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Renowned tech magazine Wired and global news brand Business Insider have been caught publishing what appears to be AI slop.
Artificial Intelligence

The internet is drowning in AI slop.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has confirmed that it's freezing all hiring in its artificial intelligence division.
Meta

Is AI going to flop like the metaverse?

The Space Force's top-secret X-37B space plane is gearing up for its eighth mission. It will bring a "quantum inertial sensor."
Space Force

It's serving an important purpose.

Microsoft's head of artificial intelligence has acknowledged that AI chatbots are fueling a massive wave of "AI psychosis."
Artificial Intelligence

"The trickle of emails is turning into a flood."

After landing a job at SpaceX's Starlink internet division at just 14, now-16-year-old Kairan Quazi is leaving satellites for finance.
SpaceX

This seems like an excellent life choice.

The US stock market continued its slump into Wednesday, leading some to speculate that the AI bubble may be close to bursting.
Artificial Intelligence

"The story is spooking people."

For years, experts have observed a disturbing trend in the mortality rates of young Americans aged 25 to 44.
Medical

Prepare for your final avocado toast, millennials.

Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats are visible on Google — and many show the chatbot clearly breaking its own guardrails.
xAI

Guardrails? Never heard of 'em.

The FDA isn't exactly saying you should eat the radioactive Walmart shrimp, but it definitely isn't saying that doing so will kill you.
Developments

Just as a treat!

Tesla Cybertruck owners insured through Hanover Insurance are being informed that their policy is being terminated.
Tesla

Not even insurance companies want anything to do with it.

Evidence shows that walking in nature can instantly boost your attention span — but scientists can't agree why.
Mental Health

"Something about walking in nature is benefiting our attention."

Thanks to massive competition from other drugmakers and generic fakers, Novo Nordisk, the company behind Ozempic, is now on a hiring freeze.
RX and Medicine

How the mighty have fallen.

The man behind Google's first generative AI program has some stark advice for advanced degree-seekers: don't do it, because AI will beat you.
Google

"Either get into something niche like AI for biology... or just don't get into anything at all."

Scientists say they've developed a way to salvage nuclear waste from fission reactors — and turn it into a potent fuel for fusion reactors.
Nuclear Fusion

It's an elegant solution — if it works.

Recent figures by MIT found that 95 percent of generative AI pilots are failing, with some drastic implications for the spending bubble.
Artificial Intelligence

Whomp whomp.

Highly sought-after AI talent is turning down Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's enormous offers. Is he really this unlikable?
Future Society

Even $1 billion won't convince them.

OpenAI is looking to turn a new leaf, with Altman discussing how GPT-6 will usher in a revolution once again.
OpenAI

What's GPT-5?

Shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia dropped by nearly three percent in early trading and is down almost five percent in the past week.
Artificial Intelligence

What's driving the selloff?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already shaking up his "Superintelligence Lab" just months into his multi-billion dollar push into AI.
Meta

We can't say we're surprised.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a tiny moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the number of the planet's known satellites to 29.
James Webb Space Telescope

"It’s like staring into the headlight of a car and trying to look at a fly."