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OpenAI just raised nearly $7 billion, raising its value to around $157 billion. Investors had to be willing to keep things exclusive.
OpenAI

OpenAI Stamps Feet, Says Investors Aren’t Allowed to Back Its Rivals

"If a company holds all the cards, they can force people to do things unnaturally."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is now claiming that he was unaware that his friend and investor Sean "Diddy" Combs had a violent reputation that preceded him.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Pretends Not to Know About the Horrible Accusations Against His “Good Friend” Puff Daddy

"How many people in music & entertainment knew about this?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Over 27,000 Tesla Cybertrucks are being recalled due to a glitch causing the rearview camera view to be delayed, a glaring safety oversight.
Tesla

Tesla’s Cybertruck Just Can’t Stop Getting Recalled Over and Over Again

It's the fifth recall in less than a year.

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of Harvard students successfully rigged Meta-formerly-Facebook and Ray Ban's smart glasses with facial recognition software.
Hacking

Terrifying Smart Glasses Hack Can Pull Up Personal Info of Nearby Strangers in Seconds

New fear unlocked.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There’s Something Seriously Weird About This Supernova
Off-World

There’s Something Seriously Weird About This Supernova

"What are those three dots that weren’t there before?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

A huge solar flare caused a radio blackout on Earth yesterday — and we could be in for another powerful geomagnetic storm later this week.
Solar Power

A Colossal Solar Flare Just Triggered a Radio Blackout on Earth

The Sun is just getting started.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Reddit user forced Google's NotebookLM AI model to riff on a document that was literally full of crap for ten minutes straight.
Google

Google’s AI Turns the Words “Fart” and “Poop” Written 1,000 Times Into an Entire Podcast

This is hysterical.

By Frank Landymore

The city council approved last week a contraceptive pilot program that will try to curb the New York City rat population.
Developments

New York City Rats Could Soon Have Better Access to Birth Control Than Women in Some Parts of the Country

Oh, the irony!

By Sharon Adarlo

It's a dog-eat-dog world for the US Army, which is experimenting with rifle-equipped robot dogs at a Middle Eastern testing facility. 
Robot Dogs

The US Army Is Testing Killer Robot Dogs With AI-Powered Rifles in the Middle East

Well, that's terrifying.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A study says that engineers who use the popular AI programming assistant GitHub Copilot don't experience any significant gains in efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Problem WIth AI Programming Assistants: They’re Inserting Far More Errors Into Code

AI tools may actually create more work for coders, not less.

By Sharon Adarlo

After their habitats were destroyed, tens of thousands of parrots have descended on a town in Argentina, terrorizing residents.
Science & Energy

Parrots Orchestrate Brutal Revenge on Small Town After Deforestation Drove Them Out of Their Homes

It's like "The Birds," but for climate change.

By Frank Landymore

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is hemorrhaging massive amounts of cash that it's failing to make up for in revenue, according to investor documents.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is Putting Profits First, Yet It’s Bleeding an Astronomical Amount of Money

The company lost a staggering $5 billion this year.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An Australian child services worker used ChatGPT to write a sensitive report about a child — and ended up getting the tech banned. 
OpenAI

Child Welfare Worker in Trouble After Using ChatGPT to Submit Bizarre Report About Sex Doll

Disgusting.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers say they've observed photons exhibiting bizarre quantum behavior as the result of what's known as atomic excitation.
Quantum Physics

Weird New Quantum Experiment Sounds Suspiciously Like Time Travel

"The clock hand would, under certain circumstances, move backward rather than forward."

By Frank Landymore

Two woman astronauts had to stay behind to make space for their stranded Starliner colleagues, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Off-World

Grounded Astronauts Angry They Were Forced to Give Up Their Seats for Stranded Starliner Crew

"I think it was hard not to watch that rocket lift off without thinking, 'That's my rocket and that's my crew.'"

By Victor Tangermann

Using readings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected chemicals on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope Just Made a Fascinating Discovery About Pluto’s Huge Icy Moon

There's a lot going on beneath the surface of Charon.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Montana rancher is now facing time in prison for using cloned embryos to create enormous, hybrid sheep that he sold to hunters and breeders.
Science & Energy

Man Gets Prison Sentence for Cloning Giant Sheep

Behold the Montana Mountain King.

By Frank Landymore

When being evaluated for a job, one employment-seeker found himself being interviewed by an artificial intelligence avatar.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Baffled When He Shows Up for Job Interview and the Interviewer Is an AI Avatar

"Laughable at best and terrifying at worst."

By Noor Al-Sibai

There are "dozens" of holes lining the floor of Lake Michigan — and scientists are stumped as to why they're there.
Science & Energy

Scientists Stumped by “Dozens” of Gigantic Holes at the Bottom of a Lake

"They are in deeper water... and weren't known before, as far as we can tell."

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI slop posters are already using fake images of alleged Hurricane Helene devastation to capitalize on the still-unfolding natural disaster.
Meta

Facebook Is Being Flooded With Gross AI-Generated Images of Hurricane Helene Devastation

No words.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré