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Elon Musk is blaming the Los Angeles fires on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, an extremely racist, bigoted lie.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Blames LA Wildfires on Black Firefighters

How does it just keep getting worse?

Newly unredacted court documents allege that Facebook knowingly used pirated books from the database LibGen to train its AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors

And Zuckerberg personally approved the piracy, according to these documents.

As the New York Times reports, a civilian drone collided with a firefighting plane flying over the Palisades neighborhood on Thursday.
Drones

Los Angeles Firefighting Aircraft Out of Commission After Dunce With Drone Crashes Into It

"We have a saying: ‘If you fly, we can’t.'"

OpenAI's o1 reasoning model was caught massively struggling to solve the New York Times' Connections word game.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Most Advanced AI Release Stumped by New York Times Word Game

Connections claims another victim.

Elon Musk has admitted he wishes he could get pregnant — and fortunately, his in-house AI can make that fantasy a reality.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Longs to Get Pregnant So He Can Produce as Many Children as Possible

The world's most prominent hater of gender dysphoria just admitted something interesting.

President-elect Donald Trump has found the real culprit behind Los Angeles' massive and devastating wildfires: the Delta smelt fish.
Science & Energy

Trump Blames California Wildfires on “Worthless Fish”

Big brain time.

Tesla is moving several workers away from Cybertruck production at its Austin factory to focus on the Model Y instead.
Tesla

Tesla Moves Workers Away From Cybertruck Production as Demand Slumps

They were reassigned to work on the Model Y instead.

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

Astronauts Release Wooden Satellite From Space Station

"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

UnitedHealthcare Calls Doctor Mid Surgery To Ask If Her Patient’s Overnight Stay Is Necessary

"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

A Boeing Jet’s Nose Was Caught on Video Suddenly Collapsing to the Ground

"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

Former Enron Banker Points Out “Intriguing” Parallels With 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

People Think the Hollywood Sign Is on Fire Because of AI Slop

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

Facebook Caught Hosting AI-Powered Hitler

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

There’s a Fascinating Reason OpenAI Is Afraid to Launch Its AI-Powered “Agents”

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

Facebook Is Creating Fake AI-Powered Black Women While Changing Its Rules So It’s Okay to Harass Real Ones

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

The Publisher of the Journal “Nature” Is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work

"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

Crypto Platforms Like Polymarket Now Taking Bets on Los Angeles Fire Devastation

"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

OpenAI Cuts Off Engineer Who Created ChatGPT-Powered Robotic Sentry Rifle

"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

Facebook Now Allows Calling Women Personal Property

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

Cybertruck Owner Who Decried Taxes Mocked for Begging for Help as California Wildfire Threatens His Property

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