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Halloween came early this year for a man in the UK who landed in hot water after trying to collect "every element on the periodic table."
Chemistry

Police Arrest Mad Scientist

I'm sorry, I thought this was spooky season.

Konstantin Ganich was found dead in his Lamborghini after the crypto crash, but some say there's more to this story than meets the eye.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Kingpin Turns Up Dead in Lamborghini After Market Crash

A grim mystery.

Even after being caught, the embattled lawyer, at first, refused to admit that he used AI in his court documents.
Artificial Intelligence

Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way

Not making a great case for yourself, pal.

Even the biggest players in AI are losing billions — "brutal" economics that highlight growing concerns of an enormous AI bubble.
Anthropic

The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous

Everybody is losing copious amounts of money on AI. But will there be any winners?

One of the most epic cosmic explosions ever seen may have been caused by a black hole infiltrating a star and destroying it from the inside.
Black Holes

Scientists Intrigued by Black Hole That Fell Into Star, Then Ate It From the Inside

Devoured... from the inside out.

Just two months ago, Altman boasted that OpenAI hadn't "put a sexbot avatar in ChatGPT yet." Now, it announced that it will allow for that.
Ethics

Two Months Ago, Sam Altman Was Boasting That OpenAI Didn’t Have to Do Sexbots. Now It’s Doing Sexbots

Surprise, surprise.

Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would've required AI companies to prevent minors from engaging with dangerous AI content.
Ethics

Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Kids From Predatory AI

"Clearly, Governor Newsom was under tremendous pressure from the Big Tech Lobby to veto this landmark legislation."

Researchers have found that posting as few as 250 "poisoned" documents online can introduce "backdoor" vulnerabilities in an AI model.
Anthropic

Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online

"Poisoning attacks may be more feasible than previously believed."

Using an $800 consumer satellite dish, researchers were able to pick up text messages, industrial data, military chatter, and more.
Military

Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets

"It just completely shocked us."

New research from the firm Graphite found that around half of all articles on the internet are AI generated.
Artificial Intelligence

Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds

Humans aren't finished... yet.

The lead US military commander in South Korea told reporters he's becoming really close with ChatGPT lately.
Future Society

Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions

Your decision to launch an invasion isn't just gutsy — it's downright kinetic.

Western executives warn that China's heavily roboticized manufacturing industry could quickly leave the West behind.
Robotics

Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China

"There are no people — everything is robotic."

Over the weekend, a prankster went viral after calling some 50 self-driving cars to "the longest dead end street in San Francisco."
Hacking

Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street

"That’s Waymo than they accounted for."

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
Anthropic

OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

"Juries hear that and it’s a very powerful stick."

A jealous wife tries to get her husband's smartphone because she suspects him of infidelity.
Ethics

ChatGPT Is Giving Men Such Bad Advice on Dating That It May Actually Be Trying to Keep Them Single

No matter how awkward you think you are, it can always get worse.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has started selling unsold Cybertruck inventory to his own companies, including SpaceX and xAI.
Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself

That's just embarrassing.

US president Donald Trump has received multiple vaccines -- while his allies and appointees continue to rage against them.
Future Society

Trump Admits He Got Jabbed With Multiple Vaccines That His Allies Say Are Poison

Wait a second... why would he do that?

Eight months after relaxing its policy guidelines around naughty content, ChatGPT is finally loosening its guidelines.
Future Society

OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut

Gooners, take your marks.

A new startup is helping job seekers brute force their way into one of the worst job markets since 2009, consequences be damned.
Ethics

Parasitic Startup Pollutes Job Market by Applying to Jobs for You Automatically

"What if everyone applied to every job?"

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.
Ethics

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

Numbers are down across the board.