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After Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson opined that Tesla's Full Self-Driving tech wasn't ready for robotaxis yet, Elon Musk angrily responded.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Rages at Self-Driving CEO Who Dared Criticize Tesla’s Troubled “Full Self-Driving”

Classy comeback, Elon.

Famed "Iron Man" actor Robert Downey Jr. had some choice words for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a recent podcast appearance.
Elon Musk

Robert Downey Jr. Lightly Trashes Elon Musk

Shots fired.

For the first time in recorded history, Mount Fuji has gone the entire month of October without seeing any snow.
Climate Change

Mount Fuji Snowless For Longest Time In 130 Years

Depressing.

The CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity seemed perplexed when asked how his company defines "plagiarism."
Artificial Intelligence

Perplexity AI CEO Sputters When Asked to Define “Plagiarism” Onstage

This ain't rocket science, dude.

As Saudi Arabia pushes ever forward with its futuristic NEOM project, the endeavor's staggering death toll has been revealed.
Science & Energy

A Staggering Number of Workers Have Reportedly Died While Building Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper

Sickening.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on AI-generated content on Facebook and Instagram, exactly what everybody asked for.
Artificial Intelligence

Mark Zuckerberg Pledges to Fill Facebook With Even More AI Slop

Oh, good.

Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group slid by 22.3 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day loss since going public.
Future Society

Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” Meme Stock Just Had Its Worst Day Ever

Investors are done.

Tesla is yet again in hot water with regulators over its decision to rely exclusively on cameras for its "Full Self-Driving" feature.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk May Have Made a Huge Mistake on Full Self-Driving That It’s Too Late to Correct

A decision that could haunt him.

Despite increasingly dire global calls to curb deadly emissions, 2023 was apparently the worst year for global warming on record.
Global Warming

Congratulations, Buffoons! We Did More Global Warming Last Year Than in Any Other Year in Human History

"These are more than just statistics."

People canvassing for Elon Musk's America PAC are allegedly dealing with workplace conditions way harsher than expected.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “Political Acivists” Aren’t What They Seem

"I felt embarrassed and played."

Elon Musk was a no-show at his court ordered appearance for a hearing on his pro-Trump scheme to pay voters in swing state.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Blows Off Court Appearance After Being Sued For Operating an Illegal Lottery

He's delaying.

In Silicon Valley, accurately reporting on a tech exec's domestic violence arrest seems to be a punishable offense.
Future Society

Tech Exec Sues Journalist for Reporting the Fact That He Was Arrested for Domestic Violence

A Constitutional scholar is calling bull.

NASA said that Voyager 1 suddenly stopped transmitting after its onboard emergency system activated without warning.
Off-World

Decrepit Voyager 1 Probe Runs Into Trouble Again

But it keeps on ticking.

Google paid billions to license Character.AI's tech — and is now facing hard questions over the AI chatbot company's alleged carelessness.
Google

Google Has Deep Ties to AI Startup Accused to Causing Teen Suicide

"These questions would not have been alien to Google prior to this happening."

New York City has been forced to reveal that its AI-powered gun-scanning pilot for its sprawling subway system was a total bust.
Artificial Intelligence

NYC Attempt to Scan Subway for Weapons With AI Fails Miserably as System Flooded by False Positives While Detecting Zero Actual Guns

Eat your heart out, Eric Adams.

Elon Musk's SpaceX just launched a bunch of spy satellites for the Pentagon — and some in the DOD are getting worried.
Off-World

Pentagon Uneasy About Elon Musk’s New Spy Satellites

And they have good reason to worry.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds dismissed the AI industry as "90 percent marketing" and bemoaned its "hype cycle."
Artificial Intelligence

Creator of Linux Trashes AI Hype

"My approach to AI right now is I will basically ignore it."

Grok now has image understanding capabilities, and to test and improve, Elon Musk wants you to feed it medical documents.
Developments

Elon Musk Recommends Feeding Your Medical Scans Into His Grok AI

It's a terrible idea.

During Google's latest quarterly earnings call, the tech giant's CEO boasted that a large percentage of its new code is written by AI.
Google

Google CEO Says 25 Percent of Its Code Is Now AI-Generated

"This helps our engineers do more and move faster."

A Tesla purportedly running Full Self-Driving mode fails to recognize a deer on the road and slams into the animal with slowing or stopping.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla on Full Self-Driving Mode Plows Through Deer Without Even Slowing Down

Guy whose Tesla just obliterated an animal: "FSD works awesome!"