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The harrowing years-long ordeal is a vivid example of the troubling power dynamics involved in commercial surrogacy.
Developments

Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

"I hope she goes to jail. Ideally, for murder."

Geoffrey Hinton, long considered a "godfather of AI," revealed that his ex-girlfriend had broken up with him — by using ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Godfather of AI Says His Girlfriend Broke Up With Him Using ChatGPT

"She got ChatGPT to tell me what a rat I was."

A young Irish dad believed ChatGPT when it told him his severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern — until his stage-four cancer diagnosis.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

If you ever needed more reason to distrust AI medical advice, here's a big one.

According to one new paper, it's possible that our planet was instead seeded by "advanced extraterrestrials."
Exobiology

Paper Finds Earth May Have Been Terraformed by “Advanced Extraterrestrials”

"The idea of Earth being terraformed by advanced extraterrestrials."

The AI-powered stethoscope can detect three different heart conditions in just 15 seconds, researchers claim.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Boast That Their AI-Powered Stethoscope Only Fails Two-Thirds of the Time

Oops.

Good news, writers: if your book was used to train Anthropic's AI, you could stand to get paid thousands of dollars in a new settlement.
Anthropic

Attention Writers: Anthropic Might Owe You $3000 (or More!) If It Was Trained Using Your Work

A landmark lawsuit could result in some free money for writers. But is the payment fair?

RFK Jr.'s firing of the CDC director and criticism of president Donald Trump's beloved COVID vaccines are earning him enemies in the GOP.
Developments

RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble

"I want the chaos to stop."

Elon Musk contradicts his own arguments about why he's refused to use lidar and radar to make self-driving Tesla vehicles safer.
Elon Musk

Leaked DMs Show Elon Musk Blatantly Lying About Self-Driving Safety

Make up your mind, Elon.

Activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter is protesting the "race to the bottom" of big tech's wreckless push toward AGI.
Anthropic

Anti-AI Activist on Day Three of Hunger Strike Outside Anthropic’s Headquarters

"This [AI] race must stop now, and it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that it does."

Chinese scientists have developed beautiful, sun-charged succulents that store light and glow it back at you for hours in a variety of colors.
Agriculture

Chinese Scientists Create Bright, Multi-Colored Glowing Plants

"Imagine glowing trees replacing streetlights."

Waymo robotaxis repeatedly returned to park in front of the same exact spot in front of a family's home in Los Angeles.
Artificial Intelligence

Family Baffled By Waymo Robotaxis Constantly Hanging Out in Front of Their House

"It would always come back here, like a beacon."

Tesla's board has proposed to award CEO Elon Musk around $1 trillion worth of shares as part of an unprecedented pay package.
Tesla

Tesla Announces Plans to Give Elon Musk $1 Trillion

"Elon Musk is a master manipulator."

New survey data shows a pervasive culture of sexual harassment and violence on US research bases staffed by third party contractors.
Environment

Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

Horrifying.

According to filings, close to 40 percent of Nvidia's $46.7 billion second quarter revenue came from just two clients.
Artificial Intelligence

A Quarter of Nvidia’s Revenue Comes From a Single Giant Customer

It's probably fine.

Sam Altman is suddenly open to the idea that the internet may be polluted with too many AI models — and god knows who's responsible.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says He’s Suddenly Worried Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True

"We're all trying to find the guy who did this!"

Tesla has a long way to go until it can successfully have AI-powered bipedal robots replace human jobs, according to a new video.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s New Optimus Robot Demo Is So Painful It Will Make You Wince

Painful.

After getting rid of their human workers to invest in AI, companies are now hiring freelancers to fix the sloppy content those AIs put out.
Artificial Intelligence

Desperate Companies Now Hiring Humans to Fix What AI Botched

"They find out that they can’t really do it without humans."

President Donald Trump is throwing a major party at the White House — but billionaire Elon Musk's name isn't on the list.
Elon Musk

Donald Trump Snubs Elon Musk Yet Again, Invites All of His Biggest Competitors to the White House

Musk's biggest competitors were invited to the White House — but he wasn't.

Tesla is issuing a software update that allows its camera system, dubbed Tesla Vision, to deploy frontal airbags before a collision occurs.
Tesla

Tesla Software Update Will Deploy Airbags Before Crash Actually Happens

"Can’t wait for an airbag to go off when slowing down safely at a red light at 25 mph."

The CEO of AI startup Flock Safety, Garrett Langley, believes his billion-dollar startup is the key to solving crime in the US forever.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras

That's one way to do it.