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Elon Musk is big mad that OpenAI keeps trying to poach Tesla engineers — so instead, he's poaching them himself. 
xAI

Elon Musk Is Poaching Tesla Engineers for xAI. Wait, What?

"The craziest talent war I’ve ever seen!"

When a small earthquake struck, a patient named Justin Allen was lying down on an operating table getting a vasectomy.
Science & Energy

Earthquake Strikes While Man Is Midway Through Vasectomy

"I figured [the surgeon] was messing with me, but he had to stop because everything was shaking."

For the first time in centuries, two separate regional "broods" of cicadas are set to arise and invade parts of the United States.
Science & Energy

One Trillion Bugs With Bulging Eyes Set to Invade a Third of the United States, Experts Say

"That cicada train would reach to the moon and back 33 times."

An official New York City chatbot has been telling business owners and landlords to break the law, but Mayor Eric Adams defended the tech.
Artificial Intelligence

NYC Mayor Defends AI System That Tells Business Owners to Commit Wage Theft

Just another tech fail under Mayor Eric Adams.

Tesla has reportedly given up on the Model 2, an affordable, $25,000 car. CEO Elon Musk says the report is a lie.
Tesla

Explosive Report Claims Tesla Is Giving Up on Cheaper Electric Car

But Elon Musk says it's a lie.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group have slid significantly this week, falling over eight percent in the last 24 hours alone.
Future Society

Trump Seethes as Truth Social’s Stock Price Gets Absolutely Hammered

"It’s a scam, just like everything [Trump's] ever been involved in is some sort of con."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been trying to license his EV maker's so-called "Full Self-Driving" advanced driver assist software to competitors.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Is Still Trying to Get Other Carmakers to License “Full Self-Driving,” But Not a Single One Has Taken Him Up On It

Why would they?

Scientists are experimenting with a device built atop a decommissioned aircraft carrier that would dim the Sun by salting the clouds.
Climate Change

Using Decommissioned Aircraft Carrier, Scientists Test Sun-Dimming Device

That's one way to use outdated military infrastructure.

A small earthquake has hit the East Coast, striking a highly populated area in central New Jersey, less than 60 miles from New York City.
Science & Energy

Earthquake Rattles New York City, Eastern United States

Did you feel that?

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has become the latest — and perhaps highest-ranking — person inconvenienced by Boeing's severe blunders.
Future Society

Secretary of State’s Boeing Plane Breaks Down, Forcing Him to Drive

How could things possibly get worse for Boeing?

Apple has allegedly set its sights on home robots — and is said to be in the early stages of developing one that follows you around the house.
Robotics

Apple Secretly Working on AI Robot That Follows You Around The House

Who asked for this?

A massive ball suspended inside Taiwan's iconic Taipei 101 skyscraper protected the structure during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake this week.
Science & Energy

Huge Pendulum in Skyscraper Protected It When Epic Earthquake Struck

A huge engineering win.

Workers had failed to properly document a key stage of the repair process, as Boeing rushed along production on faulty fuselages.
Advanced Transport

There Was Some Shady Stuff Going on With That Door Plug That Blew Out of the Boeing 737

"Something happened. I don't know what it was."

Meta's AI image generator Imagine is having a lot of trouble, well, imagining an Asian person posing for the camera alongside a white person.
Meta

Meta’s AI Refuses to Show Asian Men With White Women

Bias keeps leaking out of these AI models.

A 62-year-old man, who received a transplanted pig kidney, is doing well, and was even discharged from the hospital this week.
Health & Medicine

Patient Leaves Hospital as Transplanted Gene-Hacked Pig Organ Seems to Be Functioning Well

He hasn't been this healthy in a long time.

As the Financial Times reports, the company is considering putting premium AI search services behind a subscription paywall.
Google

Google Considering Making Users Pay for AI Search Results

Even if you pay, you'll still see ads.

A Mississippi police lieutenant discovered that officials were holding onto and even giving away human remains that should've been returned.
Future Society

Mississippi Considers Law Against Police Keeping Dead Bodies for “Personal Collections”

Wait, how was this legal?!

The duo that used AI to make a fake George Carlin special have deleted the video months after being sued by the late comedian's estate.
Artificial Intelligence

Amid Lawsuit, Creators of AI-Powered “George Carlin Comedy Special” Agree to Delete It

"I hope this case serves as a warning about the dangers posed by AI technologies."

Earlier this week, Oregon governor Tina Kotek recriminalized hard drugs in the state, restoring criminal penalties, including jail time.
Developments

Oregon Forced to Recriminalize Drugs After Disastrous Decriminalization Experiment

"I’ve been around enough to know that it’s always in the implementation."

A study found that teen girls are taking antidepressants at a much higher rate than teen boys, whose usage rate declined during the pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Teenage Girls Are Taking Way More Antidepressants and Boys Are Taking Way Fewer

"There was something happening to make male adolescents not come in for mental health."