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Incredibly easy AI jailbreak techniques still work on the industry's leading AI models, even months after they were discovered.
Artificial Intelligence

It’s Still Ludicrously Easy to Jailbreak the Strongest AI Models, and the Companies Don’t Care

They're barely even trying to contain it.

Google and Character.AI tried to dismiss a lawsuit that claims chatbots caused a 14-year-old's suicide. The case is moving forward.
Artificial Intelligence

Judge Slaps Down Attempt to Throw Out Lawsuit Claiming AI Caused a 14-Year-Old’s Suicide

"With today's ruling, a federal judge recognizes a grieving mother's right to access the courts to hold powerful tech companies — and their developers — accountable for marketing a defective product that led to her child's death."

Practitioners say that UnitedHealth pressed them to change patients' status to "do not resuscitate," The Guardian reports.
Developments

Insurance Company Accused of Pressuring Medical Staff to Change Patients’ Status to “Do Not Resuscitate”

You'll never guess *which* insurance company.

Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch told the story of what happened during her meme coin disaster, claiming she had absolutely no idea.
Cryptocurrency

Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched

"So that screwed me."

Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna, whose CEO once bragged about replacing workers with AI, is now in deep trouble.
Future Society

CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Human Workers With AI Realizes He Made a Terrible Mistake

The company's net losses just doubled.

Facing mounting debts, angry investors and very little revenue, the once billion-dollar Builder.ai has filed for bankruptcy.
Artificial Intelligence

A Billion Dollar AI Startup Just Collapsed Spectacularly

Funny how that happens.

Elon Musk, who spent $290 million on Trump's campaign, says he'll taper off political spending now that the federal government is in tatters.
Elon Musk

After Leaving the Government in Ruins, Elon Musk Says He’s Giving Up on Politics

"I think I've done enough."

New research suggests that microplastics are contributing to a global rise in rates of depression and dementia.
Neuroscience and Brain

The Microplastics in Your Brain May Be Causing Mental Health Issues

"It is a reckoning."

Billionaire Elon Musk made a bafflingly childish appearance this week at Bloomberg's Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Qatar.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Gets Rattled by Hard Questions He Can’t Answer, Calls Interviewer an “NPC” While Giving One-Word NPC-Like Responses Himself

He was completely unprepared.

Journalists at The Chicago Sun-Times are speaking out following the paper's publishing of AI-generated misinformation.
Artificial Intelligence

Journalists at Chicago Newspaper “Deeply Disturbed” That “Disaster” AI Slop Was Printed Alongside Their Real Work

"Our members go to great lengths to build trust with our sources and communities and are horrified by this slop syndication."

Speaking remotely at an event on Tuesday, Musk said he was committed to leading Tesla for at least the next five years.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Being Tesla CEO Might Kill Him

"I'd die."

The Food and Drug Administration will make it harder to approve COVID vaccines for healthy adults and children.
Developments

Trump’s FDA to Start Limiting Access to COVID Vaccines

"This is overly restrictive and will deny many people who want to be vaccinated a vaccine."

OpenAI is peddling what it calls a "cloud-based software engineering agent," but fails to explain where its getting the data to train it.
OpenAI

Codex, OpenAI’s New Coding Agent, Wants to Be a World-Killer

Could it really be time up for human coders?

Tesla's new buy-back strategy is revealing the staggering loss of value the Cybertruck experiences when it drives off the lot.
Tesla

Tesla Admits Its Cybertrucks Lose Their Value Insanely Fast

Ouch.

Elon Musk has developed a new approach to getting his obscene $56 billion Tesla pay package: insulting the judge who invalidated it.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Throws Tantrum on Stage, Accuses Delaware Judge of Being an “Activist” in a Halloween Costume

He's showing his hand.

Following news of former president Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis, a lot of Americans took to Google to find out what a prostate was.
Cancer

Far Too Many Americans Googled “What Is a Prostate” Following Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis

Yikes.

Elon Musk's businesses are being profoundly affected by reputation crashes due to his involvement in politics.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Companies Just Hit Rock Bottom in New Reputation Rankings

Wonder what might've done it? Take your pick.

Astronomers still don't quite understand the mysteries of Teleios.
Off-World

Astronomers Baffled by a Suspicious, Perfectly Round Sphere in Our Galaxy

"A near-perfect circle in a messy universe is a special find."

Hikers are ending up in need of rescue because they're following the questionable recommendations of an AI chatbot.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Are Putting Clueless Hikers in Danger, Search and Rescue Groups Warn

Relying on ChatGPT for hiking advice is a horrible idea.

Elon Musk's time within Donald Trump's White House has expired, and Republicans are already dancing on his grave.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk “Finished,” His Close Allies Admit

"People hate him."