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As Angelenos look to rebuild and recoup in the wake of the region's devastating wildfires, landlords are taking advantage of their misery. 
Science & Energy

Greedy Landlords Are Massively Price-Gouging Rents After LA Wildfires

Is nothing sacred?

On Instagram, a thinly-veiled AI fetish account called "Asian Amputees" has more than 100,000 followers. Does the platform care?
Artificial Intelligence

Zuckerberg’s Instagram Is Hosting AI Fetish Videos of “Asian Amputees”

Does Zuckerberg really want this on kind of content on Instagram?

Apple has temporarily halted its disastrous "Apple Intelligence" feature which consistently bungled up summaries of breaking news alerts.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple Halts Disastrous AI System That Was Making Up Fake News Stories and Pushing Them to iPhone Users

It's about time.

In the wake of litigation, Character.AI is restricting minor users' access to some of its most popular AI chatbots.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI Restricts Minors from Interacting With Bots Based on Real People and Fandom Characters

It's a big change.

Elon Musk made a COVID-era bet with his friend Sam Harris -- and the outcome ended their friendship, Harris says.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Lost a Bet That COVID Would Quickly Fade, and What He Did Next Says a Lot About Him as a Person

There's "something seriously wrong with his moral compass, if not his perception of reality."

SpaceX's Starship has exploded into countless pieces of space junk as it reentered the atmosphere over the Caribbean.
Starship

SpaceX’s Starship Explodes After Launch, Filling Sky With Epic Streaks of Fire

"Are those shooting stars?"

Congress is none too pleased after Elon Musk declared that "the Moon is a distraction" and that NASA should be going "straight to Mars."
Moon

Congress Alarmed at Elon Musk’s Plan to Cancel NASA Moon Landing

"To bypass the Moon would be a mistake."

Jeff Bezos' Washington Post has a new mission statement: "Riveting Storytelling for All of America," a slogan that sparked mockery.
Artificial Intelligence

Embattled Washington Post Secretly Planning Transformation to “AI-Fueled Platform for News”

Did democracy just die in darkness?

A 28-year-old woman configured ChatGPT to act as an AI-powered boyfriend, dubbed Leo. Her human husband didn't appear to mind.
OpenAI

Husband Unconcerned as Wife Configures ChatGPT to Engage in Cuckolding Fantasy

"I don’t really see it as a person or as cheating."

Elon Musk Throws Tantrum After Being Exposed by Gamers, Leaks YouTuber’s DMs and Seemingly Takes Away His Checkmark
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Throws Tantrum After Being Exposed by Gamers, Leaks YouTuber’s DMs and Seemingly Takes Away His Checkmark

"Oh god it’s just stupid enough to be true."

UnitedHealthcare's legal drug dealing arm is, according to the government, massively marking up the cost of life-saving medications.
Cancer

Insurance Company Where CEO Was Assassinated Jacking Up Cost of Cancer Drugs by “Thousands of Percent,” Government Finds

Even for insurers, this is a new low.

A "leaked photo of heaven" has been going mega viral on social media this week, the kind of low-brow AI slop that's already ubiquitous.
Artificial Intelligence

This “Leaked Photo of Heaven” Went Viral for All the Wrong Reasons

"Leaked photo of heaven is going viral on social media."

Two mocking RedNote comments superimposed over an unappetizing American school lunch.
Future Society

Chinese Students Repulsed by American School Lunches

"Your school is suspected of violating the Geneva treaty."

San Francisco police say they never heard anything about an axe murder that Elon Musk has claimed attacked his employees.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Claims Axe Murderer Targeted His Employees, Cops Say They Have No Idea What He’s Talking About

"We cannot find any incident that matches this description."

After many delays and scrubs, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit early Thursday morning.
Falcon

Jeff Bezos’ Falcon 9-Style Rocket Reaches Orbit on First Try, But First Stage Recovery Fails

The company is hailing it as an "incredible milestone."

A video shows the self-driving system of a Tesla vehicle identify a crossing train as gigantic, elongated cars.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Video Shows Tesla Self-Driving System Mistaking Train for Procession of Gigantic, Comically Elongated Cars

Looks like it could use some more... training.

The CEO of Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, is sounding off on his fellow tech executives for falling in line behind Donald Trump. 
Future Society

CEO Behind “Fortnite” Trashes Execs Suddenly Swearing Allegiance to Donald Trump

"Beware of the scummy monopoly campaign to vilify competition law."

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

"It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing."

In a sneaky line of questioning, Supreme Court Justice Alito pines for the good old days when porn mags came with intriguing articles.
Future Society

Supreme Court Justice Demands to Know Why Pornhub Doesn’t Have Literary Essays Alongside the Smut

Just scrolling for the essays, bro.

Meta-formerly-Facebook has deactivated automated systems that proactively tracked and limited the spread of viral conspiracies.
Future Society

Facebook Shuts Down Machine Learning Systems for Identifying Viral Hoaxes

*Audible groaning*