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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

There’s a Major Problem With the Nuclear War Bunkers The Rich Are Buying

"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

Scientists Suggest Harvesting Blood From Mars Colonists to Construct Future City

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

Asked to Write a Screenplay, ChatGPT Started Procrastinating and Making Excuses

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

With Utter Self-Seriousness, Maker of Oreos Admits It’s Using AI To Create New Flavors, Even Though Machines Cannot Taste

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

You’ll Laugh When You Hear How Many Bits Per Second the Human Brain Processes… Once Your Sluggish Human Brain Finally Comprehends It, That Is

"This is an extremely low number."

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

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

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

A New School Will Teach Children Using AI Instead of Human Teachers

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

A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun

Godspeed.

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

Experts Startled as Teens Stop Doing Drugs

"This trend... is unprecedented."

New research shows that the industry's leading AI chatbots are performing poorly on tests designed to detect signs of dementia.
Artificial Intelligence

Aging AI Chatbots Show Signs of Cognitive Decline in Dementia Test

These AI models are kind of stupid.

Elon Musk has endorsed Germany's far-right AfD — even though the party is against his own business interests.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Endorses Nazi-Linked German Party, Even Though It Opposed Tesla’s Gigafactory

He's saying the quiet part out loud.

In the wake of multiple lawsuits concerning the welfare of child users, Character.AI is looking to bulk up its trust and safety staff.
Artificial Intelligence

Embattled Character.AI Hiring Trust and Safety Staff

Will it be enough?

Donald Trump has not yet been sworn in, but Elon Musk has already killed a bill that would have provided money for pediatric cancer research. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Bullies Congress Into Cutting Funding for Child Cancer Research

"How can we cut this out in the name of efficiency?"

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced that it will begin construction of the "world's first grid-scale" nuclear fusion power plant
Energy

Company Announces Construction of “Grid-Scale” Fusion Power Plant

We remain skeptical.

It seems that Haliey "Hawk Tuah" Welch is finally facing the music after angry investors filed a lawsuit regarding her disastrous meme coin. 
Blockchain

Hawk Tuah Girl Pledges Full Cooperation With Lawsuit Against Her Disastrous Memecoin

"I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected, and the broader community."

An image on Google Street View that appears to show a man stuffing a body into a car provided Spanish authorities with a breakthrough.
Future Society

Google Street View Appears to Capture Man Loading Human Body Into Trunk of Car

Spotted!

A dirty-minded Redditor has posted an AI-generated exchange from Google's Notebook LM — and reader, it's very naughty.
Google

We Regret to Bring You This Audio of Two Google AIs Having EXTREMELY Explicit Cybersex

"As explicit and visceral as possible."

According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting "ghost artists" so it can avoid paying piddling royalties to real artists. 
Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Employees Say It’s Promoting Fake Artists to Reduce Royalty Payments to Real Ones

"It’s just not fair."

Donald Trump's presidential transition team is using private email servers to conduct government business. Sound familiar?
Future Society

“Lock Her Up”: Trump’s Team Is Now Doing the Exact Thing They Screamed About Hillary Clinton Doing

But her emails!

Trump isn't laughing as Musk is taking matters into his own hands, often giving the impression that the SpaceX CEO is really in charge.
Elon Musk

Trump Seems Awfully Touchy About the Impression That He’s Taking Orders From Elon Musk

"President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop."