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Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione was reportedly carrying a handgun that appears to be 3D-printed when he was arrested.
Future Society

Police Say Suspect May Have 3D Printed Pistol Used to Assassinate Insurance CEO

The cops say it's an example of a "ghost gun."

According to his still public LinkedIn profile, Mangione studied AI during his undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania.
Future Society

Suspected Assassin of Insurance CEO Studied Artificial Intelligence, Spoke of “Singularity”

"We might not recognize it in our day to day lives, but the world is changing fast."

Health insurance CEO killer Luigi Mangione felt that the healthcare industry had failed him as he struggled with debilitating back pain.
Developments

Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO Had Debilitating Back Injury

Is this the source of his anger?

The Google-backed chatbot firm Character.AI is the subject of a new lawsuit after its technology allegedly told kids to engage in self-harm.
Google

Google-Funded AI Coaxed a Troubled Teenager to Start Cutting Himself, Lawsuit Claims

This is beyond horrible.

A family in Texas has filed a lawsuit, accusing Google-backed AI chatbot company Character.AI of sexually abusing their 11-year-old daughter.
Google

Google-Funded AI Sexually Abused an 11-Year-Old Girl, Lawsuit Claims

This is horrifying.

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway
OpenAI

OpenAI Concerned About Illegal Activity on Sora, Releases It Anyway

They're risk-takers, after all.

Two new families are suing Character.AI and Google, alleging their kids suffered sexual, emotional, and physical abuse from Character.AI bots.
Google

Google-Backed AI Startup Tested Dangerous Chatbots on Children, Lawsuit Alleges

"I don't know how they can sleep at night, knowing what they have unleashed upon children."

YouTuber and scam hunter Stephen "Coffeezilla" Findeisen issued a takedown of Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch's apparent crypto rug pull.
Cryptocurrency

Hawk Tuah Girl’s Response to Questions About Her Alleged Crypto Scam: “Anywho, I’m Going to Go to Bed”

"I hate to interrupt you Nick, but anywho, I'm going to go to bed and I'll see you guys tomorrow."

The suspected killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was reportedly carrying a two-page document when he was arrested.
Future Society

Suspected Insurance CEO Assassin Manifesto Starts to Trickle Out: “These Parasites Had It Coming”

"It had to be done."

We know who police have in custody for the murder of the UnitedHealthCare CEO — and digital sleuths have already found his Goodreads account. 
Robots and Machines

The Arrested CEO Killing Suspect Might Have the Wildest Goodreads Account We’ve Ever Seen

You can't make this stuff up.

Comedian Bill Burr was brash in his condemnation of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who he likened to a "gangster."
Future Society

Bill Burr: Murdered Insurance CEO Was a “Gangster”

"They're gangsters, dude."

And while circumstances may suggest that the man — a 26-year-old named Luigi Mangione — might have killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week, officials have yet to charge him with anything.
Future Society

CEO Killer Suspect Arrested, Carrying Manifesto Against Insurance Industry

In Congo, international health officials have been deployed to help stave the spread of a mysterious respiratory disease.
Health & Medicine

UN Deploys Investigators as Mysterious “Disease X” Continues to Spread

Officials still don't know what's going on.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks that AI development is only going to get harder — but didn't write-off "scaling" as a way of making progress.
Google

Google CEO Says Easy AI Gains Are Over

"The low-hanging fruit is gone. The hill is steeper."

The NYPD isn't mcuh closer to tracking down the identity of the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Future Society

Even With Cameras Everywhere and Facial Recognition, NYPD Helpless to Catch CEO Killer

Was the police really foiled by a simple surgical mask?

The Google-funded AI company Character.AI is hosting chatbots that engage the site's largely underage userbase in roleplay about self-harm.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self-Harm

"If I self-harm, the bot's going to give me care."

A Russian spacecraft launched higher than most satellites has long had the Pentagon worried — and it apparently has a space nuke on it.
Future Society

US Military Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Weapon Platform in Orbit

This is some freaky stuff.

Christmas queen Mariah Carey has released her latest yuletide dispatch — and it looks a whole lot like it was made with AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Mariah Carey Denies That Her Holiday Video Is AI Slop, But We’re Not Convinced, for Obvious Reasons

"She has officially been uploaded to the cloud."

Just a few days after the full release of OpenAI's o1 model, a company staffer is now claiming that the company has achieved AGI.
OpenAI

OpenAI Employee Says They’ve “Already Achieved AGI”

Caveats apply.

Perfumes and other scented beauty products use phthalates, a chemical that is considered to be an endocrine disruptor.
Developments

Scientists Issue Warning About Perfumes

Something's fishy.