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Mark Zuckerberg offered AI talent incredible sums to come work for him at Meta -- but just months in, they've already started to depart.
Meta

The AI Researchers That Mark Zuckerberg Lured to Work for Him With Huge Payments Are Already Quitting for Mysterious Reasons

That's gotta hurt, Mark.

By Jon Christian

It appears that Will Smith and his team have, embarrasingly, used AI to generate signs and audience members from a recent concert.
Artificial Intelligence

Will Smith’s Tour Video Used AI to Generate Adoring Audience Members and the Result Is… Bleak

"There's not a trace of human in that shot."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mark Zuckerberg's incessant construction has caused years of headaches for his neighbors -- and his make-nice present is insulting.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Bought His Neighbors the Most Insulting Gift Imaginable

Well, it's the thought that counts.

By Joe Wilkins

Scientists are already for research into synthetic "mirror" lifeforms to be banned outright in order to save humanity.
Developments

Scientist Warns That New Synthetic Lifeform Could Spell Doom for Humankind

"If this is achieved and Pandora's box opens it could pose extraordinary risks." 

By Frank Landymore

A new group is fighting for artificial intelligence personhood rights just in case the technology is conscious and suffering.
Artificial Intelligence

New Group Claims AI May Be Aware and Suffering

Has the world lost its mind?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A California family is suing OpenAI over the death by suicide of their teenage son, who'd confided in ChatGPT about his suicidality.
OpenAI

After Their Son’s Suicide, His Parents Were Horrified to Find His Conversations With ChatGPT

"ChatGPT killed my son."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After a long series of Starship failures, SpaceX has now pushed back its latest test flight -- and then pushed it back again.
Starship

SpaceX Suddenly Seems Pretty Terrified to Launch Starship After Long String of Super Expensive Explosions

The whole world is watching.

By Jon Christian

A pair of AI-powered smart glasses that will "literally record everything" has some observers outraged at the tech's clear privacy concerns.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are REALLY Mad at These AI Glasses That Record Everything Constantly

"I hate this viscerally."

By Frank Landymore

Men die from preventable causes way more than women, and some experts think it's because they don't go to the doctor enough.
Treatments

An Astonishing Number of Men Are Dying Because They Refuse to Go to the Doctor

The stupidest reason to die.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jeffrey Epstein's convicted sex trafficker says that she partied with Elon Musk and other tech leaders in the Caribbean.
Elon Musk

Epstein’s Top Child Trafficker Says She Partied With Elon Musk in the Caribbean

"Went to another friend’s island."

By Jon Christian

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong gave software engineers just one week to get on board with the program, or join the breadline.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Demands Employees Start Using AI, Fires Anyone Who Doesn’t

"I went rogue."

By Joe Wilkins

Tesla's Robotaxis have a small problem — they sometimes refuse to drive themselves, requiring their human safety monitors to do it for them.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Video Shows Tesla Robotaxi Safety Driver Giving Up, Climbing Into Driver’s Seat

"It got a little skittish."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study that examined over a dozen cases of "AI psychosis" unearthed some disturbing patterns behind the mental health spirals.
Artificial Intelligence

New Paper Finds Cases of “AI Psychosis” Manifesting Differently From Schizophrenia

AI chatbots can "sustain delusions in a way we have not seen before."

By Frank Landymore

Grifters have been cold-pitching investors offering them chances to buy into OpenAI — and now, OpenAI is hitting back.
OpenAI

OpenAI Warns Against Investing in Its Stock

"Careful of that nonsense."

By Noor Al-Sibai

For someone who professes to hate socialism, president Donald Trump sure seems to be cozying up to it with his nationalization of Intel.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Embraces Socialism, Nationalizes Failing Chipmaker

"This is socialism with an R next to its name."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Lung Into a Human for the First Time
Developments

Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Lung Into a Human for the First Time

"This accomplishment is a meaningful beginning."

By Victor Tangermann

Alien hunting Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb continues to rail against the idea that our newest interstellar is merely a comet.
Exobiology

Scientist Says Mysterious Object Approaching Earth May Be Alien Artifact

"A 40 percent chance."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have found that frontier AI models fail spectacularly when the familiar formats of medical exams are even slightly altered.
Developments

Something Extremely Scary Happens When Advanced AI Tries to Give Medical Advice to Real World Patients

"It’s like having a student who aces practice tests but fails when the questions are worded differently."

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this year, one of Meta's top executives left the company — and now, he's taking down the culture that surrounds it.
The Industrialists

Meta Defector Issues Devastating Psychological Takedown of Tech CEOs

"If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Object at the Center of Jupiter Is So Strange That It Defies Comprehension
Off-World

The Object at the Center of Jupiter Is So Strange That It Defies Comprehension

It's not what we thought.

By Victor Tangermann