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A renowned Chinese scholar has unveiled what he's calling the world's first AI child — and she might bring the technology into a new age. 
Artificial Intelligence

"She discerns right from wrong, expresses her attitudes in various situations, and has the power to shape the future."

Exposure to lead in Stanley Cups is low but there are still health costs associated with how these very popular drinking vessels are made.
Developments

Put down that cup!

Talk about a glow up. Bioluminescent houseplants are now a thing, and they're gonna put those old Chia Pets to shame.
Science & Energy

This definitely isn't your average plant dad vibe.

Some TikTok creators and users are upset that videos are silent ever since Universal Music Group pulled its artists from the platform.
Future Society

Swifties are in mourning.

The New York City Police Department's Knightscope robot K5 has officially been retired and is now gathering dust in a subway station.
Robotics

"Who cared for who? The robot for the police, or the police for the robot?"

Tesla's Cybertruck's aero wheel covers are causing considerable wear in the rubber, a glaring design flaw that's already haunting buyers.
Advanced Transport

Yikes.

Despite dominating the app market, TikTok's owner is irked that his people didn't move on artificial intelligence sooner.
Artificial Intelligence

"Our company is not sensitive enough."

Ingenuity, NASA's recently-damaged Mars helicopter, has one last task before its mission is officially over: wiggling around a little.
Mars

"It's been the mission of a lifetime for all of us."

A new version of the Olympics Games that allows athletes to use performance enhancing drugs recently scored funding from Peter Thiel.
Future Society

What could possibly go wrong?

The ad featured Larry David making a tongue-in-cheek endorsement of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
Cryptocurrency

In his own words, he was "an idiot."

Todd Maron, Tesla CEO Elon Musk's former divorce attorney, burst into tears after a judge voided Musk's $55 billion pay package.
Elon Musk

"Whatever you have done wrong as a lawyer, you have probably not tanked your client’s $56 billion pay package by crying at a deposition."

This summer, the US Space Force will send its first "Guardian" to the International Space Station as part of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-9 mission.
Future Society

No, it's not Steve Carell.

The announcement from the US Federal Communications Commission comes just a week after AI scam calls that impersonated President Joe Biden.
FCC

"This technology now has the potential to confuse consumers with misinformation."

In what could possibly be a world first, a pedestrian in Finland's capital Helsinki caught a food delivery robot doing a hit-and-run.
Advanced Transport

"Then it lurched back and forth against the side of the car, with the safety flag happily waving."

Elon Musk will not be $55.8 billion richer anytime soon — and it wouldn't have happened without a ticked off metal band drummer.
Elon Musk

This story, for once, has a happy ending.

The attempts to resuscitate FTX are dead on arrival, and soon, it will repay the people its convicted felon co-founder bilked out of money.
Blockchain

"The costs and risks of creating a viable exchange from what Mr Bankman-Fried left in a dumpster were simply too high."

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has recaptured the escaped Japanese macaque on the lam in the Scottish Highlands.
Drones

"You would think we were chasing an international fugitive instead of an innocent monkey."

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has topped Fortune's list of "most overrated CEOs" for the second year running.
Elon Musk

The one thing other executives agree on.

It's official: major music label Universal Music Group has yanked its catalogs from TikTok, including Taylor Swift, Drake, and Justin Bieber.
Artificial Intelligence

"This music is currently unavailable."

Reviewers of the Apple Vision Pro VR headset have found that the baked-in virtual keyboard is so bad, it's downright unusable.
Virtual Reality

It will "drive you mad."