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In a shocking admission, a senior defense official is laying bare the Pentagon's priorities when it comes to building killer robots. 
Robotics

Senior Pentagon Official: New Plan Is to Invest in “Autonomous Killer Robots”

It's going to be easier than ever for the Defense Department to get the lethal toys on its wishlist.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Young programmers "can't actually program" because they're too reliant on AI models, writers developer Namanyay Goel.
Artificial Intelligence

Young Coders Are Using AI for Everything, Giving “Blank Stares” When Asked How Programs Actually Work

"We're going to pay for this later."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers blocked the internet access of participants' phones for two weeks, producing an astounding boost to their mental health.
Mental Health

Blocking the Internet on People’s Phones for Two Weeks Led to Profound Changes in Mental Health and Attention Span

"Are we adapted to deal with constant connection to everything all the time? The data suggest that we are not."

By Frank Landymore

New research suggests that eating hot food from plastic takeout containers could be damaging your heart and even lead to heart disease.
Developments

This New Paper About Eating Out of Plastic Containers Is a Bit Terrifying

Is nothing sacred?

By Frank Landymore

New research has shown that some AI models will do just about anything to accomplish their task, including hacking your computer.
Future Society

The Smarter AI Gets, the More It Start Cheating When It’s Losing

"As you train models and reinforce them for solving difficult challenges, you train them to be relentless."

By Joe Wilkins

Microsoft has released a new generative model, dubbed Magma, that can autonomously control robots. What could go wrong?
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Shows Off AI That Can Control an Entire Robot

"Magma is able to formulate plans and execute actions to achieve it."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists used AI to dream up new chip designs — and while the chips seem to work, the researchers say they're not entirely sure how.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Designed an Alien Chip That Works, But Experts Can’t Explain Why

"Humans cannot really understand them."

By Joe Wilkins

Our planet's glaciers are melting at even more alarming rates than previously predicted, scientists have found.
Climate Change

Glaciers Are Shrinking at an Incredible Rate

"The glaciers are indeed retreating and disappearing as we said they would."

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope is slated to have a huge percentage of its budget cut amid other slashes at NASA.
James Webb Space Telescope

Even NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Is Getting Its Budget Slashed

"It's a huge cut."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, whose company has invested billions of dollars in ChatGPT maker OpenAI, has had it with the AI hype.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value

"The real benchmark is: the world growing at 10 percent."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's Cybertruck faces safety concerns as metal body panels detach at high speeds due to a unique manufacturing method.
Advanced Transport

Body Panels Flying Off Cybertrucks on Highway, Drivers Report

It's giving new meaning to the term "trim down."

By Joe Wilkins

Yet another Tesla dealership has been caught in the crosshairs of the anti Elon Musk sentiment devouring the country.
Tesla

Windows at Tesla Dealership Blown Out by Gunfire

Anti-Musk sentiment is growing.

By Frank Landymore

An AI startup has secured a massive valuation, and its business model rests on smashing full-time jobs into low wage temp work.
Future Society

Startup Investors Foaming at the Mouth To Carve Up Your Job With AI

The knives are out.

By Joe Wilkins

Morgan & Morgan sent an email to its lawyers warning about AI tech's habit of lying after two of them were caught citing fake court cases.
Artificial Intelligence

Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents

"The integrity of your legal work and reputation depend on it."

By Frank Landymore

Thanks to his cringey makeover, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg clearly thinks he's hot stuff — but the average American is unconvinced.
Future Society

After Zuckerberg’s Cringey Hypebeast Makeover, the Average Person Still Finds Him Repulsive

You can't buy cool.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk fumed at a International Space Station astronaut who called out his lies, then immediately called for the station's destruction.
Off-World

Elon Musk Got Humiliated by a Space Station Astronaut Immediately Before Announcing Space Station Should Be Destroyed

"You are fully r*tarded."

By Frank Landymore

Protoclone is supposedly the world's first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. But it's mostly just got people creeped out.
Robotics

This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

The stuff of nightmares.

By Frank Landymore

A recent breakthrough by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has new implications for the billionaire's neural technology.
Future Society

There May Be Downsides Now That Mark Zuckerberg Can Read Your Thoughts With a Scanning Device

Penny for your thoughts?

By Joe Wilkins

Claire "Grimes" Boucher has taken to begging her famous ex for attention online amid an apparent medical issue with one of their children.
Elon Musk

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Begs Him for Help With Their Kid’s “Medical Crisis”

"This requires immediate attention."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's DOGE is gutting the the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has a long history of investigating Tesla.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Flagrantly Gutting an Agency in Charge of Regulating Tesla

That seems... wildly unethical.

By Victor Tangermann