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Jeff Horwitz, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has developed an immunity to poison oak after eating the leaves in smoothies.
Health & Medicine

Man Drinks Poison Oak Smoothies in Bid to Develop Resistance

You won't believe what happened next.

By Sharon Adarlo

Geoffrey Hinton fears that we aren't doing enough to ensure the safe development of AI, with military applications posing the biggest threat.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Says There’s an Expert Consensus AI Will Soon Exceed Human Intelligence

There's also a "significant chance" that AI will take control, he says.

By Frank Landymore

No ifs, ands, or nuts about it — microplastics are everywhere, including in every human testicle tested for a new study.
Studies

Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle

This bodes very poorly.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.
Off-World

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A data training failure has resulted in OpenAI's new GPT-4o model spitting out spam and porn-littered Chinese-language responses.
OpenAI

The New ChatGPT Has a Huge Problem in Chinese

"I just don't think they did the work in this case."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The accused, 41-year-old Corey Cohee, allegedly stole the Cybertruck but was quickly located by cops using the vehicle's tracking app.
Future Society

Man Steals Cybertruck, Leads Cops on World’s Lamest Car Chase

Magnificently dumb.

By Frank Landymore

Amid recurring rounds of layoffs, Tesla workers are dreading their own terminations — and it's unclear when the cuts are going to end.
Tesla

Tesla Employees “Walking on Eggshells” as Furious Musk Continues Layoffs

"Is it too much to ask for a company to hold some accountability and put an end to the uncertainty?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite issues manifesting in its first implantee, the FDA has given Neuralink the green light to implant a brain chip in a second patient.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Jamming Wires Deeper Into Second Patient’s Brain

Move fast and break brains.

By Noor Al-Sibai

When the Blue Origin space capsule touched down on Earth after a flight to the edge of space, it landed in a thicket of bushes.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Astronauts Trapped by Foliage After Capsule Touchdown

It was an "Unexpected Foliage Contingency."

By Sharon Adarlo

The latest ChatGPT update drew comparisons to the film "Her" which stars Johansson, but OpenAI insists it didn't mean to imitate the actress.
OpenAI

OpenAI Removing Voice From ChatGPT That Sounds Too Much Like Scarlett Johansson

An admission of guilt? OpenAI says no.

By Frank Landymore

If you search the words "how to edge" on Google, the words "in class" are recommended as the top autocomplete suggestion.
Developments

Google’s Top Autocomplete Suggestion for “How to Edge” Is Wild

Please don't try this at home (or at school, for that matter).

By Noor Al-Sibai

An ML researcher is claiming to have knowledge of kinky drug-fueled orgies linked to OpenAI in Silicon Valley's storied hacker houses.
Machine Learning

Machine Learning Researcher Links OpenAI to Drug-Fueled Sex Parties

"I wish I could say more, but probably shouldn’t."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an age of growing UFO belief, a handful of Congress members are calling on the government to show its cards. 
Off-World

New Law Would Force Government to Declassify Every UFO Document

"They spend all this time telling us they don't exist, then release the files."

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI got a lot of criticism this week for departures and a restrictive nondisclosure agreement. Sam Altman is clearly freaked.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Clearly Freaked Out by Reaction to News of OpenAI Silencing Former Employees

"This is on me and one of the few times I've been genuinely embarrassed running OpenAI."

By Jon Christian

Tesla is slashing another 600 jobs at its facilities in California, running the gamut from factory workers to highly qualified engineers.
Tesla

Tesla’s Firing Even More Employees as Crisis Deepens

The cuts are getting deeper and deeper.

By Jon Christian

Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors
NASA

Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors

Wait, shouldn't it have...

By Jon Christian

An environmental group has slapped Tesla with a lawsuit this week for spewing pollution and violating the Clean Air Act.
Pollution

Tesla Factory Accused of Spewing Illegal Amounts of Air Pollution

"The violations are frequent, recurring, and can negatively affect public health and the environment."

By Sharon Adarlo

Doctors administered the "love hormone" oxytocin to patients suffering from feelings of loneliness, with intriguing results.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Administer Oxytocin Nasal Spray to Lonely People

That's one way to do it!

By Jon Christian

OpenAI employees are forced to sign a restrictive nondisclosure agreement (NDA) forbidding them from ever criticizing the company.
OpenAI

OpenAI Employees Forced to Sign NDA Preventing Them From Ever Criticizing Company

That seems harsh.

By Jon Christian

It might sound like a joke, but OpenAI has dissolved the team responsible for making sure advanced AI doesn't turn against humankind.
Future Society

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Flames Company for Axing Team Working to Prevent Superintelligent AI From Turning Against Humankind

"But over the past years, safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products."

By Jon Christian