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A researcher set cutting-edge AI models against each other in strategic nuclear war games. The results don't bode well.
Artificial Intelligence

Something Very Alarming Happens When You Give AI the Nuclear Codes

"The nuclear taboo doesn’t seem to be as powerful for machines [as] for humans."

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese brand Honor has showed off a familiar-looking smartphone that features a small robot arm that extends over the top of the device.
Robots and Machines

Intriguing New Smartphone Design Features a Small Robot Arm

It's like a mini Wall-E that can fit in your pocket.

By Victor Tangermann

A dog with a black collar has its head inside an orange toilet bowl. The background features blue walls and floor tiles decorated with large white stars. The dog is mostly grayscale, contrasting with the brightly colored toilet and background.
Environment

The Average American Would Pay $49 Per Month to Drink Recycled Toilet Water, Study Finds

"I do think it is a bipartisan issue."

By Frank Landymore

Video editor Artem Kaptur, who works for MrBeast, YouTube's most popular content creator, has now been accused by Kalshi of insider trading.
Bitcoin

Kalshi Says It’s Busted a MrBeast Staffer for Insider Trading

He got a massive fine and was reported to federal regulators.

By Victor Tangermann

A series of translucent, folded paper-like panels each displaying a blurred image of a construction worker wearing a yellow hard hat, orange safety vest, white shirt, blue pants, black gloves, and brown boots. The panels are arranged in a row against a bright orange background with a large yellow circle behind the first two panels. The images on the panels appear to be reflections or shadows of the construction worker in different poses.
Ethics

If AI Causes an Office Job Wipeout, It’ll Cause Huge Problems for Blue Collar Work Too

Touching: we'll all get wiped out together.

By Frank Landymore

A woman with a worried expression looks over her shoulder, clutching her arm. Behind her, a large blue pair of eyeglasses frames a red, detailed eyeball against a bright yellow background. The image uses bold, contrasting colors and a surreal composition.
Devices

New App Detects the Radio Fingerprint of Smart Glasses and Warns You When Someone Is Using Them Nearby

"Covert recording is a lot about power."

By Joe Wilkins

A person wearing glasses and a dark shirt over a light t-shirt is holding a laptop with both hands, looking at the screen with a surprised or shocked expression. The background features a blue grid pattern with a large red circle.
Ethics

Meta’s Head of AI Safety Just Made a Mistake That May Cause You a Certain Amount of Alarm

"Rookie mistake."

By Frank Landymore

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo are shown with the Google logo.
Google

Google Apologizes for Sending the Worst Push Notification You Can Possibly Imagine

How was this allowed to happen?

By Frank Landymore

A stylized portrait of Sam Altman wearing large, white-framed sunglasses. The image has an orange tint on Altman's face and a bright yellow circular background behind his head. The surrounding background is gray with colorful question marks in red, green, purple, and orange scattered throughout.
The Industrialists

Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much

"It's extremely hurtful, frankly."

By Joe Wilkins

Messaging platform Discord's efforts to roll out age verification software have been nothing short of a disaster.
Data Privacy

Discord’s Verification Saga Has Devolved Into a Complete Self-Inflicted Embarrassment

It keeps getting worse for Discord.

By Victor Tangermann

The Winklevoss twins are seated in white armchairs facing each other, engaged in conversation. The background features a large yellow Bitcoin symbol overlaid on an orange-tinted scene with palm trees. Both are dressed casually, one in a black shirt and the other in a white shirt, wearing dark pants and sneakers.
Bitcoin

The Winklevoss Twins’ Crypto Company Is in Crisis After the Bitcoin Crash

"They made the wrong bet at the wrong time."

By Joe Wilkins

Pope Leo XIV is smiling, dressed in white papal robes and a white skullcap, with a chain necklace, is in the foreground. The background features two other men in dark clothing, with an orange and red color overlay. The central figure is highlighted with a white outline.
Ethics

Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT

AI "will never be able to share faith."

By Joe Wilkins

OpenAI is telling investors it's targeting around $600 billion in total compute spend, under half of its original $1.4 trillion commitment.
Anthropic

OpenAI Massively Cuts Spending Plan as Reality Closes in

Maybe not.

By Victor Tangermann

A SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage belched a massive cloud of lithium and other pollutants roughly 62 miles over Europe upon reentry.
Astrophysics

Huge Plume of Pollution Linked to Something That Will Not Make Elon Musk Happy

Not good.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists think it's technically still possible to send a probe and have a closer look at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
Future Society

Daring Space Mission Would Catch Up With 3I/ATLAS and Intercept It

There's still time.

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic accused Chinese AI firms DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of "distilling" its AI model, an especially ironic revelation.
Anthropic

Anthropic Furious at DeepSeek for Copying Its AI Without Permission, Which Is Pretty Ironic When You Consider How It Built Claude in the First Place

"They robbed the robbers."

By Victor Tangermann

Close-up of a woman's face looking upward, rendered in a halftone dot pattern with a red overlay. The background consists of an orange and white polka dot pattern with the DeepSeek logo appearing behind the face. The image has a pop art style with bold colors and graphic elements.
Machine Learning

American AI Industry Trembles as Deepseek Prepares to Release New Model

Things could get ugly.

By Joe Wilkins

A man with glasses, a beard, and a mustache is wearing a white shirt, a black bow tie, and a light-colored sweater. He has a puzzled expression, with his mouth slightly open and his eyes looking upward. He is touching his temple with his right index finger. The background is blue with a grid pattern and black abstract shapes.
Ethics

New AI Agent Logs Directly Into College Platform Canvas to Do Your Homework for You

If you thought if using AI to cheat couldn't get any easier, think again.

By Frank Landymore

A pair of hands holding a metal bucket tilted, pouring out numerous one-dollar bills. The image has a stylized color effect with the hands and bucket in teal, the money transitioning from teal to red, and a large red circle in the background over a yellow grid pattern.
Finance

Goldman Sachs Researchers Make Startling Claim About AI’s Effects on the US Economy

"We don't actually view AI investment as strongly growth-positive."

By Joe Wilkins

Sam Altman is shown in a black-and-white close-up, looking to the right. Behind him, five blue-tinted babies in various sitting and crawling poses are arranged in a row against a bright red, marbled background. The babies display different expressions, including laughing and crying.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Fumes That It Takes Longer to Train a Human Than an AI, Plus They Eat All That Wasteful Food

"It also takes a lot of energy to train a human."

By Frank Landymore