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Robotics

Senior Pentagon Official: New Plan Is to Invest in “Autonomous Killer Robots”

It's going to be easier than ever for the Defense Department to get the lethal toys on its wishlist.

Artificial Intelligence

Young Coders Are Using AI for Everything, Giving “Blank Stares” When Asked How Programs Actually Work

"We're going to pay for this later."

Mental Health

Blocking the Internet on People’s Phones for Two Weeks Led to Profound Changes in Mental Health and Attention Span

"Are we adapted to deal with constant connection to everything all the time? The data suggest that we are not."

Developments

This New Paper About Eating Out of Plastic Containers Is a Bit Terrifying

Is nothing sacred?

Future Society

The Smarter AI Gets, the More It Start Cheating When It’s Losing

"As you train models and reinforce them for solving difficult challenges, you train them to be relentless."

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Shows Off AI That Can Control an Entire Robot

"Magma is able to formulate plans and execute actions to achieve it."

Artificial Intelligence

AI Designed an Alien Chip That Works, But Experts Can’t Explain Why

"Humans cannot really understand them."

Climate Change

Glaciers Are Shrinking at an Incredible Rate

"The glaciers are indeed retreating and disappearing as we said they would."

James Webb Space Telescope

Even NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Is Getting Its Budget Slashed

"It's a huge cut."

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value

"The real benchmark is: the world growing at 10 percent."

Advanced Transport

Body Panels Flying Off Cybertrucks on Highway, Drivers Report

It's giving new meaning to the term "trim down."

Tesla

Windows at Tesla Dealership Blown Out by Gunfire

Anti-Musk sentiment is growing.

Future Society

Startup Investors Foaming at the Mouth To Carve Up Your Job With AI

The knives are out.

Artificial Intelligence

Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents

"The integrity of your legal work and reputation depend on it."

Future Society

After Zuckerberg’s Cringey Hypebeast Makeover, the Average Person Still Finds Him Repulsive

You can't buy cool.

Off-World

Elon Musk Got Humiliated by a Space Station Astronaut Immediately Before Announcing Space Station Should Be Destroyed

"You are fully r*tarded."

Robotics

This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

The stuff of nightmares.

Future Society

There May Be Downsides Now That Mark Zuckerberg Can Read Your Thoughts With a Scanning Device

Penny for your thoughts?

Elon Musk

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Begs Him for Help With Their Kid’s “Medical Crisis”

"This requires immediate attention."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Flagrantly Gutting an Agency in Charge of Regulating Tesla

That seems... wildly unethical.