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In the aftermath of the Texas abortion ban, documented cases of infant abandonment have surged in the state.
Developments

Babies Being Found in Dumpsters After Texas Abortion Ban

Unbelievably grim.

By Frank Landymore

Kia issued a recall for nearly 23,000 EV9 electric cars for the 2024-25 model year after discovering seats that weren't fully bolted down.
Advanced Transport

Kia Concerned That Employee Forgot to Bolt Seats Down in Potentially Tens of Thousands of Cars

Hold onto your butts.

By Frank Landymore

A video appears to show the future of transportation: a Waymo robotaxi smashing into a Serve Robotics delivery robot.
Robotics

Self-Driving Waymo Cab Smashes Into Delivery Robot

The machines are fighting.

By Frank Landymore

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Trump Towers in Las Vegas early Wednesday morning. Elon Musk says it's a poor choice for a car bomb.
Elon Musk

After Cybertruck Terror Attack, Elon Musk Screeches That Cybertrucks Are Bad for Terror Attacks

Seriously?

By Victor Tangermann

Insane Clown Posse's Joseph Utsler, better known by his stage persona Shaggy 2 Dope, has an AI clone — and apparently, he's a fan.
Artificial Intelligence

Insane Clown Posse’s Shaggy 2 Dope Confronts AI Version of Himself

Will the real Shaggy please stand up?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Folks on Reddit are in an uproar after Meta announced that it's planning to load Facebook up with AI "users," which are better known as bots.
Meta

People Are Disgusted by Facebook’s Plan to Deploy AI-Powered “Users”

"Translation: 'Our real users are quitting the platform, so we will fill our community with fake users instead.'"

By Noor Al-Sibai

The family of dead OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji is claiming that the young man was murdered, and did not commit suicide.
OpenAI

Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Alleges He Was Murdered, Says There Were Signs of Struggle

"Private autopsy doesn’t confirm cause of death stated by police."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In South Korea, a jet crashed and burned when it hit a wall that was placed at the end of an airport runway, killing 179 people.
Future Society

Experts Alarmed by Huge Wall at Airport That Jet Crashed Into, Killing 179 Passengers

"Normally, on an airport with a runway at the end, you don't have a wall."

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI says it wants to transform into a for-profit corporation because it needs "to raise more capital than we'd imagined."
Future Society

OpenAI Admits It Needs Vastly More Money Than It Thought

Of course it does.

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI's recently unveiled o3 AI model can cost well over $1,000 per task when used in its most powerful mode.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Latest AI Can Cost More Than $1,000 Per Query

Brainpower, at an extreme premium.

By Frank Landymore

Just days after going to war with his critics, Elon Musk now wants to foster "positive" vibes on his platform X, formerly Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Begs People on Twitter to Be Nicer

"Too late. You created this cesspool."

By Frank Landymore

The latest research suggests that addictively consuming mind-numbing digital content may almost literally be rotting our brains.
Neuroscience and Brain

“Brain Rot” Is Poisoning Our Minds

It's "altering the way we perceive and respond to the world."

By Frank Landymore

Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.
Meta

Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users

"We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do."

By Frank Landymore

We may be seeing some of the first major fissures forming in the dalliance between Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

MAGA Figures Turn on Elon Musk for Not Hating Immigrants Enough

"It's wild to see MAGA turning against Elon..."

By Frank Landymore

A trick as simple as deliberately incorporating typos into your prompt is often enough to dupe the industry's leading AI chatbots.
Artificial Intelligence

Stupidly Easy Hack Can Jailbreak Even the Most Advanced AI Chatbots

Are you serious?

By Frank Landymore

The late whistleblower Suchir Bala was named as a potential witness in a lawsuit brought against OpenAI by The New York Times.
OpenAI

Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Had Been Named as Potential Witness in Lawsuit Against Employer

He said he'd "try to testify."

By Frank Landymore

President-elect Donald Trump shot down claims that Elon Musk is quietly giving the orders with a jab at his ally.
Elon Musk

Touchy Trump Insists That He’s Not Taking Orders From Elon Musk

The President doth protest too much.

By Frank Landymore

The hole in the first-ever image of a black hole released a massive burp of gamma rays while astronomers were staring at it.
Future Society

Astronomers Were Watching a Black Hole When It Suddenly Exploded With Gamma Rays

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

It turns out the math behind the paper that indicated black spatulas were exposing us to dangerous chemicals was horrendously wrong.
Developments

There’s a Scandal Growing About That Paper About How Black Spatulas Are Killing You

Yeah, about that...

By Frank Landymore

As more and more rich people rush to buy and build bomb shelters, experts suggest they're a bandaid on top of a nuclear blast. 
Nuclear Fusion

There’s a Major Problem With the Nuclear War Bunkers The Rich Are Buying

"Bunkers are, in fact, not a tool to survive a nuclear war."

By Noor Al-Sibai