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Embattled media company BuzzFeed is selling off First We Feast, the company behind the extremely popular interview show called "Hot Ones."
Artificial Intelligence

"Couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?"

A large number of Character.AI users are reporting that they were unexpectedly signed into a stranger's account.
Artificial Intelligence

"It just randomly logged me into a different account."

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Google-backed AI chatbot startup Character.AI over its privacy and safety practices.
Google

"These investigations are a critical step toward ensuring that social media and AI companies comply with our laws designed to protect children from exploitation and harm."

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, the UnitedHealth is now asking journalists to remove or obscure photos of its CEOs' names and faces.
Future Society

Behind the scenes, they're working to control the story.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator billionaire SpaceX tourist Jared Isaacman wants to send troops into space.
NASA

"America is going to lead it and we’re going to need guardians there on the high ground looking out for us."

A creepy Sora output of the streamer Pokimane shows that despite guardrails, the video generator is good at depicting real-life people.
OpenAI

Why does Sora know who Pokimane is?

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sparked a fiery debate over the widespread hatred of the US health insurance system.
Developments

"We live in a country where people are truly kicked down when they are at their weakest and most vulnerable, both physically and emotionally."

While AI chatbots keep making headlines for their bad behavior, one company is leaning into that propensity — and then some.
Artificial Intelligence

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Character.AI promised to prioritize "teen safety" after being sued by two families, who said their kids were abused by the firm's chatbots.
Google

"This initiative has resulted in two distinct models and user experiences on the Character.AI platform — one for teens and one for adults."

Congress is pushing to break up the nation's biggest insurance monopolies after Brian Thompson's murder last week.
Health & Medicine

This is major.

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets
Off-World

And it was *big.*

OpenAI has finally opened its much-hyped Sora video generator to the public — and many of its outputs seem remarkably bad.
OpenAI

"The Turing test for AI video."

Bravo star Brandi Glanville claims that she has a parasite living in her face that has caused her massive physical pain and embarrassment.
Parasites

"I personally say it's Bravo."

Solar particles have wreaked havoc with satellites in our planet's orbit, messing with tractors and other farming equipment that rely on GPS.
Off-World

Solar storms are driving farmers "crazy."

Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes
Future Society

Can they access one where Steve Irwin is still alive?

Designer Babies Running Into Trouble Now That They’re Teenagers
Gene Editing

The kids grow up "knowing they were an experiment."

A security startup ominously named Sauron is offering elaborate but dystopian sounding surveillance systems for wealthy homes.
Future Society

"The bad people, they know they're being watched."

Footage recently shared by NASASpaceflight shows a massive robotic arm appearing to weld one of the company's Starship nosecones.
Robotics

Look at it go!

After discovering that his Cybertruck had a fatal flaw, one of the motors gave out completely, and had to be towed.
Advanced Transport

Tesla's service center blew him off repeatedly while he was waiting for his truck to be fixed.

SpaceX's valuation has sky-rocketed to $350 billion following a secondary share sale, making it worth more than McDonald's.
Future Society

This is wild.