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A close-up view of a blue car's rear side and spinning wheel on a road, with a black silhouette of a duck standing nearby. The background features a bright orange sky and a guardrail along the road.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Runs Down Mother Duck Taking Care of Her Eggs, Flees Scene

"It didn't slow down or hesitate at all."

By Frank Landymore

Two cooling towers emitting white steam rise behind a dense forest with a winding road in the foreground. A large, bright yellow sun is positioned between the towers against an orange background with a grid pattern.
Nuclear Fusion

There’s a Glaring Safety Problem With Nuclear Energy Startups

Move fast, break isotopes.

By Joe Wilkins

OpenAI is backing a bill that would shield companies from liability in case AI were to cause serious "critical harms," including mass death.
Ethics

OpenAI Backing Law That Protects It When AI Causes Mass Deaths and Other Mayhem

How convenient.

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey found that 20 percent of workers are already seeing workplace tasks automated by AI, though many questions remain.
Ethics

Research Finds That AI Has Already Replaced Work for 20 Percent of Jobs

"The policy window to shape how AI transforms work is probably closing faster than most governments realize."

By Joe Wilkins

Five green plastic toy soldiers in various combat poses, set against a bright yellow background featuring the OpenAI logo. The soldiers are equipped with different weapons, including rifles, a machine gun, and a bazooka.
OpenAI

OpenAI Staffers Horrified When Senior Leadership Hatched “Insane” Plan to Pit World Governments Against Each Other

"It worked for nuclear weapons, why not AI?"

By Frank Landymore

Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire founder and chairman of Interactive Brokers, argued for legalizing insider trading.
Finance

Billionaire Says Insider Trading Should Be Fully Legalized

He also happens to own a prediction market company.

By Frank Landymore

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Solar Power

Scientists Set New Record for Solar Cell Efficiency

A sunny day for solar energy.

By Joe Wilkins

Tech leaders remain adamant that the AI construction boom is about to take off, adding tens of gigawatts of compute any day now.
Ethics

OpenAI’s Latest Thing It’s Bragging About Is Actually Kind of Sad

This compute measuring contest is just pitiful.

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey found that Gen Z workers are particularly invested in sabotaging their company's AI deployments.
Ethics

Gen Z Sabotaging AI at Work So It Won’t Take Their Job

They're fed up.

By Joe Wilkins

Just under three and a half years after its watershed ChatGPT moment, OpenAI seems almost unrecognizable and struggling to find its footing.
Anthropic

Why Does It Suddenly Feel Like OpenAI Is Melting Down Into Disaster?

It's been a bruising year so far.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is shown with a chainsaw and shaking hands with Argentinian president Javier Milei.
Viruses

DOGE Made Drastic Cuts to a Global Vaccine Assistance Program. Now There’s a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh

Thanks, Elon.

By Joe Wilkins

A viral video shows a parakeet trapped inside a DIY submarine made of a 3,000 PSI paintball air cylinder, oxygen, meter, and lead weights.
Future Society

Man Creates Tiny Submarine for His Parakeet to Experience Life Underwater

"He voluntarily went into the tube."

By Victor Tangermann

A hand reaching out of dark water with digital code and programming text superimposed over the water's surface, creating a visual metaphor of someone struggling or drowning in code. The water has ripples around the hand, emphasizing the sense of distress.
Ethics

The Effects of AI-Generated Code Tearing Through Corporations Is Actually Kind of Funny

Womp womp!

By Frank Landymore

A spacecraft labeled "IMPULSE" is shown in space alongside a satellite with four solar panel arrays arranged in an X shape. The satellite has a circular, dish-like structure in the center. In the background, a partially illuminated moon is visible against a star-filled black sky.
Off-World

Trump Hires Orbital Towing Company to Build Space Interceptors

Stick to haulin' freight.

By Joe Wilkins

A woman wearing a green and white checkered dress is cleaning an electric stovetop. They are holding a coil burner in one hand and wiping the stovetop surface with a cloth in the other hand. The stovetop has multiple coil burners, and a cup and saucer are placed on the counter nearby. The background is a solid orange color.
Future Society

Psychologists Found Something Horrible About the Kind of Men Seeking Trad Wives

Color us shocked.

By Joe Wilkins

A black and white illustration of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippopotamus. The hippo's skin texture is detailed, showing folds and a shiny surface. The overall style has a graphic, slightly grainy effect.
Environment

Man Punished for Breaking Into Moo Deng’s Zoo Enclosure

Justice is served.

By Frank Landymore

A black and white cow stands on a yellow background with a red circle behind it. In the foreground, a muscular blue-tinted arm is flexed, and a syringe is positioned near the arm's bicep. The image combines elements of livestock and vaccination or injection.
RX and Medicine

To Get Swole, Teens Are Pumping Themselves Full of Drugs Meant for Fattening Cows for the Slaughterhouse

"If I have a heart attack at 30, I have a heart attack."

By Joe Wilkins

Companies are releasing public opinion polling data that was generated by an AI, a trend that has researchers concerned.
Ethics

Foolish Pollsters Are Now Just Asking AI What Voters Would Say in Response to Questions and Publishing It at Face Value

"Pure fictions are on the brink of being treated as scientific and political knowledge."

By Victor Tangermann

Close-up of a portion of a US dollar bill featuring detailed line art of Benjamin Franklin's face, overlaid with the OpenAI logo.
OpenAI

OpenAI Says It’s Already Made $100 Million by Stuffing ChatGPT With Ads

A handsome chunk of change.

By Frank Landymore

A prescription pill bottle with a label featuring a close-up image of Benjamin Franklin from the US $100 bill, set against a bright blue textured background. The image has a pop art style with vibrant red and yellow tones.
Ethics

AI Is Causing Healthcare Costs to Surge

"We need technology to help us lower health care costs."

By Joe Wilkins