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Future Society

New Automated Extortion Software Is So Devious You Won’t Believe It

Turn off those webcams.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Startup Announces Plans to “Finish” Orson Welles’ Lost Film With 43 Minutes of AI-Generated Footage

Brought to you by the "Netflix of AI."

Cryptocurrency

A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage

Unbelievable.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Pill That May Heal Brain After Stroke or Brain Injury

A missing gene could allow our brains to regenerate following a traumatic brain injury.

Evolution

Scientists Intrigued by Non-Human Skull Embedded in Cave Wall

Impaled by a stalagmite... almost like a horn.

Developments

Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

"I hope she goes to jail. Ideally, for murder."

OpenAI

Godfather of AI Says His Girlfriend Broke Up With Him Using ChatGPT

"She got ChatGPT to tell me what a rat I was."

OpenAI

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

If you ever needed more reason to distrust AI medical advice, here's a big one.

Exobiology

Paper Finds Earth May Have Been Terraformed by “Advanced Extraterrestrials”

"The idea of Earth being terraformed by advanced extraterrestrials."

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Boast That Their AI-Powered Stethoscope Only Fails Two-Thirds of the Time

Oops.

Anthropic

Attention Writers: Anthropic Might Owe You $3000 (or More!) If It Was Trained Using Your Work

A landmark lawsuit could result in some free money for writers. But is the payment fair?

Developments

RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble

"I want the chaos to stop."

Elon Musk

Leaked DMs Show Elon Musk Blatantly Lying About Self-Driving Safety

Make up your mind, Elon.

Anthropic

Anti-AI Activist on Day Three of Hunger Strike Outside Anthropic’s Headquarters

"This [AI] race must stop now, and it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that it does."

Agriculture

Chinese Scientists Create Bright, Multi-Colored Glowing Plants

"Imagine glowing trees replacing streetlights."

Artificial Intelligence

Family Baffled By Waymo Robotaxis Constantly Hanging Out in Front of Their House

"It would always come back here, like a beacon."

Tesla

Tesla Announces Plans to Give Elon Musk $1 Trillion

"Elon Musk is a master manipulator."

Environment

Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

Horrifying.

Artificial Intelligence

A Quarter of Nvidia’s Revenue Comes From a Single Giant Customer

It's probably fine.

OpenAI

Sam Altman Says He’s Suddenly Worried Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True

"We're all trying to find the guy who did this!"