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Ethics

ICE Is Now Wandering the Streets, Scanning People’s Faces to Check If They’re Citizens

"I'm an American citizen so just leave me alone."

Anthropic

A New Paper Tested AI’s Ability to Do Actual Online Freelance Work, and the Results Are Damning

"I should hope this gives much more accurate impressions as to what's going on with AI capabilities."

RX and Medicine

American Obesity Rates Are Now Falling, and It’s Almost Certainly Because of Ozempic

This is going to have unforeseen consequences for Americans if this trend continues.

Jeff Bezos

Amazon Tells Driver to Keep Delivering Packages Amid Raging Wildfire

"Amazon would get rid of drivers altogether if they could."

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Causing a Grim New Twist on the Dunning-Kruger Effect, Research Finds

AI users are lacking in self-awareness.

Future Society

Object Spotted Near Earth May Be Ancient Spacecraft

It's not as far-fetched as it sounds.

Future Society

Amazon Denies That AWS Just Went Down Again After Mass Layoffs

"There are no issues with AWS services, and all AWS services are operating normally."

Astronomy

Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Reaches Perihelion Today

It's never been closer to the Sun.

Ethics

New Law Would Prevent Minors From Using AI Chatbots

"We in Congress have a moral duty to enact bright-line rules to prevent further harm from this new technology."

Environment

Awe-Inspiring Airplane Footage Shows Inside Hurricane Melissa

This is unreal.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone

Waymo CEO: "You know, we don’t say 'whether.' We say 'when.'"

Ethics

Character.AI, Accused of Driving Teens to Suicide, Says It Will Ban Minors From Using Its Chatbots

"A classic move in the tech industry's playbook: move fast, launch a product globally, break minds, and then make minimal product changes after harming scores of young people."

Ethics

Former OpenAI Insider Says It’s Failed Its Users

"People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues."

Astronomy

Scientists Find Strange Lights in the Sky in Photographs Before First Satellites Were Launched, Clustered Around When Nuclear Weapons Were Tested

Weird.

Future Society

Lock Company Sues Man Who Picked Its Lock, Gets Horribly Humiliated

"I will pray that you all come to a resolution of the case that doesn't require all of this."

OpenAI

OpenAI Successfully Sheds Its Roots as an Ethical Non-Profit

It's been a long time coming.

Biology

University Denies Monkeys That Escaped in Truck Crash Were Infected With Horrific Diseases

"We are continuing to look for the one monkey that is still on the loose."

Jeff Bezos

After Bringing Down Internet, Amazon Announces Biggest Mass Firing in Its History

"Just yesterday I joked that it wouldn't be the worst thing if I got laid off. I take it back."

Climate Change

Bill Gates Says Climate Change Isn’t So Bad After All

Experts are calling his latest memo "pointless, vague, unhelpful and confusing."

Environment

Leaked Document Shows Amazon Scheming to Keep AI Data Center Water Use Secret

They lied for an amazing reason.