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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is probing a Tesla Cybertruck fire that left the driver burned beyond recognition.
Advanced Transport

Feds Investigating Cybertruck That Caught Fire, Burning Driver Beyond Recognition

The fire even burned off the Cybertruck's VIN.

The safety of the Seine River continues to be called into question after a practice session for marathon swimmers on Tuesday was canceled.
Developments

Olympics Cancels Practice Session in River Seine After Swimmers Fall Ill

"It's not so much about what's in there. It's the quantity of what's in there."

Michal Kosinski, Stanford psychologist, claims that AI programs can detect people's IQ, sexual orientation, and politics by scanning faces.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face

"Given the widespread use of facial recognition, our findings have critical implications for the protection of privacy and civil liberties."

European scientists are warning in a new study that key places important to keeping global climate stable are in danger of collapsing.
Climate Change

Major Earth Systems on Track for Collapse, Scientists Find

That's gonna leave a mark.

The voice mode that comes with OpenAI's latest ChatGPT model seems to have some trouble counting and, er, breathing. 
OpenAI

ChatGPT Voice Mode Is Having Serious Trouble Counting to 100

"Even Superman can stumble sometimes."

If the trillion-dollar AI industry in the throes of a gold rush crashes in the face of slight unpredictability, how much is it really worth?
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Bubble Is Bursting, Experts Say

"When activity is only slightly disappointing, those large tech companies are being taken to the woodshed."

Starliner's current flight software isn't able to autonomously undock from the space station and reenter, Ars Technica reports.
Boeing

It Turns Out Boeing’s Derelict Starliner Is Unable to Fly Without a Crew on Board

So it's stuck... attached to the Space Station.

Elon Musk is now suing the X advertisers he once told off to the entire world, after they fled because of his racist tweets.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk to Sue X Advertisers After Telling Them to “F*ck Themselves”

A new entry for the Galaxy Brain Hall-of-Fame, legal scholar Elon Musk is here to set a new kind of precedent.

Space tech company Honeybee Robotics has come up with a concept for a 330-foot pole that could act like a streetlight for a Moon base.
Moon

DARPA Funding Plan to Build Huge Streetlight on the Moon

"It would make power, communications, lighting very accessible to all payloads that are sitting on the surface."

Neuralink has implanted its second brain chip into a human — even as the first person to ever get one admits that his has lost functionality. 
Prosthetics and Devices

As Neuralink Implants Second Subject’s Brain, First Patient Says His Doesn’t Work as Well Anymore

"A cruel twist of fate."

According to Ars Technica, NASA is planning to push back its upcoming Crew-9 mission considerably because of Boeing's Starliner mess.
Boeing

Boeing’s Stranded Starliner Has Failed So Spectacularly That It Looks Like It’ll Push Back SpaceX’s Next Astronaut Launch

What a trainwreck.

In a bizarre bid to score points with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, former president Donald Trump was gifted a Rolex and a custom-wrapped Cybertruck.
Future Society

Painfully Awkward Footage Shows Trump Pretending to Like Cybertruck

"Elon you’re great. I don’t know if you’re seeing this, but you’re really good."

#Trumpisacoward trended on Truth Social in response to Donald Trump's decision to back out of an ABC-hosted debate against Kamala Harris.
Future Society

“Trump Is a Coward” Trends on Truth Social

That's gotta hurt.

AI chip giant Nvidia has been quietly scraping astronomical amounts of YouTube video data to train its AI models, leaked docs reveal.
Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Caught Stealing Mind-Boggling Quantity of YouTube Videos to Train AI

"A video data factory that can yield a human lifetime visual experience worth of training data per day."

Former president Donald Trump claimed that he had "no choice" but to support Tesla CEO Elon Musk because he "endorsed me very strongly."
Elon Musk

Trump Says He Supports Electric Cars Now That Elon Musk Endorses Him

"I have to be because, you know, Elon endorsed me very strongly."

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has reportedly developed effective tools for marking and tracking AI-generated content. Why isn't it releasing them?
OpenAI

OpenAI Has Software That Detects AI Writing With 99.9 Percent Accuracy, Refuses to Release It

"It’s just a matter of pressing a button."

Belgium's Olympic team announced it had forfeited a competition after one of its athletes became sick after swimming in the Seine River.
Developments

Olympic Athlete Hospitalized After Swimming in Seine River

"While swimming under the bridge, I felt and saw things that we shouldn’t think about too much."

Tech stocks crashed Monday morning, accelerated by a global selloff and rising concerns over slowing economic growth.
Artificial Intelligence

Is the Tech Stock Collapse Related a Sign of the AI Bubble Popping?

Is the AI bubble starting to burst?

A Tesla Cybertruck has crashed and caught fire, killing its occupant in Texas, likely the first reported death involving the truck.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Catches Fire, Killing Driver

Could this be the first Cybertruck death?

A death has been reported at Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. OSHA has confirmed that it has opened an investigation.
Tesla

Death Reported at Tesla Factory

OSHA has opened an investigation.