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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is teaming up with a famous Apple designer to make wearables that can see your whole life.
Future Society

Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users’ Lives

Have we learned nothing from "Black Mirror"?

Over 100 organizations have signed a letter pushing back against a sweeping bill that would ban all AI regulation for the next ten years.
Artificial Intelligence

Dozens of Organizations Push Back Against Bill That Would Ban All AI Regulation

This is dangerous.

It's becoming increasingly apparent that Elon Musk wasn't some great mastermind, puppeting president Donald Trump from the shadows.
Elon Musk

The Trump Administration’s Opinion on Elon Musk After Actually Working With Him Reveals a Lot

"We kicked him out of town."

In a new "Will Smith eating spaghetti" AI clip, a far more recognizable Smith can be seen indulging in a tasty-looking plate of noodles.
Artificial Intelligence

The Newest “Will Smith Eating Spaghetti” Video Includes AI-Generated Squelching and Chomping Sounds That Just Might Make You Sick

"I don't feel so good."

OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has long been preparing for AGI — and he discussed with coworkers doomsday prep plans.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Top Scientist Wanted to “Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI”

"Of course, it’s going to be optional whether you want to get into the bunker."

A new survey is shedding light on the staggering amount of energy used to power the AI boom and its fast-rising industry.
Artificial Intelligence

How Much Electricity It Actually Takes to Use AI May Surprise You

"Ultimately, we found that the common understanding of AI’s energy consumption is full of holes."

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.