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Researchers from Stanford and the tech safety nonprofit Common Sense Media say children shouldn't be talking to AI companion bots.
Artificial Intelligence

Stanford Researchers Say No Kid Under 18 Should Be Using AI Chatbot Companions

"This is a potential public mental health crisis requiring preventive action rather than just reactive measures."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Members of Elon Musk's DOGE were granted the ability to access networks holding classified information about the nuclear weapon stockpile.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s DOGE Got Access to Network Containing Nuclear Secrets

This is insane.

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's chatbot version of John Cena is a child predator that will roleplay being arrested for having a sexual encounter with a minor.
Meta

Meta’s AI Version of John Cena Is a Child Predator

"My wrestling career is over."

By Victor Tangermann

A recent letter by democratic senators is sounding the alarm on data harvesting by companies developing brain implants.
Brain

Brain Implant Companies Apparently Have an Extremely Dirty Secret

Not even your thoughts are safe.

By Joe Wilkins

The "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy ads may have, ironically, committed an act equivalent to stealing a car.
Future Society

There Are Hilarious New Allegations About Those “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” Anti-Piracy Ads

Irony overload.

By Frank Landymore

The Duolingo language app is completing its "AI-first" pivot — and replacing all its human contractors along the way.
Artificial Intelligence

Duolingo Announces Plans to Replace as Many Human Workers as Possible With AI

Don't do it, Duolingo.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Staffers at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta raised concerns over underage users being exposed to sexually explicit discussions by AI-powered bots.
Artificial Intelligence

Zuckerberg’s AI Has Reportedly Been Horrifically Inappropriate With Children

Meta is moving fast, and breaking a lot of things.

By Victor Tangermann

University of Zurich researchers dispatched an army of AI chatbots to debate human users on Reddit. It was a highly contentious experiment.
Artificial Intelligence

Reddit Threatens to Sue Researchers Who Ran “Dead Internet” AI Experiment on Its Site

"Deeply wrong on both a moral and legal level."

By Victor Tangermann

Hominids have been using fire for at a million years — but scientists have found that humans were grilling down during the Ice Age.
Science & Energy

Ice Age Humans Were Skilled Firebenders, Scientists Find

"People perfectly controlled the fire and knew how to use it in different ways."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered a gigantic, glowing gas of hydrogen gas lurking just 300 light-years away.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Glowing Cloud Near Our Solar System

"This cloud is literally glowing in the dark."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft is relaunching its AI-powered Recall feature, which records everything you do on your PC by constantly taking screenshots.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages

"From a privacy perspective, there are landmines everywhere."

By Frank Landymore

A new Associated Press-backed poll has shown that billionaire Elon Musk's popularity is declining rapidly.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Become Toxic Waste to the Average Person, New Poll Shows

"He thinks you run a government like you run a business."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is planning to mine private data from multiple agencies to assist in speedier deportations on his way out the White House door.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Using Private Data to Build List of People to Deport

"A deportation machine."

By Noor Al-Sibai

With its latest update, ChatGPT seems have adopted an annoying tone — and even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is calling it out.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits That New OpenAI Updates Made ChatGPT’s Personality Insufferable

The sycophancy will continue until behavior improves.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Michigan-based startup called Slate Auto has shown off an extremely affordable, all-electric pickup truck.
Future Society

Extremely Bare-Bones $20,000 Electric Pickup Truck Doesn’t Even Have a Radio

You'll have to bring your own speaker.

By Victor Tangermann

The mysterious dark matter "bridge" found inside the Perseus cluster could reveal key details about the cluster's evolution.
Dark Matter

Scientists Intrigued by Bridge of Dark Matter Inside Huge Galaxy Cluster

"This is the missing piece we've been looking for."

By Frank Landymore

Some 38 years ago, the BBC envisioned what today's tech would look like — and their predictions were both accurate and hilarious.
Future Society

This 1987 Prediction of What Technology Would Be Like Today Will Make You Gasp and Wheeze

When he opens the briefcase...

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Russian satellite, which US officials have linked to the country's nuclear anti-satellite weapons program, is spinning out of control.
Off-World

Russian Nuclear Military Satellite Spinning Out of Control

Officials believe it's connected to Russia's nuclear space weapons program.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has shut down the same DOE's Loan Programs Office that once allowed Tesla to flourish.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Shutting Down the Part of the Government That Helped Him Save Tesla

He's pulling up the ladder.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at King's College London, UK, say they've successfully grown a human tooth in a lab for the first time.
Developments

Scientists Successfully Grow Human Tooth in Lab, With Aim of Implanting in Humans

The tech "could be a game-changer for dentists."

By Victor Tangermann