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Amazon's Prime streaming service has adorned the iconic 1922 horror film "Nosferatu" with an appalling, seemingly AI-generated poster.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Mocked for Slapping AI-Generated Poster on Beloved 1922 Film “Nosferatu”

"A horrible one-two punch of anti-art sentiment."

By Victor Tangermann

In a fight on social media, Elon Musk decided to use a slur against disabled people — and it's far from the first time. 
Elon Musk

As He Calls for “Positivity” on Twitter, Elon Musk Keeps Using a Disgusting Slur Against the Intellectually Disabled as a Bullying Insult

"No wonder this algorithm is so messed up."

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is now claiming that the firm is nearing the dawn of AGI — and that he knows how to make it happen.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Has Figured Out How to Build AGI

"This sounds like science fiction right now, and somewhat crazy to even talk about it."

By Noor Al-Sibai

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OpenAI

It Costs So Much to Run ChatGPT That OpenAI Is Losing Money on $200 ChatGPT Pro Subscriptions

"People use it much more than we expected."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A man had the misfortune of becoming trapped inside a driverless Waymo taxi, which drove in circles instead of to the airport.
Advanced Transport

Man Trying to Catch Flight Alarmed as His Driverless Waymo Gets Stuck Driving in Loop Around Parking Lot

"I have a flight to catch, why is this thing going in a circle?"

By Victor Tangermann

Flavored nitrous oxide is the newest drug to hit America's youth — and folks are developing startling side effects to it.
Developments

Kids Are Huffing Galaxy Gas Until They Get Tremors, Limps and Lose Bowel Control

"You could barely understand what they were saying."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're going straight to Mars.
Moon

Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA’s Moon Program

"The Moon is a distraction."

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao says he encountered a pair of large metallic orbs while flying his plane over Houston, Texas in 2023.
Advanced Transport

Former NASA Astronaut Puzzled by Metallic Orbs He Encountered While Flying

"They came right at me."

By Victor Tangermann

In a freewheeling interview with Bloomberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took it out on the company's board members, who abruptly sacked him in 2023.
Future Society

Sam Altman Explodes at Board Members Who Fired Him

"And all those people that I feel like really f*cked me and f*cked the company were gone, and now I had to clean up their mess."

By Victor Tangermann

Meta was forced to euthanize its AI-generated "characters" after users discovered just how problematic they really are.
Meta

Meta Kills AI-Generated “People” Like “Proud Black Queer Momma”

Instagram created a fake, AI-generated Black woman — and the response was outraged.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Cybertruck bomber made unsubstantiated claims about the recently spotted drones and left behind a deranged manifesto.
Future Society

The Cybertruck Bomber Seems to Have Made Strange Claims About the Mysterious Drone Sightings

"What we have been seeing with 'drones' is the operational use of gravitic propulsion systems powered aircraft..."

By Victor Tangermann

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