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Another Google Image results page — this one for the question of "does corn get digested" —  is run amuck with AI-generated slop.
Google

Behold the AI Slop Dominating Google Image Results for “Does Corn Get Digested”

Slopaggedon cometh!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The number of children dying to diseases has surged in the past half century as the manufacturing of synthetic chemicals has skyrocketed.
Developments

Scientists Say Children Are Getting Sick and Dying in Huge Numbers Due to Chemicals and Plastics

"Inaction is no longer an option."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers found that if a mere 0.001 percent of the training data of a given LLM is "poisoned," the entire thing falls apart.
Artificial Intelligence

If Even 0.001 Percent of an AI’s Training Data Is Misinformation, the Whole Thing Becomes Compromised, Scientists Find

It's incredibly easy to catastrophically poison an entire large language model.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have drilled nearly two miles into the Antarctic bedrock, extracting a core sample estimated to be at least 1.2 million years old.
Climate Change

Scientists Recover 1.2 Million-Year-Old Ice Core From Two Miles Deep in Antarctica

Incredible.

By Frank Landymore

Jimmy Carter Once Lowered Himself Into a Nuclear Reactor After a Partial Meltdown
Nuclear Fusion

Jimmy Carter Once Lowered Himself Into a Nuclear Reactor After a Partial Meltdown

"They let us get probably a thousand times more radiation than they would now."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chick-fil-A has an army robots to squeeze citrus for its lemonade, turning the fast food chain's lemonade plant into a veritable lemon party. 
Robotics

Chick-fil-A Using Advanced Squeezing Robots to Conduct Huge Lemon Party

Talk about advanced squeezing technique.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google's AI-generated search summary for the query "baby elephant" includes an AI-generated photo of a clearly fake, teacup-sized elephant.
Google

Google’s AI Overview Believes Baby Elephants Can Sit in the Palm of a Human Hand

We wish you were real, tiny baby elephant!!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Two "Punk" and "Emo" fossils are challenging scientists' understanding of the evolution of mollusks. The scene, folks, is not dead.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Punk” and “Emo” Fossils

Feeling old yet?

By Frank Landymore

While we're not quite living in "The Matrix," experiences similar to the film's slowed-down "bullet time" do seem to exist in real life.
Health & Medicine

Humans Can Access Something Akin to “Bullet Time,” Scientist Says

"Dodge this."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Robotics company Realbotix claims its robots are designed to "tackle the staggering loneliness epidemic" but somehow aren't sex robots.
Robotics

“Companionship” Robot That Its Creator Says Is Definitely Not a Sex Robot Looks Around With a Dazed Expression

Come on.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've discovered evidence of a "lost world" lurking deep below the Pacific Ocean, a surprising finding.
Physics

Scan Detects Evidence of “Lost World” Under Pacific Ocean

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

AI is like the fairy Tinkerbell: in the story of "Peter Pan," she only continues to exist if people believe in her and clap for her.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Like Tinkerbell: It Only Works If We Believe in It

Keep clapping. Louder!

By Jathan Sadowski

A dad and "AI evangelist" couldn't understand why his daughter didn't like the AI function of a toy he bought for her.
Artificial Intelligence

Dad Baffled When 6-Year-Old Daughter Turns Off AI Function on High Tech Doll and Plays With It Like Regular Toy

"She still loves playing with it, but every time I ask her if she'd like to chat with it, she says no."

By Frank Landymore

The Kenya Space Agency identified a "red-hot" eight-foot metal ring as a piece of space junk. Experts are still torn about its exact origin.
Future Society

Expert Not Convinced Mysterious, 8-Foot Ring of “Space Junk” in Kenya Actually Came from Space

What the hell is it?

By Victor Tangermann

The American Psychological Association sent a letter to the FTC urging the agency to investigate Character.AI and other chatbot makers.
Artificial Intelligence

American Psychological Association Urges FTC to Investigate AI Chatbots Claiming to Offer Therapy

Bots are pretending to be therapists. Real psychologists aren't pleased.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An NVIDIA scientist seems to think that AI robots should be fighting wildfires despite the technology being majorly energy-intensive.
Climate Change

While AI Causes Climate Change, Nvidia Scientist Proposes AI-Powered Firefighting Robots

Read the room, dude.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Claire "Grimes" Boucher defended her ex Elon Musk after he blamed the Los Angeles fires on diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
Elon Musk

Grimes Defends Elon Musk While Fleeing Fire He’s Blaming on Woke

Read the room, damn.

By Victor Tangermann

When preparing for its content moderation overhaul, Meta secretly provided its employees examples of admissible hate speech. %
Future Society

Leaked Facebook Documents Show Exactly How Far You’re Allowed to Turn the “Racism” Dial

We're not kidding: users can now declare themselves "proud racists" on Facebook.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin is preparing to launch its New Glenn rocket just after midnight on Sunday.
Falcon

After Over 10 Years, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is Finally About to Launch Its First Falcon 9-Style Rocket

"It’s time to fly."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is blaming the Los Angeles fires on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, an extremely racist, bigoted lie.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Blames LA Wildfires on Black Firefighters

How does it just keep getting worse?

By Victor Tangermann