not me."

By Joe Wilkins

Thanks to a perfect storm of AI and crony capitalism, the country's power system is rapidly crumbling as costs balloon into the stratosphere.
Energy

Shocking.

By Joe Wilkins

After his dramatic fall from grace earlier this year, it seem that Musk is becoming sexually involved with his very own chatbot.
Elon Musk

"I don't think he's coping well."

By Joe Wilkins

In the wake of the Catholic school shooting that killed two children and maimed several others, RFK Jr. is suggesting SSRIs are to blame.
Mental Health

This is a new low.

By Noor Al-Sibai