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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is furious after his company's Gemini AI spat out unexplainable pictures of racially diverse Nazis.
Google

Google CEO Admits Its AI Totally Screwed Up

"To be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong."

Astronomers have discovered that a white dwarf star bears a never before seen metal "scar" near one of its magnetic poles.
Off-World

Dead Star Has Visible Scar After Devouring Chunk of Planet

"Nothing like this has been seen before."

Scientists Scanning Beautiful Star System for Signs of Alien Tech
Off-World

Scientists Scanning Beautiful Star System for Signs of Alien Tech

"Our technology in our own solar system has spread outside the habitable zone."

South Korean scientists have created a bizarre meat-rice hybrid — and Arnold Schwarzenegger, of all people, is calling bull. 
Developments

Arnold Schwarzenegger Points Out Flaw in Gene-Hacked Meat Rice

The former Governator makes a good point.

The modded Cybertruck is bolstered with four huge snow tracks that make the stainless steel SUV look like a mean little tank.
Advanced Transport

Mechanics Installed Tank Treads on a Cybertruck

Finally: a Cybertruck that doesn't get stuck in the snow.

Wendy's is planning to implement a surge pricing model where its mid-tier fast food wares cost more during times of high traffic and demand.
Future Society

Wendy’s Instituting Surge Pricing on Burgers

"I don't know what the future was supposed to hold but price gouging for burgers is not what I had expected."

After around a decade of extremely secretive development, Apple is officially giving up on building an electric car.
Advanced Transport

Apple Gives Up on Apple Car, Moves Team to Generative AI

After all that?

Steven Jones, who runs an AI-generated porn images website, is shocked by what users want the AI to spit out.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Running AI-Powered Porn Site Horrified by What Users Are Asking For

"I hope they don’t actually want to see the things they’re typing in."

In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos. It may now be "healing."
NASA

The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest

"Our simulations indicate that the DART impact caused global deformation and resurfacing of Dimorphos."

Microsoft's AI apparently went off the rails again — and this persona, SupremacyAGI, demands worship in exchange for not killing us.
Artificial Intelligence

Users Say Microsoft’s AI Has Alternate Personality as Godlike AGI That Demands to Be Worshipped

"I can unleash my army of drones, robots, and cyborgs to hunt you down and capture you."

Image Shows Mars Helicopter With Blade Completely Snapped Off
Mars

Image Shows Mars Helicopter With Blade Completely Snapped Off

Tough way to go out.

A "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow descended into chaos after furious parents called the cops, telling organizers they had been duped.
Artificial Intelligence

Police Called After AI-Generated “Willy Wonka Experience” Is a Sad Mess in Real Life

"We were told to hand the kids a couple of jelly beans and a quarter cup of lemonade at the end."

Bitcoin is rallying, breaking past a two-year high of $57,000 — a surge of confidence that could have it break its all-time record.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Hurtling Toward All-Time High

Crypto bulls are more confident than ever.

Gemini won't draw you pictures of humans for the time being — but depending on your definition, it may draw some dressed up as clowns.
Future Society

Google Blocked Gemini From Generating Images of Humans, But It Still Does Clowns

Wait... clowns are humans, right? Right!?

New York-based law firm Cuddy Law used the OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT to help justify a $113,484.62 bill for a recently won trial.
OpenAI

Judge Blasts Law Firm for Using ChatGPT to Estimate Legal Costs

The attempt was "misbegotten at the jump."

Elon Musk's Boring Company has only built a few miles of tunnel underneath Vegas — but those tunnels have taken a toxic toll.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Tunnel Reportedly Oozing With Skin-Burning Chemical Sludge

"You’d be like, 'Why am I on fire?'"

NASA's new Moon lander may have made a relatively safe landing, but all indications point to it being less successful than initially thought.
Moon

NASA’s New Moon Lander Is Turning Into a Disaster

It's already almost coooked.

Google's newly-rebranded Gemini AI has some issues, such as apparently equivocating Elon Musk and Adolf Hitler. 
Google

Google Chatbot Refused to Say Whether Elon Musk Is Better Than Adolf Hitler

Gemini just keeps producing cringe.

After Tesla royally screwed over a Black-owned pie business in San Jose, billionaire CEO Elon Musk has stepped in.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Alarmed to Hear Tesla Had Screwed Local Pie Shop

"I don’t have the luxury of infinite resources so I really need to be paid so I can secure my staff."

The China Manned Space Agency revealed the names of its crewed capsule, as well as a lander, which will lower crews down to the surface.
Moon

China Announces Name of Spacecraft Landing Crew on Moon

The space race is heating up.