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AI models are, apparently, getting better at lying on purpose -- and that might not be good news for us humans.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Systems Are Learning to Lie and Deceive, Scientists Find

"GPT- 4, for instance, exhibits deceptive behavior in simple test scenarios 99.16% of the time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Reuters report says that an AI tool used by the app NewsBreak has been publishing entirely made-up news articles.
Artificial Intelligence

Popular News App Caught Publishing Completely Untrue AI Articles

"You are doing HARM by publishing this misinformation."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has poached Eli Lilly's chief financial officer and tapped her to be its own.
Future Society

Google Hires Weight Loss Drug Exec With Zero Tech Experience as New CFO

And the stock market is loving it.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's chair Robyn Denholm warned that CEO Elon Msk may walk if he doesn't get his pay package. Many investors would be OK with that.
Elon Musk

Tesla Chair Warns Elon Musk Might Quit Tesla If He Doesn’t Get His Pay Package. Fans Say Fine, We’re Fed Up With Him

"Don't threaten me with a good time."

By Victor Tangermann

According to Kutcher, OpenAI's generative AI tool Sora is already good enough to churn out footage for major movie productions.
Artificial Intelligence

Ashton Kutcher Threatens That Soon, AI Will Spit Out Entire Movies

"You can generate any footage that you want."

By Frank Landymore

An ESA scientific instrument dropped off by China's lunar lander detected negative ions on the far side of the Moon.
Moon

Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moon

"We have collected an amount and quality of data far beyond our expectations."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Starship's aerodynamic flap endured some brutal conditions during reentry, but survived, leading to staff cheering it on.
Starship

SpaceX Staff Erupt in Cheers as Starship Flap Keeps Functioning Even While Burning Up, Pieces Flying Off

"The little flap that could."

By Victor Tangermann

Cybertruck Driver Caught Lying That The Cops Let Him Go 50 Miles Over The Speed Limit
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Driver Caught Lying That The Cops Let Him Go 50 Miles Over The Speed Limit

"Nice try buttercup."

By Noor Al-Sibai

New data from NOAA and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography shows that atmospheric carbon dioxide reached an all-time high in May.
Pollution

Carbon Pollution in Atmosphere Hits All Time Record

"Fossil fuel pollution just keeps building up, much like trash in a landfill.” 

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The layoffs, a Microsoft exec said in a leaked memo, are merely part of the decisions the company has to make "along the way."
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Lays Off 1,500 Workers, Blames “AI Wave”

The regrettable casualties of desperately chasing the industry's hot new thing.

By Frank Landymore

In one California town, local officials have shut down the United States' first so-called "cloud-brightening" geoengineering experiment.
Climate Change

City Shuts Down Geoengineering Experiment

"I just feel like this is not the right time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists think they might have discovered the cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's Disease.
Developments

Scientists May Have Just Discovered the Cause of Crohn’s Disease

"This has been something of a holy grail."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nvidia dominates both the AI chip and gaming hardware market. And so its CEO Jensen Huang eagerly anticipates the two technologies colliding.
Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia CEO Says Video Games Will Be Totally Infused With AI

So says the company with fingers in both pies.

By Frank Landymore

in a letter registered with the SEC, Tesla's chair Robyn Denholm plead with shareholders to give Elon Musk his astronomical pay package back.
Elon Musk

Tesla Chair Warns That Elon Musk May Throw Tantrum If He Doesn’t Get Huge Pay Package

"Elon is not a typical executive, and Tesla is not a typical company."

By Victor Tangermann

An Irish man sued Microsoft after MSN circulated an AI article falsely accusing him of sexual misconduct, per a New York Times investigation.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Sued For AI Article Accusing Innocent Man of Sexual Misconduct

At every step of the way, this was an AI-meets-information mess.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The CEO of an AI startup suggested that a bad actor could use images to "attack" human brains like neural networks.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Suggests That Humans Could Be “Adversarially Attacked” Like Neural Networks

"There could be an artificially constructed sensory input that makes you go insane forever."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Boeing had to call off its first Starliner docking attempt with the International Space Station due to thrusters malfunctioning.
Boeing

Boeing’s Starliner Has Trouble Docking With Space Station

Boeing can't catch a break.

By Victor Tangermann

In an email sent out to customers, Humane admitted that a third-party battery cell used in some of the AI Pins "may pose a fire safety risk."
Artificial Intelligence

Maker of Disastrous “AI Pin” Device Admits It Can Cause Fire While Charging

Executives had to put it on an ice pack before showing it off to investors. No, really.

By Victor Tangermann

After years of delays, Boeing finally managed to get its plagued Starliner capsule off the ground. It's now springing even more helium leaks.
Boeing

Boeing Spacecraft Springs More Leaks as It Sputters to the Space Station

"Looks like we picked up a couple more helium leaks."

By Victor Tangermann

Dramatic footage shows SpaceX Starship's fins being shredded to pieces as the plasma started heating up during reentry.
Future Society

Starship’s Flight Was Going Great. Then Pieces Started Falling Off on Livestream

"The question is, how much of the ship is left?"

By Victor Tangermann