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Meta's AI chatbot kept giving strangers a man's phone number, and it remains unclear how or why it happened.
Meta

Man Puzzled When Meta’s AI Keeps Giving Out His Phone Number to Strangers

This would irritate us, too.

NASA has been considering stuffing its two stranded astronauts into SpaceX's already fully occupied Crew-8 spacecraft.
Boeing

NASA Clown Car Plan Would Stuff Extra Astronauts Into SpaceX Capsule to Avoid Return Journey in Disastrous Boeing Starliner

NASA is willing to get creative.

Rossmann, one of the largest drugstore chains in Europe, explicitly blamed Elon Musk, calling out his endorsement of Donald Trump.
Elon Musk

Large Company Says It Won’t Purchase Any More Teslas Due to Elon Musk’s Erratic Behavior

It didn't mince words.

Robert Zubrin, president and founder of Mars Society, thinks NASA should skip its Moon missions and use Starship to go to Mars — now.
Starship

Mars Society President Calls for Starship Mission to Red Planet

Easy, right?

One way to improve your Cybertruck? Add a pair of googly eyes, and watch the world finally embrace your choice in vehicle.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck Is Much Improved by Adding Googly Eyes

Perfect. No notes.

John Schulman, AI safety researcher and OpenAI cofounder, has departed the ChatGPT creator and joined the ranks of OpenAI rival Anthropic.
OpenAI

OpenAI Cofounder Quits to Join Rival Started by Other Defectors

Another AI safety scientist has left OpenAI.

Google is allowing paid-for promoted links to AI apps that expressly help users make nonconsensual deepfake nudes, 404 Media reports.
Google

Google Caught Taking Money to Promote AI Apps That Create Nonconsensual Nudes

Gross.

If NASA's stranded astronauts were to secure seats on an upcoming SpaceX mission, they'd have to wait another five months to return.
NASA

Stranded Astronauts Could Be Stuck on the Space Station for Another 5 Months, NASA Says

Boeing's Starliner crisis has backed NASA into a corner.

Uber-popular YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson is facing allegations surrounding his forthcoming reality game show, "Beast Games."
Future Society

Allegations Keep Piling Up Against MrBeast

What the heck is going on here?

Andrew Odlyzko, an expert in financial bubbles, compares the AI industry's downturn to the telegraph and electricity booms of the past.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert on Financial Bubbles Weighs in on AI Industry

Spoiler: it's not good.

NASA's plans to return two astronauts on board a SpaceX spacecraft instead of the leaking Starliner has enraged Boeing officials.
Boeing

Boeing Not Happy With NASA Plan to Return Stranded Astronauts on SpaceX Craft

Yet another crisis for Boeing.

NASA is officially pushing back the upcoming launch of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.
Boeing

NASA Pushes Back Next SpaceX Astronaut Launch as Boeing Crisis Deepens

"NASA and Boeing continue to evaluate the spacecraft’s readiness, and no decisions have been made regarding Starliner’s return."

Elon Musk's transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson is once more pushing back against her father's claims.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Trans Daughter Just Cooked Him Again

"You are not a family man, you are a serial adulterer who won't stop fucking lying about your own children."

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.