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Schools are employing dubious AI-powered software to accuse teenagers of wanting to harm themselves — and sending the police to their homes.
Artificial Intelligence

Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students’ Homes

"It was one of the worst experiences of her life."

Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back
Science & Energy

Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back

That's one way to get investors.

In Las Vegas, a strip mall corpse salesman's shady dealings have been revealed — and it's far from the average Sin City tale.
Health & Medicine

Shop Scrutinized for Selling Human Bodies Out of a Strip Mall

Between a tattoo parlor and a psychic.

Despite using artificial intelligence tools to help resuscitate old John Lennon vocals, Paul McCartney is now against some AI uses.
Artificial Intelligence

Paul McCartney Reverses Opinion on AI After Using It to Produce New “Beatles” Song, Now Alarmed It Will “Wipe Out” the Music Industry

"A very sad thing indeed."

SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman may soon have to go on a hiatus from his trips into orbit now that he's been named NASA administrator.
NASA

Trump’s New Billionaire Head of NASA Says He May Pause His Own Personal Vacations Into Space While Leading Agency

"The future of the Polaris program is a little bit of a question mark at the moment."

Astronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet with a long "tail" of gas trailing behind it, not unlike a comet.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Planet With Long Tail

Just the tail measures a whopping 350,000 miles in length.

The head of the "buy now, pay later" firm Klarna is now bragging that AI has begun to successfully replace his human workforce.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Says He Hasn’t Hired Anyone in a Year as He Replaces Human Workers With AI

This is working a bit too well for comfort.

A group of scientists have called for an immediate halt on creating "mirror life" organisms, which defy biology as we know it.
Biology

Scientists Horrified by “Mirror Life” That Could Wipe Out Biology As We Know It

"The consequences could be globally disastrous."

In China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling spherical robot that can chase down suspects and beat them in a fight.
Robotics

Chinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects

"If you lose the fight, you’ll end up in hospital."

A video shows an aimless Waymo robotaxi repeatedly circling around a roundabout, seemingly unable to figure out how to escape.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Hilarious Video Shows Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Stuck in Roundabout

Relatable.

Over the last month, traffic to the site formerly known as Twitter has taken a nosedive as Bluesky continues to bring in more and more users.
Future Society

Twitter’s Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky

Read it and weep, Elon.

Footage shows SpaceX crews retrieving debris belonging to the upper stage of SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket.
Advanced Transport

SpaceX Spotted Scooping Pieces of Starship Out of Ocean After Impact

And next time, the retrieval crews will be hoping for a bigger catch.

Government scientists are calling on the European Union to ban massive space mirrors and other forms of solar geoengineering.
Climate Change

Scientists Call for Ban on Hacking the Earth’s Climate With Chemicals or Giant Mirrors

"A strong global governance framework would be needed for this."

Elon Musk's charity is falling short of the minimum amount of money it is supposed to giveaway by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “Charity” Is Hoarding Money Instead of Giving It to the Needy

"It is clear that the organization is not in a hurry to spend its money."

Embattled media company BuzzFeed is selling off First We Feast, the company behind the extremely popular interview show called "Hot Ones."
Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Sells “Hot Ones” as It Pivots to AI-Generated Content

"Couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?"

A large number of Character.AI users are reporting that they were unexpectedly signed into a stranger's account.
Artificial Intelligence

Controversial Chatbot Company Character.AI Appears to Have Accidentally Let Users See Each Others’ Chat Histories

"It just randomly logged me into a different account."

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Google-backed AI chatbot startup Character.AI over its privacy and safety practices.
Google

Texas Attorney General Investigating Google-Backed AI Startup Accused of Inappropriate Interactions With Minors

"These investigations are a critical step toward ensuring that social media and AI companies comply with our laws designed to protect children from exploitation and harm."

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, the UnitedHealth is now asking journalists to remove or obscure photos of its CEOs' names and faces.
Future Society

UnitedHealth Is Asking Journalists to Remove Names and Photos of Its CEO From Published Work

Behind the scenes, they're working to control the story.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator billionaire SpaceX tourist Jared Isaacman wants to send troops into space.
NASA

Trump’s New NASA Head Announces Plans to Send Troops to Space

"America is going to lead it and we’re going to need guardians there on the high ground looking out for us."

A creepy Sora output of the streamer Pokimane shows that despite guardrails, the video generator is good at depicting real-life people.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Sora Is Generating Videos of Real People, Including This Unintentionally Demonic Version of Pokimane

Why does Sora know who Pokimane is?