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OpenAI says it wants to transform into a for-profit corporation because it needs "to raise more capital than we'd imagined."
Future Society

Of course it does.

OpenAI's recently unveiled o3 AI model can cost well over $1,000 per task when used in its most powerful mode.
OpenAI

Brainpower, at an extreme premium.

Just days after going to war with his critics, Elon Musk now wants to foster "positive" vibes on his platform X, formerly Twitter.
Elon Musk

"Too late. You created this cesspool."

The latest research suggests that addictively consuming mind-numbing digital content may almost literally be rotting our brains.
Neuroscience and Brain

It's "altering the way we perceive and respond to the world."

Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.
Meta

"We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do."

We may be seeing some of the first major fissures forming in the dalliance between Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

"It's wild to see MAGA turning against Elon..."

A trick as simple as deliberately incorporating typos into your prompt is often enough to dupe the industry's leading AI chatbots.
Artificial Intelligence

Are you serious?

The late whistleblower Suchir Bala was named as a potential witness in a lawsuit brought against OpenAI by The New York Times.
OpenAI

He said he'd "try to testify."

President-elect Donald Trump shot down claims that Elon Musk is quietly giving the orders with a jab at his ally.
Elon Musk

The President doth protest too much.

The hole in the first-ever image of a black hole released a massive burp of gamma rays while astronomers were staring at it.
Future Society

Woah.

It turns out the math behind the paper that indicated black spatulas were exposing us to dangerous chemicals was horrendously wrong.
Developments

Yeah, about that...

As more and more rich people rush to buy and build bomb shelters, experts suggest they're a bandaid on top of a nuclear blast. 
Nuclear Fusion

"Bunkers are, in fact, not a tool to survive a nuclear war."

Mixing Martian regolith with the literal blood, sweat, and tears of future Mars inhabitants could make for a great concrete for a habitat.
Mars

One crew member collecting blood for 72 weeks could be enough to "construct a small habitat for another crew member."

Filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain tried to recruit ChatGPT to come up with a screenplay for his upcoming project — but it kept procrastinating.
Artificial Intelligence

Maybe it *is* turning into a real writer.

The company behind Oreo cookies has, by its own admission, been quietly creating new flavors using machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence

I have no mouth and I must eat.

Researchers at Caltech have calculated exactly how fast the human brain processes information — and the numbers are hilariously low.
Neuroscience and Brain

"This is an extremely low number."

Florida Man in Trouble for Shooting Walmart Drone With 9mm Handgun
Future Society

Shoot first, pay damages later.

A charter school in Arizona promises to teach kids twice as fast using a specialized AI model rather than a traditional teacher.
Artificial Intelligence

Why does this feel like it's going to go horrendously wrong?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is just days away from flying into the Sun, in a daring bid to glean the secrets of our star's megahot winds.
NASA

Godspeed.

Scientists are mighty puzzled after discovering teens are abstaining from using drugs more than ever before.
Health & Medicine

"This trend... is unprecedented."