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Artificial Intelligence

University Using AI to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating With AI

"It's AI detecting AI."

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe. It could be dark matter, or it could be something else.
Dark Matter

Astronomers Detect Mysterious Dark Object in Distant Galaxy

They've never seen anything like it.

By Frank Landymore

Billionaires are (still) doomsday prepping. AI — the tech many of them are building — has them more paranoid than ever.
Artificial Intelligence

Numerous Billionaires Preparing for End of Society

Guns, gold, and bunkers galore.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that successfully reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice.
Neuroscience and Brain

Nanoparticle Treatment Reverses Alzheimer’s in Mice

This could be huge.

By Victor Tangermann

We may have been wrong about how the Moon's largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago.
Future Society

There’s Something Really Strange About the Moon’s Largest Crater, Where NASA Astronauts Are Due to Land

The findings have "important implications" for upcoming missions to the lunar surface.

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey of high school students and teachers paints a bleak picture of how rapidly AI has taken over schools.
Ethics

An Astonishing Proportion of High Schoolers Have Had a “Romantic Relationship” With an AI, Research Finds

This should worry you.

By Frank Landymore

Dr. Fred Ramsdell and his wife were backpacking through the Rocky Mountains when they missed the Nobel Assembly's call.
Treatments

Committee Unable to Contact Nobel Prize Winner Because He’s Too Chill, Had Phone on Airplane Mode

His lab said he “was living his best life and was off the grid on a preplanned hiking trip."

By Rae Witte

Canada's fisheries minister has stepped in to deny the transfer of 30 white whales to a suitable facility in China.
Biology

Canada Considering Doing Something Unforgivable to its Beluga Whales

Horrible.

By Joe Wilkins

The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is absolutely blasting out water at a staggering rate, astronomers found.
Astronomy

Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find

"It tells us that the ingredients for life's chemistry are not unique to our own."

By Frank Landymore

Instead of learning about loss from the death of a family pet, this lesson comes from an artificially generated voice module.
Ethics

Little Girl Sobs While Saying Goodbye to Her Broken AI Toy

"I'll always remember the happy times with you."

By Joe Wilkins

Billionaire Peter Thiel gave a four-part series of rambling seminars about the antichrist. According to leaked audio, they were weird.
Elon Musk

Audio of Peter Thiel’s Secret Antichrist Seminar Just Leaked

"It's someone like Greta or Eliezer."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After rolling out an AI tool to generate cheap thumbnails for his videos, Jimmy Donaldson says the tech is creating "scary times."
OpenAI

MrBeast Concerned That AI Slop Will Put Him Out of Business

He called it "scary times."

By Joe Wilkins

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched yet another investigation into Tesla's Full Self-Driving mode.
Tesla

Government Investigating Nearly Three Million Self-Driving Teslas for Violating Traffic Laws, Crashing

This can't be good.

By Frank Landymore

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.
Future Society

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

"When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up."

By Sharon Adarlo

Astronomers say that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe's first "dark stars" that are fuelled by dark matter.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted “Dark Star” Powered by Dark Matter, Paper Claims

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

The 29-year-old man arrested for allegedly starting the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles used ChatGPT while he was at the scene.
OpenAI

Suspect Fantasized About Arson on ChatGPT Before Setting Deadly Fire That Killed 12, Prosecutors Say

"He was generating some really concerning images up on ChatGPT."

By Frank Landymore

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
Finance

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

"No wonder my new contacts in the industry shoulder a heavy burden — heavier than I could ever imagine. They know the truth."

By Joe Wilkins

As of October, there are more than 8,000 active Starlink satellites clogging up the planet's Low Earth Orbit.
Astronomy

Astronaut Captures Footage of SpaceX Junk Cluttering the Atmosphere

Musk's just getting started.

By Joe Wilkins

The Friend AI CEO met Gothamist in a subway stop to discuss the million-dollar ad campaign and share that he is tired.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Who Plastered AI Ads All Over Subway System Afraid to Talk to Real New Yorkers Face-to-Face

Scaredy-cat!

By Rae Witte

OpenAI's Sora 2 app quickly turned into a rocky road. Copyright guardrails have frustrated many users and driven them away.
Anthropic

OpenAI’s Sora Is in Serious Trouble

"It's official, Sora 2 is completely boring and useless."

By Victor Tangermann