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Just days after going to war with his critics, Elon Musk now wants to foster "positive" vibes on his platform X, formerly Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Begs People on Twitter to Be Nicer

"Too late. You created this cesspool."

By Frank Landymore

The latest research suggests that addictively consuming mind-numbing digital content may almost literally be rotting our brains.
Neuroscience and Brain

“Brain Rot” Is Poisoning Our Minds

It's "altering the way we perceive and respond to the world."

By Frank Landymore

Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.
Meta

Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users

"We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do."

By Frank Landymore

We may be seeing some of the first major fissures forming in the dalliance between Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

MAGA Figures Turn on Elon Musk for Not Hating Immigrants Enough

"It's wild to see MAGA turning against Elon..."

By Frank Landymore

A trick as simple as deliberately incorporating typos into your prompt is often enough to dupe the industry's leading AI chatbots.
Artificial Intelligence

Stupidly Easy Hack Can Jailbreak Even the Most Advanced AI Chatbots

Are you serious?

By Frank Landymore

The late whistleblower Suchir Bala was named as a potential witness in a lawsuit brought against OpenAI by The New York Times.
OpenAI

Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Had Been Named as Potential Witness in Lawsuit Against Employer

He said he'd "try to testify."

By Frank Landymore

President-elect Donald Trump shot down claims that Elon Musk is quietly giving the orders with a jab at his ally.
Elon Musk

Touchy Trump Insists That He’s Not Taking Orders From Elon Musk

The President doth protest too much.

By Frank Landymore

The hole in the first-ever image of a black hole released a massive burp of gamma rays while astronomers were staring at it.
Future Society

Astronomers Were Watching a Black Hole When It Suddenly Exploded With Gamma Rays

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

It turns out the math behind the paper that indicated black spatulas were exposing us to dangerous chemicals was horrendously wrong.
Developments

There’s a Scandal Growing About That Paper About How Black Spatulas Are Killing You

Yeah, about that...

By Frank Landymore

As more and more rich people rush to buy and build bomb shelters, experts suggest they're a bandaid on top of a nuclear blast. 
Nuclear Fusion

There’s a Major Problem With the Nuclear War Bunkers The Rich Are Buying

"Bunkers are, in fact, not a tool to survive a nuclear war."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mixing Martian regolith with the literal blood, sweat, and tears of future Mars inhabitants could make for a great concrete for a habitat.
Mars

Scientists Suggest Harvesting Blood From Mars Colonists to Construct Future City

One crew member collecting blood for 72 weeks could be enough to "construct a small habitat for another crew member."

By Victor Tangermann

Filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain tried to recruit ChatGPT to come up with a screenplay for his upcoming project — but it kept procrastinating.
Artificial Intelligence

Asked to Write a Screenplay, ChatGPT Started Procrastinating and Making Excuses

Maybe it *is* turning into a real writer.

By Frank Landymore

The company behind Oreo cookies has, by its own admission, been quietly creating new flavors using machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence

With Utter Self-Seriousness, Maker of Oreos Admits It’s Using AI To Create New Flavors, Even Though Machines Cannot Taste

I have no mouth and I must eat.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at Caltech have calculated exactly how fast the human brain processes information — and the numbers are hilariously low.
Neuroscience and Brain

You’ll Laugh When You Hear How Many Bits Per Second the Human Brain Processes… Once Your Sluggish Human Brain Finally Comprehends It, That Is

"This is an extremely low number."

By Victor Tangermann

Florida Man in Trouble for Shooting Walmart Drone With 9mm Handgun
Future Society

Florida Man in Trouble for Shooting Walmart Drone With 9mm Handgun

Shoot first, pay damages later.

By Frank Landymore

A charter school in Arizona promises to teach kids twice as fast using a specialized AI model rather than a traditional teacher.
Artificial Intelligence

A New School Will Teach Children Using AI Instead of Human Teachers

Why does this feel like it's going to go horrendously wrong?

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is just days away from flying into the Sun, in a daring bid to glean the secrets of our star's megahot winds.
NASA

A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun

Godspeed.

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are mighty puzzled after discovering teens are abstaining from using drugs more than ever before.
Health & Medicine

Experts Startled as Teens Stop Doing Drugs

"This trend... is unprecedented."

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research shows that the industry's leading AI chatbots are performing poorly on tests designed to detect signs of dementia.
Artificial Intelligence

Aging AI Chatbots Show Signs of Cognitive Decline in Dementia Test

These AI models are kind of stupid.

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk has endorsed Germany's far-right AfD — even though the party is against his own business interests.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Endorses Nazi-Linked German Party, Even Though It Opposed Tesla’s Gigafactory

He's saying the quiet part out loud.

By Noor Al-Sibai