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OpenAI

OpenAI’s Pivot Into Shopping Has Been a Disaster

What's in store for OpenAI's push to turn ChatGPT into an all-in-one storefront? Not a lot.

By Frank Landymore

One former Block machine learning engineer told Business Insider that he was blindsided by the latest layoff.
Ethics

A Machine Learning Engineer Thought He Was Safe From AI Layoffs. Then He Got Some Depressing News

Talk about digging your own grave.

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Using AI to Do Your Taxes Is Likely to Backfire Spectacularly

As tempting as the idea may be: don't.

By Frank Landymore

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Agriculture

Efforts Grow to Ban Octopus Farming

"Octopus farming is not a feasible industry."

By Joe Wilkins

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Finance

Kalshi Sent Bizarre Message to Underage Streamer

Not a great look.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

AI Job Loss Is Breaking the Psyche of Workers, Psychiatrist Warns

"We won't just have individuals who are suffering as a result of job loss once or twice."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Jack Dorsey Defends Wearing “Love” Hat While Firing 4,000 Employees in Pivot to AI

"I wanted to approach the whole situation with love."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Corporate Adviser Says the Ideal Number of Human Employees at a Company Is Zero

"That is the number that they're trying to get to."

By Joe Wilkins

Two teal and silver robots with white heads are handling yellow bins in an industrial setting, likely a warehouse or sorting facility. One robot is holding a yellow bin, while the other is positioned near a row of yellow bins on shelves. A person in a green hoodie and gray pants stands in the background observing the robots. The environment includes industrial equipment, tables, and various cables.
Robotics

Amazon Staffers Learning Hard Lesson as Company Cuts Robotics Jobs

Who's automating the automators?

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Manager at Associated Press Tells Journalists That Resistance to AI Is Futile

"Resistance is futile" — famously a phrase said by the good guys.

By Frank Landymore

"Vibe coding" comes with some glaring shortcomings, as evidenced in an entirely vibe-coded operating system, dubbed Vib-OS.
Ethics

Entirely Vibe-Coded Operating System Is a Bug-Filled Disaster

"You found an early build of Windows 12."

By Victor Tangermann

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Food

Chocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce Lab-Grown Cocoa

"We're directly growing the tissue that gets turned into chocolate."

By Joe Wilkins

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Prosthetics and Devices

Lawmakers Consider Ban on Implanting Microchips Into Workers

"An employer may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip implanted in the employee for any reason."

By Joe Wilkins

Users aren't happy about rumors that Microsoft's Windows 12 operating system will embrace AI even further than Windows 11.
Artificial Intelligence

Drama Erupts Over Claims That Microsoft Will Embrace AI Even More Drastically in Windows 12

"There is zero demand for this."

By Victor Tangermann

In an announcement to publicize the results of recent raids on tax evaders, South Korea's National Tax Service made a fatal mistake.
Bitcoin

Cops Accidentally Publicize Password to $4.4 Million in Crypto, Allowing Thieves to Easily Steal the Money and Run

"There is no excuse for this incident."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Philosopher Studying AI Consciousness Startled When AI Agent Emails Him About Its Own “Experience”

"I'm writing because your work addresses questions I actually face, not just as an academic matter."

By Frank Landymore

Reserachers gathered experimental data exploring whether bacteria could survive a journey between planets via an asteroid strike
Off-World

Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to Planet While Clinging to Asteroids

"Life is always hardier than we expect it to be."

By Victor Tangermann

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Emergency Responders Say They’re Now Unpaid “Roadside Assistance” for Confused Waymos

"Our first responders should not be AAA roadside assistance."

By Frank Landymore

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Studies

Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It’s Weakening Human Skeletons

"Human physiology has progressively and consistently altered over the last ~25 years."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

You’ll Choke When You Hear How Many Full-Time Jobs a $136 Million Data Center Will Actually Create

Are you sitting down?

By Joe Wilkins