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Two teal and silver robots with white heads are handling yellow bins in an industrial setting, likely a warehouse or sorting facility. One robot is holding a yellow bin, while the other is positioned near a row of yellow bins on shelves. A person in a green hoodie and gray pants stands in the background observing the robots. The environment includes industrial equipment, tables, and various cables.
Robotics

Amazon Staffers Learning Hard Lesson as Company Cuts Robotics Jobs

Who's automating the automators?

By Joe Wilkins

A close-up of a sign with a bright orange background featuring the large black letters "AP" outlined in white. The sign is flanked by blue panels with a white grid pattern.
Ethics

Manager at Associated Press Tells Journalists That Resistance to AI Is Futile

"Resistance is futile" — famously a phrase said by the good guys.

By Frank Landymore

"Vibe coding" comes with some glaring shortcomings, as evidenced in an entirely vibe-coded operating system, dubbed Vib-OS.
Ethics

Entirely Vibe-Coded Operating System Is a Bug-Filled Disaster

"You found an early build of Windows 12."

By Victor Tangermann

Two stacked pieces of milk chocolate bars with broken chocolate pieces on top, surrounded by chocolate shavings on a dark surface.
Food

Chocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce Lab-Grown Cocoa

"We're directly growing the tissue that gets turned into chocolate."

By Joe Wilkins

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Prosthetics and Devices

Lawmakers Consider Ban on Implanting Microchips Into Workers

"An employer may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip implanted in the employee for any reason."

By Joe Wilkins

Users aren't happy about rumors that Microsoft's Windows 12 operating system will embrace AI even further than Windows 11.
Artificial Intelligence

Drama Erupts Over Claims That Microsoft Will Embrace AI Even More Drastically in Windows 12

"There is zero demand for this."

By Victor Tangermann

In an announcement to publicize the results of recent raids on tax evaders, South Korea's National Tax Service made a fatal mistake.
Bitcoin

Cops Accidentally Publicize Password to $4.4 Million in Crypto, Allowing Thieves to Easily Steal the Money and Run

"There is no excuse for this incident."

By Victor Tangermann

A digital illustration of a hand and face composed of interconnected lines and nodes, with the index finger extended and touching a bright, radiant point of light. The light emits intense rays and a glowing effect, creating a futuristic and high-tech atmosphere with vibrant colors like blue, purple, and green. The background is dark with abstract geometric shapes.
Ethics

Philosopher Studying AI Consciousness Startled When AI Agent Emails Him About Its Own “Experience”

"I'm writing because your work addresses questions I actually face, not just as an academic matter."

By Frank Landymore

Reserachers gathered experimental data exploring whether bacteria could survive a journey between planets via an asteroid strike
Off-World

Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to Planet While Clinging to Asteroids

"Life is always hardier than we expect it to be."

By Victor Tangermann

Shadow of a person's head cast on the side of a white vehicle with the word "WAYMO" written on it, featuring a colorful gradient of blue, pink, and red lighting. The vehicle's wheel is partially visible on the right side.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Emergency Responders Say They’re Now Unpaid “Roadside Assistance” for Confused Waymos

"Our first responders should not be AAA roadside assistance."

By Frank Landymore

Two elongated bones arranged parallel to each other with a slight bend, set against a bright yellow background with an orange circle behind them. The bones have a textured, aged appearance with visible details of their structure.
Studies

Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It’s Weakening Human Skeletons

"Human physiology has progressively and consistently altered over the last ~25 years."

By Joe Wilkins

A man with curly hair is shown with his mouth open wide and eyes looking upward, clutching his throat with both hands as if choking or struggling to breathe. The image has a strong pinkish-red tint and a dark background.
Ethics

You’ll Choke When You Hear How Many Full-Time Jobs a $136 Million Data Center Will Actually Create

Are you sitting down?

By Joe Wilkins

A fiery volcanic landscape at sunset with molten lava and smoke. In the center, a large flaming meteor with the Google logo on it is falling toward the ground. Two smaller meteors are also visible in the sky. The scene is dominated by intense red, orange, and black colors.
Google

Evidence Grows That Google’s AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry

It's hard times for the digital media-sphere.

By Joe Wilkins

A team of researchers found that "large language models can be used to perform at-scale deanonymization."
Ethics

AI Can Mass-Unmask Pseudonymous Accounts, Research Paper Finds

Goodbye, anonymity.

By Victor Tangermann

A cute orange bunny toy with big eyes and buttons on its body, a fluffy monster-like creature with a round face and big eyes surrounded by dark fur, and a soft teddy bear wearing a knitted scarf, all set against a blue grid background.
Ethics

Children’s Toys Are Shipping With Adult AI Inside Them

This is a massive safety risk.

By Frank Landymore

Box of Ventfort dietary supplement labeled A-3 peptides complex, containing 20 capsules of 0.215 g each, with GMP certification and developed by the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology.
Treatments

eBay Is Selling a Cornucopia of Russian Peptides

Buyer beware.

By Joe Wilkins

A human brain is placed in a frying pan on a stove, with a red glow around the brain suggesting heat or cooking. The image has a stylized, high-contrast, and slightly grainy effect.
Ethics

AI Use at Work Is Causing “Brain Fry,” Researchers Find, Especially Among High Performers

"My thinking wasn't broken, just noisy — like mental static."

By Frank Landymore

A large portrait of former Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, with a white beard, glasses, and a black turban, displayed on a wall. In front of the portrait, three men are standing and looking towards it, one of whom is wearing a white turban and traditional clothing. The setting appears to be indoors.
Cryptocurrency

Kalshi Gamblers Furious After Company Refuses to Pay Out $54 Million on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death

"People shouldn't be rooting for people to die because they placed a bet."

By Joe Wilkins

CEOs in the AI industry are concerned that their tech will be implicated in a Chernobyl-style event that causes AI to become publicly toxic.
Ethics

AI CEOs Worried About Chernobyl-Style Event Where Their Tech Causes a Horrific Catastrophe

It's only a matter of time, they fear.

By Victor Tangermann

Iranian drones hit three Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, putting US assets at risk.
Ethics

Iran Is Bombing Data Centers in Retaliation

Not the data centers!

By Victor Tangermann