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A Reddit user forced Google's NotebookLM AI model to riff on a document that was literally full of crap for ten minutes straight.
Google

Google’s AI Turns the Words “Fart” and “Poop” Written 1,000 Times Into an Entire Podcast

This is hysterical.

The city council approved last week a contraceptive pilot program that will try to curb the New York City rat population.
Developments

New York City Rats Could Soon Have Better Access to Birth Control Than Women in Some Parts of the Country

Oh, the irony!

It's a dog-eat-dog world for the US Army, which is experimenting with rifle-equipped robot dogs at a Middle Eastern testing facility. 
Robot Dogs

The US Army Is Testing Killer Robot Dogs With AI-Powered Rifles in the Middle East

Well, that's terrifying.

A study says that engineers who use the popular AI programming assistant GitHub Copilot don't experience any significant gains in efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Problem WIth AI Programming Assistants: They’re Inserting Far More Errors Into Code

AI tools may actually create more work for coders, not less.

After their habitats were destroyed, tens of thousands of parrots have descended on a town in Argentina, terrorizing residents.
Science & Energy

Parrots Orchestrate Brutal Revenge on Small Town After Deforestation Drove Them Out of Their Homes

It's like "The Birds," but for climate change.

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is hemorrhaging massive amounts of cash that it's failing to make up for in revenue, according to investor documents.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is Putting Profits First, Yet It’s Bleeding an Astronomical Amount of Money

The company lost a staggering $5 billion this year.

An Australian child services worker used ChatGPT to write a sensitive report about a child — and ended up getting the tech banned. 
OpenAI

Child Welfare Worker in Trouble After Using ChatGPT to Submit Bizarre Report About Sex Doll

Disgusting.

Researchers say they've observed photons exhibiting bizarre quantum behavior as the result of what's known as atomic excitation.
Quantum Physics

Weird New Quantum Experiment Sounds Suspiciously Like Time Travel

"The clock hand would, under certain circumstances, move backward rather than forward."

Two woman astronauts had to stay behind to make space for their stranded Starliner colleagues, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Off-World

Grounded Astronauts Angry They Were Forced to Give Up Their Seats for Stranded Starliner Crew

"I think it was hard not to watch that rocket lift off without thinking, 'That's my rocket and that's my crew.'"

Using readings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected chemicals on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope Just Made a Fascinating Discovery About Pluto’s Huge Icy Moon

There's a lot going on beneath the surface of Charon.

A Montana rancher is now facing time in prison for using cloned embryos to create enormous, hybrid sheep that he sold to hunters and breeders.
Science & Energy

Man Gets Prison Sentence for Cloning Giant Sheep

Behold the Montana Mountain King.

When being evaluated for a job, one employment-seeker found himself being interviewed by an artificial intelligence avatar.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Baffled When He Shows Up for Job Interview and the Interviewer Is an AI Avatar

"Laughable at best and terrifying at worst."

There are "dozens" of holes lining the floor of Lake Michigan — and scientists are stumped as to why they're there.
Science & Energy

Scientists Stumped by “Dozens” of Gigantic Holes at the Bottom of a Lake

"They are in deeper water... and weren't known before, as far as we can tell."

AI slop posters are already using fake images of alleged Hurricane Helene devastation to capitalize on the still-unfolding natural disaster.
Meta

Facebook Is Being Flooded With Gross AI-Generated Images of Hurricane Helene Devastation

No words.

The artists whose AI-generated image won a fine arts competition is still mad that the US Copyright Office won't recognize his work.
Artificial Intelligence

Self-Styled “AI Artist” Furious That People Are “Blatantly Stealing My Work”

That's a good one.

Elon Musk's social media platform X-formerly-Twitter has lost a shocking amount of its value ever since he took over in late 2022.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Wiped Out a Shocking Amount of Twitter’s Value In Less Than 2 Years

Ouch.

The sub-Earth mass planet was spotted in orbit around Barnard's star, a red dwarf that is only six light years away.
Off-World

Astronomers Spot Mysterious Planet Orbiting the Closest Single Star

Say hello to our new neighbor.

A supermassive black hole is shooting out a jet so intense it's causing stars along its path to erupt in explosions called novas.
Black Holes

Scientists Say Furious Black Hole Making Nearby Stars Explode

"We don't know what's going on, but it's just a very exciting finding."

A tattoo parlor put bizarre AI-generated advertisements all over Brooklyn. We decided to get to the bottom of them.
Artificial Intelligence

What’s Up With Those Sloppy AI-Generated Tattoo Posters in New York City?

Weird, AI-generated posters started popping up around the city — so we decided to get to the bottom of them.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets for the third time in just three months.
SpaceX

The FAA Grounds SpaceX’s Rockets for a Third Time After Mysterious Anomaly

"The FAA is requiring an investigation."