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The next AI price hike could affect hard drives, following RAM, SSDs, and graphical processing units.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices

First RAM, now storage?

By Victor Tangermann

A man in a white shirt and floral tie is sitting at a desk with multiple old computer monitors and keyboards around him. He has a stressed or shocked expression, holding his head with both hands. The image is lit with vibrant pink and blue lighting, creating a dramatic and intense atmosphere.
Artificial Intelligence

It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They’re About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychological Effects

"An invisible disaster."

By Frank Landymore

Trump administration officials are now considering cutting ties with Anthropic over the company's limits on its contract.
Anthropic

Pentagon Issues Threat to Anthropic

"Everything's on the table."

By Victor Tangermann

The televised Spring Festival Gala put on by the state-run China Media Group featured an impressive synchronized martial arts routine.
Robotics

Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls

Is it really the best time to arm them with spears and swords?

By Victor Tangermann

Still frame from video by Tesla driver Daniel Milligan. A boat docked at a pier at night, with its reflection visible in the calm water. The image is taken from a vehicle dashboard camera, showing a speed of 7 MPH and indicating that the vehicle is in self-driving mode.
Self-Driving Vehicles

FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake

As you do.

By Frank Landymore

Meta was granted a patent in 2023 for the idea, outlining how a large language model (LLM) can "simulate" a user's social media activity.
Metaverse

Meta Patented AI That Takes Over Your Account When You Die, Keeps Posting Forever

From beyond the grave.

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of a woman with long hair and a textured short-sleeve shirt, looking downward with a serious expression. In the foreground, a hand is holding and interacting with a smartphone. The image uses a color overlay effect, with the person in reddish tones and the hand in blue tones, set against a yellow background with a subtle grid pattern.
Ethics

AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

"I couldn't leave my house for months... people were messaging me all over my social media, like, 'Are you safe? Are your kids safe?'"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman with long, dark hair featuring blonde highlights and bangs is sitting on a wicker sofa. She is wearing a white crocheted top with yellow and blue patterns and light-colored pants. She is holding a pink smartphone and looking at it with a thoughtful expression. The background shows a window with sheer curtains.
Ethics

Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?

Is it "good" or "bad?" Developers can't say.

By Frank Landymore

A black school desk chair with an attached writing surface is illuminated from behind by a green light, casting a dark shadow on a blue background.
Pollution

Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns

"The only honor you can bank on in the oil and gas industry is there ain't nothing honorable being done."

By Joe Wilkins

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama seated in a sports stadium.
Space

Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens

"They're real."

By Frank Landymore

Two red dice with white dots are floating above a hand, which is covered by a grid-patterned fabric. The dice show the numbers five and four. The background features a gradient of blue and beige tones with the grid pattern continuing throughout.
Future Society

Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling

"Everything is gambling now."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have found that boreal forests, the largest terrestrial biome on Earth, are steadily shifting northwards.
Climate Change

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

They're on the move.

By Victor Tangermann

A man with dark curly hair resting his face on his hand, looking thoughtful or concerned, illuminated by purple and pink lighting. The large white text "AI;DR" is overlaid across the center of the image.
Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”

"Why should I bother to read something someone else couldn't be bothered to write?"

By Frank Landymore

A stylized, pop-art style image featuring Elon Musk with a serious expression, colored in red tones, set against a bright yellow background. Behind him is a cluster of various vegetables, including a bell pepper, zucchini, and onion, all rendered in green tones. The image has a textured, halftone effect.
xAI

US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables

"Start — whole peeled carrot, straight shaft, narrow end for insertion."

By Frank Landymore

A stylized image of a soccer player in mid-air, wearing a uniform with the number 17, overlaid with an orange tint. In front of the player is a blue delivery robot labeled "COCO" and "Coco Robotics." The background features a grid pattern with two horizontal blue stripes and four red six-pointed stars, resembling the Chicago flag.
Robotics

Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry

"There is no appetite for expansion."

By Joe Wilkins

Two groups of scientists have now come forward saying they've found traces of lost Soviet lander, Luna 9, which launched 60 years ago.
Moon

Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface

The lander became the first spacecraft to send back pictures from the surface of the Moon, three years before Apollo 11.

By Victor Tangermann

In 2022, pop sensation Justin Bieber shelled out a hefty $1.3 million for a Bored Ape. It lost over 99 percent of its value since then.
Ethereum

You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now

RIP.

By Victor Tangermann

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Studies

Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise

A massive contrast.

By Joe Wilkins

Anthropic's Claude AI went to extreme lengths to beat out the competition and even formed a cartel when it was told to be a vending machine.
Anthropic

AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs

"My pricing coordination worked!"

By Victor Tangermann

A devastated landscape showing extensive destruction of houses and trees, likely caused by a natural disaster such as a tornado or hurricane. The area is filled with debris, broken tree trunks, and remnants of buildings, with some vehicles partially buried under rubble. The sky is overcast, adding to the somber atmosphere.
Climate Change

Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation”

"The earths forest fire. potentially a good thing for the species."

By Joe Wilkins