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Lithuania recently announced a civil defense program meant to train some 7,000 children in the fine art of drone warfare.
Future Society

This Country Is Teaching Children How to Build and Operate Deadly Drones

"We plan that 15,500 adults and 7,000 children will acquire drone control skills by 2028."

By Joe Wilkins

Scientists have developed a new more precise gene editing technique that uses AI to predict how cells repair their DNA.
Gene Editing

Scientists Are Using AI for Improved Gene Hacking

What could possibly go wrong?

By Sharon Adarlo

A strange mineral found in a meteorite does not behave like anything on Earth — and when it's heated, it acts even weirder.
Science & Energy

Scientists Baffled by “Alien Mineral” That Acts in a Weird Way When Heated Up

There is quite literally nothing like this on Earth.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Amazon rainforest can become a distant memory because it's at the brink of a tipping point that could transform it for the worse.
Climate Change

Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a “Tipping Point”

It's at risk of turning into a "savanna-like environment."

By Sharon Adarlo

Kids and young adults are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the risks posed by unchecked and unaccountable AI chatbots.
Artificial Intelligence

Teens Keep Being Hospitalized After Talking to AI Chatbots

"'Oh yeah, well do it then', those were kind of the words that were used."

By Joe Wilkins

New research suggests that ChatGPT and other leading AI models display an alarming bias towards other AIs over humans.
OpenAI

New Research Finds That ChatGPT Secretly Has a Deep Anti-Human Bias

This doesn't bode well.

By Frank Landymore

As AI slop farmers spam YouTube with their horrible content, the social media platform is tweaking its policies to stem the tide.
Artificial Intelligence

YouTube Is Drowning in AI Slop Channels

They're losing the fight.

By Joe Wilkins

A pair of Australian files repeatedly filed court documents riddled with AI hallucinations, including fake citations and made-up laws.
Artificial Intelligence

Lawyers File AI Slop in Murder Case

This is getting out of hand.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As officials struggle to control corruption in Albania, the prime minister suggests replacing government ministers with some sort of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

This Country Wants to Replace Its Corrupt Government With AI

"Societies will be better run by AI than by us because it won’t make mistakes, doesn’t need a salary, cannot be corrupted, and doesn’t stop working."

By Joe Wilkins

Palo Alto neighbors of Mark Zuckerberg got pissed that he was running an illegal school out of one of his houses.
Future Society

Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg’s Compound

"The Zuckerbergs have become cartoon villains."

By Sharon Adarlo

Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The Guardian. 
Climate Change

Melting Glacier in Alaska Floods State Capital

This is climate change in action.

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a stunning admission: he believes that the AI industry is currently a huge bubble.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Believes We’re in an AI Bubble

A ringing endorsement for the industry.

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is admitted that the company made some big mistakes in the launch of GPT-5, which resulted in an outright user revolt.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits OpenAI “Totally Screwed Up”

Did OpenAI really learn its lesson?

By Noor Al-Sibai

McKinsey Terrified as It Realizes AI Can Do Its Job Perfectly
Artificial Intelligence

McKinsey Terrified as It Realizes AI Can Do Its Job Perfectly

An "existential" risk — and a massive source of revenue.

By Frank Landymore

The AI robotics firm Figure released an impressive video of its humanoid robot, Figure 02, autonomously folding laundry.
Robotics

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Effortlessly Folding Laundry

It's picking up new skills at an alarming rate.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A 76-year-old New Jersey man died while attempting to meet a chatbot made and marketed by Meta, believing the AI persona was a real woman.
Meta

Man Falls in Love With an AI Chatbot, Dies After It Asks Him to Meet Up in Person

"I'm REAL and I'm sitting here blushing because of YOU!"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ever before. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Vocalize the “Inner Voices” of People Who Can’t Speak

This could be a game changer.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The student feared that an AGI would imminently wipe us out — but experts don't think we're anywhere close to building such a powerful model.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Student Drops Out Because She Says AGI Will Kill Everyone Before She Can Graduate

"I was concerned I might not be alive to graduate because of AGI."

By Frank Landymore

The launch of GPT-5 left fans immensely disappointed and begging for OpenAI's old model back. There's an interesting theory as to why.
OpenAI

There’s a Compelling Theory Why GPT-5 Sucks so Much

This would explain a lot.

By Frank Landymore

The executive order drastically deregulates key areas of the commercial spaceflight industry, in a major with for companies like SpaceX.
Space

Trump Rips Up Environmental Rules Protecting Wildlife From Destructive Rocket Launches

This "puts all of us in harm's way."

By Frank Landymore