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46-year-old youth-obsessed tech mogul Bryan Johnson injected his face with "fat-derived extracellular matrix." It didn't go well.
Treatments

Anti-Aging CEO Injects Face With Strange Treatment, Experiences Bizarre Reaction

It's like "The Substance," but in real life.

The AI-generated summaries appear as a "Key Points" box above the main body of articles on The Wall Street Journal.
Artificial Intelligence

The Wall Street Journal Is Testing AI-Generated Summaries of Its Articles

Who asked for this?

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick demystifies AI in video games — and other execs just might be paying attention.
Future Society

CEO of Grand Theft Auto Publisher Slams AI Hype in Gaming Industry

Someone has to say it.

Former military officials have once again claimed that the United States possesses recovered alien technology. 
Exobiology

Former Military Officials Tell Congress America Has Secretly Recovered Alien Technology

"As the saying goes, the truth is out there."

The next AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are showing only marginal gains, raising fears about the economic reality of the tech.
OpenAI

OpenAI Alarmed When Its Shiny New AI Model Isn’t as Smart as It Was Supposed to Be

"The AGI bubble is bursting a little bit."

A political scion who has bragged about having a brain worm is slated to be the United States' next secretary of Health and Human Services.
Brain

Man Who Bragged About Having a Literal Brain Worm to Be Appointed Head of the US Health Department

What's the worst that could happen?

Character.AI issued yet another safety update in the wake of revelations about suicide and pedophilia-themed chatbots plaguing its platform.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI Promises Changes After Revelations of Pedophile and Suicide Bots on Its Service

Character.AI is promising big changes — again.

Although Donald Trump and Elon Musk have recently been acting like lifelong best friends, their relationship was hostile for many years.
Future Society

Back Before Their Bromance, Trump Said Musk Would Drop to His Knees and Beg

He was desperate.

Google's glitchy Gemini chatbot is back at it again, folks — and this time, it's going for the jugular as it begs a user to die.
Google

Google’s Gemini Chatbot Explodes at User, Calling Them “Stain on the Universe” and Begging Them To “Please Die”

"You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe."

Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump are apparently closer than ever, but the famously mercurial Trump is getting tired of it.
Elon Musk

Donald Trump Issues Warning to Elon Musk

Better watch out.

Millions of users are flocking to Twitter alternatives Threads and Bluesky as the Elon Musk-owned platform devolves into a hellhole.
Future Society

Twitter Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed as Users Flee to Rivals Run by People Who Haven’t Lost Their Minds

Who can blame them?

Over on Facebook, the latest frontier of AI misinformation is taking the form of a wizened old wizard who gives bad mushroom advice.
Meta

Facebook Adds Bot to Mushroom Foraging Group That Urges Members to Eat Deadly Fungus

"Somebody who has any amount of knowledge is not going to be relying on the AI."

NASA is in the middle of another health debacle after one of its astronauts hit back against rumors that she'd lost too much weight in space.
NASA

Stranded NASA Astronaut Hits Back Against Comments About Her Weight

"HIPAA laws apparently apply to NASA, too."

NASA is laying off hundreds of employees at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, in response to a lower budget.
NASA

NASA Is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees Again

Grim.

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods told the New York Times that he thinks Donald Trump shouldn't withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement.
Climate Change

Even Exxon Mobil Is Horrified by Trump’s Climate Plan

"I don’t think the stops and starts are the right thing for businesses. It is extremely inefficient."

We regret to inform you that Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg has dropped an acoustic cover of "Get Low" with T-Pain.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Just Released a Cover of Lil Jon’s “Get Low” and Yes, He Says the Line About Balls

Nobody on Earth asked for this.

NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon, is on thin ice.
Moon

It Sounds Like NASA’s Moon Rocket Might Be Getting Canceled

"There is a big desire for big changes."

Elon Musk and Donald Trump have been growing closer recently, though the President-elect's team is reportedly weary of their relationship. 
Elon Musk

Trump Team Reportedly Getting Fed Up With Elon Musk’s Weird Behavior

Musk is "behaving as if he’s a co-president."

Fitness influencer Jaxon Tippet was on vacation this month when he died unexpectedly from an apparent heart attack.
Developments

Another “Fitness” Influencer Just Dropped Dead, Days After 30th Birthday

This is not a healthy lifestyle.

AI researcher Gary Marcus warns that recent signs that AI improvements are stagnating could signal a crash in the industry in the future.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Expert Warns Crash Is Imminent As AI Improvements Hit Brick Wall

"The economics are likely to be grim."