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Fast food chain McDonald's is giving up on its AI-powered drive-thru bots, following a string of hilarious, albeit infuriating failures.
Artificial Intelligence

McDonald’s Abandoning AI-Powered Drive Thrus After Embarrassing Failures

Not lovin' it.

By Victor Tangermann

A former employee at Elon Musk's startup Neuralink is suing the company, alleging she was scratched by a monkey with Herpes.
Developments

Fired Neuralink Employee Sues, Says She Was Attacked by Lab Monkey Carrying Herpes

She claims she was never given adequate protective equipment.

By Victor Tangermann

OceanGate cofounder Guillermo Söhnlein recently implied we should celebrate CEO Stockton Rush's legacy, following his death one year ago.
Future Society

Cofounder of Doomed Titanic Sub Says Tragic Implosion Has Amplified His Drive

"I think in a paradoxical kind of way, that drive to keep going is amplified."

By Victor Tangermann

An expedition team has found the underwater wreckage of a ship that famous explorer Ernest Shackleton had chartered for a trip to Antarctica.
Future Society

Researchers Discover Legendary Shipwreck Using Underwater Imaging

It took 17 hours to scan the ocean floor until they found the ship.

By Sharon Adarlo

A new paper suggests that people find images they thought were real much more arousing than those they thought were AI-generated
Studies

Something Fascinating Happens When You Look At AI-Generated Lewds, Researchers Find

"It seems that we (still?) have a strong preference for humanness over artificiality."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The neurons of our brains may exist at a critical point between two states of matter that can't be distinguished,
Neuroscience and Brain

Human Neurons Are Stuck Between Shifting Phases of Matter, Scientists Say

"It seems the brain is in a delicate balance between two phases."

By Frank Landymore

With just a fraction of people responding to political polls, Harvard experts are suggesting that pollsters "call" AI chatbots instead. 
Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Scholars Suggest Pollsters Ask Questions to AI Simulations of Voters Because Real People Won’t Answer The Phone

Surely nothing could go wrong with this plan.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Many people are passing up new cars and are instead buying used vehicles because new tech like touchscreens are distracting.
Advanced Transport

People Buying Cars Hate Touch Screens, Instead Getting Used Cars With Knobs and Buttons

Used car buyers are saying never say die.

By Sharon Adarlo

In a surprising reversal, a photographer, who had submitted his work to a recent competition, was disqualified for not using AI.
Artificial Intelligence

In Surprising Reversal, Real Photograph Gets Disqualified From Competition for NOT Being AI

"There is nothing more fantastic and creative than Mother Nature herself."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's growing Starlink megaconstellation could be hindering the Earth's ozone layer from healing itself, researchers find.
SpaceX

SpaceX’s Starlink May Be Keeping the Ozone From Healing, Research Finds

Megaconstellations could be a disaster for the environment.

By Victor Tangermann

Women are able to recover faster from spaceflight better than men, according to a new study, though it's not clear why.
Developments

Women’s Bodies Better Suited for the Horrors of Space, Study Finds

Sorry, dudes.

By Frank Landymore

With dwindling funds and a hostile political climate, SCiFi Foods, a San Francisco-based lab grown meat startup, has abruptly shut down.
Future Society

Fake Meat Startup Shuts Down Without Selling a Single Fake Meat to a Restaurant or Grocery Store

All sizzle, no steak.

By Frank Landymore

A new report from the International Energy Agency is bullish about the impact of renewables, which will contribute to a drop in oil demand.
Science & Energy

Oil Companies in Trouble as Renewables Suddenly Mean They’re Producing Way Too Much Oil

If they fear one thing, it's a huge oil surplus.

By Frank Landymore

A potent carcinogen called ethylene oxide is polluting the air in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" at much higher levels than the EPA estimated.
Pollution

The EPA Grossly Underestimated How Many Carcinogens are Polluting This Louisiana Region’s Air, Study Says

"There is just no available data, no actual measurements of ethylene oxide in air, to inform workers and people who live nearby what their actual risk is based on their exposure to this chemical."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google's search head doesn't want something as pesky as nonsense AI answers to keep the company from pushing out immature products. 
Google

Google’s Head of Search Tells Employees That AI Will Keep Making Absurd Mistakes, But They’re Gonna Keep Pushing It Out

"I don’t think we should take away from this that we shouldn’t take risks."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A cutesy Pixar-style animation clip featuring an Ancient Egyptian girl is going viral this week because it's entirely AI generated.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI-Generated Pixar Style Animation Just Might Blow Your Mind

"Animators are going to lose jobs."

By Sharon Adarlo

A viral TikTok shows a frustrated Tesla owner trying to figure out what to do when his charging cable gets stuck in his Cybertruck.
Advanced Transport

Man Annoyed When Charging Cable Gets Stuck in Cybertruck

Seriously, try to avoid doing this.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The driver of the Tesla reportedly admitted to using their phone in the lead up to the crash while it was in self-driving mode.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Cop Leaps Out of the Way Just as Self-Driving Tesla Wipes Out His Cruiser

Gangway!

By Frank Landymore

Amid growing scrutiny about manufacturing safety, Boeing and Airbus are both in the hot seat over some false titanium documentation.
Future Society

FAA Now Investigating Counterfeit Components in Boeing and Airbus Planes

This goes beyond Boeing's bad press year.

By Noor Al-Sibai

What was set to be NASA's 90th spacewalk at the ISS was called off just an hour before the astronauts were scheduled to egress.
NASA

NASA Cancels Spacewalk With Cryptic Announcement About “Spacesuit Discomfort”

Nothing too serious, we hope.

By Frank Landymore