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Cryptocurrency

The New York Times Says It’s Identified the Creator of Bitcoin

Is this *finally* the guy?

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times

"I asked AI, 'Okay, boil this down for me. Take everything — every scrap of information on the internet that you can find — to help me get this essay published in the Times.'"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Tesla

Naked Man Bursts Into Tesla Service Center With a Shotgun

That's one way to start the day!

By Joe Wilkins

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Developments

Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims

"It's a fake ICU."

By Frank Landymore

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Google

Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

This is catastrophic.

By Frank Landymore

NASA astronaut and Artemis 2 mission commander Reid Wiseman took a moment to snap a breathtaking photo of the full Earth.
NASA

Moon Astronaut Captures Shot of Earth That Lets You See Its Razor-Thin Atmosphere Perfectly

"Hello, World."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft admitting in its own Copilot terms of service that the tool should only be used for "entertainment purposes only."
Ethics

Microsoft Mocked for Terms of Service That Admit Copilot Is for “Entertainment Purposes Only”

"It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice."

By Victor Tangermann

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Anthropic

Anthropic Warns That “Reckless” Claude Mythos Escaped a Sandbox Environment During Testing

"The researcher found out about this success by receiving an unexpected email from the model while eating a sandwich in a park."

By Frank Landymore

Iran will still be levying a substantial toll, paid out in Bitcoin, for any oil tankers passing through, following the ceasefire announcement.
Bitcoin

Iran Demanding Huge Bitcoin Payments to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz

"Vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can’t be traced or confiscated due to sanctions."

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, roughly five days into NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the Moon, the toilet became off-limits for at least the third time.
Moon

The Moon Spacecraft’s $30 Million Toilet Has Been a Bit of a Disaster

"I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

ChatGPT Is Sending People Into Obsessive Spirals of Hypochondria

"It just sent me around on this crazy Ferris wheel of emotion and fear."

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seated, looking slightly upward with a serious expression. The background features a red grid pattern illuminated by pink and purple lighting, creating a dramatic and intense atmosphere.
Machine Learning

Sam Altman’s Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts

"I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer."

By Joe Wilkins

Here are some of the most spectacular snapshots NASA recently received from the crew of its Artemis 2 mission.
Moon

We’re In Utter Disbelief About the Photos the Moon Astronauts Just Sent Back

Here are some of our favorites.

By Victor Tangermann

Students from all walks of life are becoming homogenized as they increasingly outsource their brains to AI chatbots.
Ethics

College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Due to Offloading Their Thinking to AI

"Everyone now kind of sounds the same."

By Joe Wilkins

Morgan analysts are now warning that Tesla's share price could drop by a whopping 60 percent following disastrous sales numbers.
Tesla

JP Morgan Concerned Tesla Stock Will Crash by 60 Percent in Face of Ongoing Business Failures

"We advise investors cautiously approach this expectation within the context of both execution risk and the time value of money."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen float inside NASA's Moon spacecraft.
Moon

Trump Has Call With Moon Astronauts So Awkward That They May Turn Around and Disappear Into the Void of Space

This is painful.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Instructs Staff to Welcome AI Sloplords

Open wide!

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is shown in a close-up side profile, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Secretly Shared His Number One Priority at Tesla and It Really Says It All

Intense workaholic, or deadbeat CEO?

By Joe Wilkins

Frontier AI models generated "detailed image descriptions and elaborate reasoning traces" without ever seeing the images.
Ethics

Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays

They call it the "mirage effect."

By Victor Tangermann

Maine is expected to become the first state in the US to ban the construction of new data centers — until at least November 2027.
Ethics

The Entire State of Maine Is Poised to Ban New Data Centers

"I think Maine is the canary in the coal mine."

By Victor Tangermann