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Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the first wooden satellite has been deployed from the Space Station.
Off-World

"Nobody had ever thought about using wood for rocket science before."

A UnitedHealthcare rep called a surgeon in the middle of a procedure to ask if her breast cancer patient's overnight stay was "justified."
Developments

"Insurance is out of control. I have no other words."

In Belgium, a Boeing 737 jetliner quite literally fell flat on its nose — and the airline behind it is stumped as to what happened. 
Future Society

"We can already confirm that no technical problem is at the origin of this incident."

An investment banker who once dug into Enron's finances says it bears "intriguing" parallels with the tech industry's biggest darling: OpenAI.
OpenAI

"All the signs are there."

The iconic Hollywood sign adorning the hills behind West Hollywood has quickly become a particularly popular inspiration for AI slop.
Artificial Intelligence

Dimwits have taken over.

A review of Meta's user-generated AI chatbots found that Meta platforms are hosting bots styled after Adolf Hitler, among other violations.
Meta

The bare minimum: don't create RoboHitler!

While its competitors are zooming ahead with AI agents, OpenAI has notably held off from releasing its own — and for good reason.
OpenAI

One wonders why other AI companies aren't being as cautious.

Meta is now allowing users to spew hate at real-life Black women — even as it plans to move forward with AI "characters" that mimic them. 
Meta

Fake users apparently take precedence over real-life people.

Stalwart journal publisher Springer Nature is asking researchers to buy $49 AI-generated "Media Kits" to summarize and promote their work.
Artificial Intelligence

"I find it ridiculous. It’s jumping on the AI bandwagon, where we throw AI at about anything, useful or not."

Users on the prediction market Polymarket are gleefully betting on the devastation caused by the Los Angeles Palisades wildfire.
Cryptocurrency

"Polymarket should be shut down for this."

An engineer created an ungodly ChatGPT-enabled robotic rifle that can aim and fire bullets. OpenAI shut him down pretty quickly.
OpenAI

"We proactively identified this violation of our policies and notified the developer to cease this activity."

Meta's confusing new hate speech rules now explicitly allow users to make shockingly misogynistic claims on Facebook and Instagram.
Future Society

Misogyny is now Facebook-approved.

Real estate mogul Keith Wasserman, who has called for cutting property taxes, begged for "private firefighters" to save his house.
Future Society

"Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades... Will pay any amount."

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California is under an evacuation order due to a spreading wildfire.
NASA

It's a rapidly changing situation.

Last month, CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski boasted that he hadn't hired anyone in a year because of AI. Now he's worried about his own job.
Artificial Intelligence

"To me AI is capable of doing all our jobs, my own included."

An engineer who goes by STS 3D has invented an AI-powered robot that can aim a rifle at terrifying speeds.
OpenAI

"This is Skynet build version 0.0.420.69."

Gross AI Apps Create Videos of People Kissing Without Their Consent
Artificial Intelligence

Beyond creepy.

Rent Too High? Blame AI, New Report Finds
Artificial Intelligence

It's costing tenants billions of dollars every year.

Officials revealed that the soldier, who blew up a rented Tesla Cybertruck outside of a Trump hotel, used ChatGPT to plan his attack.
OpenAI

A weird new development.

An Arizona man who's been on death row for going on two decades is begging the state's highest court to get it over with already.
Future Society

An unusual request.