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The source for the recommendation made by the Google AI Overview to add glue to pizza is utterly embarrassing.
Google

The Reason That Google’s AI Suggests Using Glue on Pizza Shows a Deep Flaw With Tech Companies’ AI Obsession

A sticky situation.

By Frank Landymore

In a gruesome video, a biologist proposes that doctors can perform head transplants by using advanced robotics and artificial intelligence.
Neuroscience and Brain

This Deranged Plan to Transplant a Human Head From One Body to Another Might Be the Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

Come on.

By Sharon Adarlo

Leaked OpenAI Documents Show Sam Altman Was Clearly Aware of Silencing Former Employees
OpenAI

Leaked OpenAI Documents Show Sam Altman Was Clearly Aware of Silencing Former Employees

"We want to make sure you understand that if you don't sign, it could impact your equity."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New reporting by the New York Times alleges that Elon Musk did ketamine and had an affair with Nicole Shanahan.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Took Ketamine and Had Sex With the Wife of the Cofounder of Google

What did you expect from the most powerful people on the planet, professionalism?

By Jon Christian

A resurfaced video shows an OpenAI engineer conceding that it's "deeply unfair" to "build AI and take everyone's job away."
OpenAI

Video Shows OpenAI Engineer Admitting It’s “Deeply Unfair” to “Build AI and Take Everyone’s Job Away”

Thanks for your consideration.

By Frank Landymore

Electric and hybrid vehicles are more likely to hit pedestrians, especially in urban areas, compared to vehicles that run on fossil fuels.
Advanced Transport

Electric Cars Are Twice as Likely to Hit Pedestrians, Researchers Find

Ouch!

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers found that 52 percent of answers to programming questions generated by ChatGPT were incorrect.
OpenAI

Study Finds That 52 Percent of ChatGPT Answers to Programming Questions Are Wrong

Ah yes. And yet...

By Sharon Adarlo

We may have to revise our idea of stellar evolution, as new research suggests stars are collapsing into black holes without going supernova.
Off-World

Scientists Attempt to Explain Why Hundreds of Stars Disappeared From Night Sky

It's "like watching a star suddenly extinguish and disappear from the heavens."

By Frank Landymore

Low-paid African content moderators, many of whom are living with PTSD, are calling on Biden to help ensure fair working conditions.
OpenAI

African Workers Doing OpenAI’s Training Say They’re Being Subjected to “Modern Day Slavery”

"US Big Tech companies are systemically abusing and exploiting African workers."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Blue Visby Solution proposes that cargo ships stop arriving way ahead of schedule and reduce their top speeds at sea to save fuel.
Renewable Energy

Ingenious Trick Cuts Cargo Ship Carbon Emissions by 17 Percent

Just 'one simple trick!' that actually works.

By Frank Landymore

A New Zealand man did a belly flop into the ocean and tried to "body slam" an adult male orca swimming next to a boat, earning him a fine.
Science & Energy

You’ll Never Guess What Happened After This Guy Tried to “Body Slam” a Killer Whale

"The video left us genuinely stunned."

By Sharon Adarlo

The company behind those viral ED ads is releasing its own version of Ozempic — but its means of acquiring the drug might not be the safest.
RX and Medicine

Online Pharmacy Launches Cheaper Version of Ozempic

The price is coming down.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After OpenAI copied actor Scarlett Johansson's voice for a new voice assistant, the head honcho at Microsoft bashed human-like AIs.
OpenAI

Microsoft CEO Bashes Human-Like AI After OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson Scandal

"I don’t need any artificial intelligence."

By Sharon Adarlo

The Washington Post's new-ish CEO has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn sales around.
Artificial Intelligence

The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI

"AI everywhere in our newsroom."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Those dodgy "AI Overviews" that Google is forcing onto your search results will now feature "relevant" sponsored ads.
Google

Google Is Already Jamming Advertisements Into Its Crappy AI

Get ready for Google Search to be even more unuseable.

By Frank Landymore

Craig Wright, the man who has long claimed to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, has once and for all been revealed to be a fraud.
Blockchain

That Guy Claiming to Be Satoshi Nakamoto Just Got Beat Down by a Judge

"He is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scarlett Johansson is furious that OpenAI seemingly mimiced her voice in its ChatGPT update, which could be an "appropriation of likeness."
OpenAI

Legal Experts Say OpenAI Is in Big Trouble If Scarlett Johansson Decides to Sue

"You can't imitate someone else's distinctive voice to sell stuff."

By Frank Landymore

Pentagon accused Russia of launching a satellite that national security officials believe is capable of attacking other satellites in orbit.
Off-World

Pentagon Says Russia Has Launched a Mysterious Orbital Weapon

It's on the same orbit as a U.S. government probe.

By Sharon Adarlo

The first human Neuralink patient would like to get a Tesla Optimus robot and control it with the implant in his brain.
Tesla

First Neuralink Patient Wants Tesla Robot He Can Control With His Mind

"It would eliminate probably 90 percent of the things that I need other people for."

By Sharon Adarlo

Ongoing Mexican heatwaves have killed at least 83 howler monkeys in Tabasco, where the primates were already threatened by habitat loss.
Climate Change

Mexico Getting So Hot That Monkeys Are Falling Dead From Trees

"They were as limp as rags. It was heatstroke."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré