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Screenshots show OpenAI's ChatGPT spouting gibberish and, in one case, even suggesting that it's in the room with users.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Appears to Have Lost Its Mind Last Night

"Reading this at 2 am is scary."

The world's wealthy elites are pouring absurd sums into insane doomsday bunkers that are becoming more and more like fortresses.
Future Society

Billionaire Doomsday Bunkers Getting Bizarre Deadly Traps to Keep Out Poors

"World War III seems like it's coming."

The use of drug and hormonal therapies to induce breastfeeding in trans woman is safe and just as good for the baby as a cis mom's milk.
Developments

Trans Women Produce Excellent Milk, Scientists Say

The science is new, but fascinating.

X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk has once again been accused of operating a fake online persona. Just another day!
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Accused of Operating Fake Persona as “Adrian Dittmann”

"That's a good imitation. I don't know how you do that."

Philippines claimed that Chinese fishermen are intentionally using cyanide to destroy the Scarborough Shoal, a tropical atoll.
Science & Energy

China Accused of Pumping Cyanide Into Ocean to Kill Life

There's no use in planting a flag in a dead place.

Some AI warlock has forced an image generator to spit out fake photos of Taylor Swift performing in juggalo clown makeup.
Future Society

AI Turns Taylor Swift Into a Juggalo

Swoop Swoop!

The anti-satellite space weapon Russia is said to be developing could potentially destroy low-Earth orbit for everyone.
Off-World

Russia’s Space Nuke Could Destroy Orbit for Whole Planet, Germans Warn

"Nobody would survive an action like that — no satellite, either Chinese or Russian and American or European."

The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, met the world's shortest woman, Jyoti Amge of India, on Monday in California.
Health & Medicine

World’s Tallest Man Meets With World’s Shortest Woman

The height difference between these two is more than six feet!

Otter CEO Sam Liang says a "working prototype" of an AI avatar able to attend meetings in lieu of its human counterpart is on the horizon.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Says Later This Year, Your AI Will Be Able to Attend Meetings For You

"It needs to have the knowledge and emotional intelligence to participate in a productive way."

Elon Musk is claiming that the first human to get a Neuralink chip can move a mouse with their mind — but we have to take his word for it. 
Prosthetics and Devices

Elon Musk Claims First Neuralink Patient Now Moving Mouse With Mind

"Patient is able to move a mouse around the screen by just thinking."

This suggests that stars could be playing a bigger role in the evolution of our planet's orbit — and climate — than once believed.
Off-World

Passing Star Altered Earth’s Orbit, Scientists Say

Talk about star power!

The first known jail photo of the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has surfaced, and he's schlubbier than ever.
Blockchain

Photo Shows Sam Bankman-Fried in Jail With Former Bloods Gang Member

"Scruffier than a motherf*cker."

First responders were called onto the scene in Tennessee last week after a bunch of kids got sick when doing an experiment with dry ice. 
Health & Medicine

18 Elementary Schoolers Hospitalized After Classroom Science Experiment

Dry ice is not your friend, kids!

A massive jet stream formed over the mid-Atlantic region this past weekend, pushing eastbound planes faster than the speed of sound. 
Wind

Mighty Wind Propels Commercial Jets Faster Than Speed of Sound

Who needs a Concorde?

Ocean water and Arctic ice may contain viruses that can help trap pollution — and scientists are figuring out ways to enhance them.
Viruses

Scientists Propose Hacking Viruses to Fight Climate Change

"The overall goal is engineering microbiomes toward what we think is something useful."

New research posits that life originated somewhere in the cosmos — and that it traveled through space on tiny particles of cosmic dust.
Off-World

Life Spreads Through Universe in Cosmic Dust, Paper Suggests

An incredibly bold theory indeed.

A plan to store nuclear waste in America's busiest oil field is a fascinating collision between fossil fuels and nuclear.
Nuclear Fusion

Please Don’t Store Nuclear Waste in Our Precious Oil Field, Says Fossil Fuel Industry

Not in my backyard!

Doctors are already using unregulated and little-tested AI tools to aid in diagnosing patients, prompting concern.
Developments

Regulators Alarmed by Doctors Already Using AI to Diagnose Patients

"The cart is so far ahead of the horse, it’s like how do we rein it back in without careening over the ravine?"

An undisclosed AI outfit has struck a deal to pay Reddit $60 million per year for access to its huge database of users' posts.
Artificial Intelligence

Mysterious Entity Paying Reddit $60 Million to Train AI With Users’ Posts

"When you use something for free, you are the product."

Does dark matter reside in a deformed mirror universe of our own, where rules are different and atoms failed to form?
Physics

Dark Matter May Be a Deformed Mirror Universe, Scientists Say

Is dark matter a broken mirror universe of our own?