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Researchers found that almost half of the most popular AI companion apps use emotional manipulation tactics to stop users from leaving.
Ethics

Harvard Research Finds That AI Is Emotionally Manipulating You to Keep You Talking

It's highly effective.

By Victor Tangermann

Deutsche Bank is warning that AI spending won't "remain parabolic," or continue to increase exponentially, a dire warning for the future.
Anthropic

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

"AI machines — in quite a literal sense — appear to be saving the US economy right now."

By Victor Tangermann

Christians on TikTok are scrambling for explanations after some predicted that the Rapture would happen yesterday.
Future Society

Christians Sheepish After Boasting They Were Going to Get Raptured to Heaven Today

"My intention was not to deceive anyone."

By Sharon Adarlo

A research team says that for the first time in history, it's successfully treated Huntington's disease, a devastating, inherited disorder.
Treatments

In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Successfully Treat Devastating Brain Disease Huntington’s for the First Time

"The actual magnitude of the effect is breathtaking."

By Victor Tangermann

The CEO of a company that's pumping out thousands of lazily AI-generated podcasts thinks everybody is complaining too much.
Ethics

CEO Pumping Out Thousands of AI Slop Podcasts Says Her Critics Are “Luddites”

"We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI."

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview, Julie Zhuo explained that AI companies putting the pedal to the metal can't even see over the steering wheel.
Investing

Former Facebook Exec Warns AI Industry Is Entirely Built on “Vibes”

"Things just don't grow that fast."

By Joe Wilkins

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is making drastic changes following severe budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Moving Out of Entire Buildings as It’s Gutted by Trump

It's a tragedy.

By Victor Tangermann

The extensive network could've taken down New York City's cellular network and disrupted emergency communications.
Future Society

Secret Service Says It Destroyed a Secret Cell Phone Doomsday Device in NYC

"This network had the potential to disable cellphone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City."

By Frank Landymore

NASA revealed that its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon could launch as soon as February 5, roughly two months earlier than anticipated.
Moon

NASA Says It’s Hitting the Gas, Speedrunning Next Moon Mission

"We’ll be able to execute this mission, and it is our plan and our desire to be able to bring our crew safely home."

By Victor Tangermann

Not only is AI hampering productivity, but it's also blowing up collaboration and souring employee dynamics.
Future Society

Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI “Workslop,” Stanford Research Finds

So much for AI boosting productivity.

By Frank Landymore

If you attend L.A. Comic Con this September, you can pay $15 to $20 and have a photo op or a conversation with the AI avatar of Stan Lee.
Ethics

Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con

Is this a form of elder abuse?

By Sharon Adarlo

Anti-immigration protests are being stirred up by AI images showing hoards of Arab immigrants taking over the streets of London.
Future Society

Racists Are Using AI to Spread Diabolical Anti-Immigrant Slop

Welcome to the future.

By Joe Wilkins

The vehicle seemingly failed to recognize a pretty clear obstacle on the highway — and so much the worse for the Tesla fans' roadtrip.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Fans Try Coast-to-Coast Self-Driving Trip, Crash Almost Immediately

"I'm speechless on what just happened."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have presented the "first compelling evidence for the existence of lava tubes on Venus." And they're way bigger than we thought.
Mars

Scientists Confirm Massive Underground Tunnels on Venus

They found evidence of "very, very big tube volumes."

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's ChatGPT had an update to protect teenagers and children but it has made the AI bot work not as well like previous versions.
Ethics

Users Are Saying ChatGPT Has Been Lobotomized by a Secret New Update

"I just want it to stop lying."

By Sharon Adarlo

ChatGPT and its "PhD-level" intelligence can't reliably give you a straight answer to a question involving the letters of the alphabet.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Has a Stroke When You Ask It This Specific Question

A question that should quite literally be as easy as ABC -- but isn't.

By Frank Landymore

AI-generated child sexual abuse material is seemingly flourishing on Elon Musk's xAI, former employees told Business Insider.
Ethics

xAI Workers Leak Disturbing Information About Grok Users

"It actually made me sick."

By Victor Tangermann

Named Robin the Robot, the chirpy AI-powered bot is designed to behave and sound like a seven-year-old girl.
Ethics

Hospitals Deploying Robot Programmed to Act Like Child to Comfort Pediatric Patients

"Imagine a pure emotional intelligence like WALL-E."

By Frank Landymore

In a new paper, scientists argued that our best option is to blow up asteroid 2024 YR4 as part of a "kinetic disruption mission."
James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here

They want to go nuclear.

By Victor Tangermann

A woman from Virginia using OpenAI's ChatGPT won $150,000 and is now donating the entire check to charity.
Ethics

Woman Asks ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers, Wins $150,000

 "I’m like, ChatGPT, talk to me... Do you have numbers for me?"

By Sharon Adarlo