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A Maine Cybertruck owner knew he'd be one of the only in the state to own the expensive Tesla, but didn't expect everyone to hate it.
Advanced Transport

Maine Man Alarmed When Everybody Mocks His Cybertruck, Flips Him Off

"It wasn’t an attention-seeking move. People have taken my picture so much."

The climate experiment explored a technique called marine cloud brightening, in which aerosols are used to help clouds reflect more sunlight.
Climate Change

City Officials Halt Experiment to Hack Earth’s Climate, Citing Health Concerns

Uh oh.

A company placed portal-shaped "sculptures" in the cities of Dublin and New York, allowing residents to see each other. Chaos ensued.
Future Society

“Portal” Between Dublin and NYC Shut Down After OnlyFans Model Flashes It

"I thought the people of Dublin deserved to see my two New York homegrown potatoes."

It appears that OpenAI executives were inspired by Spike Jonze's 2013 sleeper hit "Her" when creating the latest version of ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Inspired to Create AI by Tragic Movie Where Joaquin Phoenix Has Heart Broken by Chatbot

Eat your heart out, Spike Jonze.

AI could be serving as a "great filter" that prevents alien civilizations from surviving long enough for us to notice them.
Artificial Intelligence

We’re Detecting No Alien Civilizations Because They Were Destroyed by AI, Astrophysicist Proposes

We might be heading down the same path.

In one demo that involves a tester introducing OpenAI's GPT-4o to his adorable dog, the AI responds by making bizarre robotic noises.
OpenAI

ChatGPT’s Vision-Enabled Chatbot Makes Extremely Weird Sound When It Sees a Dog

What the hell was that?

After weeks of protracted issues with his Cybertruck, a vlogger is melting down and rescinding his Tesla fandom.
Tesla

YouTuber Melts Down as Tesla Refuses to Replace His “Lemon” Cybertruck

"For [Tesla] to treat me like this right now, just imagine how they are gonna treat you guys as the regular consumer."

Tesla has begun rehiring some of the 500-employee Supercharger team Elon Musk let go in its entirety last month, Bloomberg reports.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Starts Rehiring Some of the Supercharger People He Fired

He got cold feet.

The executive in charge of Cybertruck manufacturing has mysteriously left Tesla, adding to a lengthy list of senior managers who have left.
Future Society

Head of Cybertruck Manufacturing Mysteriously Leaves Tesla

It's still unclear if he was fired or left of his own accord.

Caught with pie on their faces, some companies are copping to using ChatGPT and other generative AI tools to write important legal documents. 
OpenAI

Company “Sheepishly” Admits Its Employee Handbook Was Generated With ChatGPT, Doesn’t Have Anti-Harassment Policy

So much for saving time and money.

Raw milk enthusiasts are dead set on being infected by the H5N1 aviary flu virus by drinking contaminated and unpasteurized cow milk.
Developments

Raw Milk Enthusiasts Demand Milk Infected With H5N1

"Deliberately trying to infect yourself with a known pathogen flies in the face of all medical knowledge and common sense."

Scientists have long argued about how the Universe is shaped — and according to a new study, the more complex explanations are more correct.
Off-World

The Universe May Be Shaped Like a Hall of Mirrors, Scientists Say

There's a highway to the edge...

OpenAI demoed its new ChatGPT AI's ability to adapt to what it "sees" through the user's camera, allowing it to help a solve math problem.
OpenAI

New ChatGPT AI Watches Through Your Camera, Offers Advice on What It Sees

ChatGPT has a new "video mode."

Yet another OpenAI executive has been caught lacking on camera when asked if the Sora video generator was trained using YouTube videos.
OpenAI

Another OpenAI Executive Choked When Asked If Sora Was Trained on YouTube Data

"The answer is somehow worse than yes."

An OpenAI safety worker quit his job, arguing in an online forum that he had lost confidence that the Sam Altman-led company will "behave responsibly around the time of [artificial general intelligence]," the theoretical point at which an AI can outperform a human.
OpenAI

OpenAI Safety Worker Quit Due to Losing Confidence Company “Would Behave Responsibly Around the Time of AGI”

Is OpenAI really committed to ensuring that an AGI won't go rogue?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman let slip that he wants the company to be able to generate "NSFW stuff" like erotica and gore.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Would Like to Enable Gore and Erotica for “Personal Use”

But no deepfakes!

Tractors and other farm equipment broke down in the middle of planting season due to an extreme solar storm over the weekend.
Solar Power

Solar Storm So Powerful It Shut Down Farm Equipment Across the US and Canada

"I’ve never dealt with anything like this."

Roughly two months after becoming the first human to receive a gene-hacked pig kidney transplant, Richard "Rick" Slayman has passed away.
Developments

Patient Dies After Receiving Kidney From Gene-Hacked Pig

"Our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved Rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired so many."

A cruise ship came to port on Saturday with a surprising and stinky stowaway: a dead, rotting whale was found on its bow.
Science & Energy

Cruise Ship Alarmed to Discover a 50,000-Pound Dead Whale Stuck to the Front of It, Seemingly After Getting Run Down and Dying

"It looks like the animal was alive and it was hit by a vessel."

A secretive startup called Applied Physics has published a "milestone study," arguing that warp drives are entirely possible.
Off-World

New Study Claims Warp Drives Are Possible

"This study changes the conversation about warp drives."