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OpenAI’s GPT Store Already Filling Up With “AI Girlfriends”
OpenAI

OpenAI’s GPT Store Already Filling Up With “AI Girlfriends”

It was only a matter of time.

The startup that sells the glacier chunks, Arctic Ice, claims it plans to be carbon neutral following backlash over the practice.
Artificial Intelligence

Dubai Importing Glacier Ice from Greenland to Serve in Drinks at Posh Bars

Behold: novelty ice.

Following a shocking study, the bottled water industry has cried foul, claiming that it's totally fine we're all ingesting nanoplastics.
Developments

Bottled Water Industry Says Please Disregard This Horrifying Discovery About Our Product

Nothing to see here, folks!

It is the second recently reported case of organs missing from the bodies of inmates who died in Alabama's prison system.
Developments

Inmate’s Body Returned to Family Missing All Organs, Including Brain

Horrifying.

The galaxy is rich in gas but contains no visible stars. Astronomers believe it could be the first dark, primordial galaxy ever found.
Off-World

Astronomers Puzzled by Galaxy With No Stars

It could be a never before seen part of the cosmos.

Footage shared by investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell earlier this week shows a "jellyfish" UFO. We still don't know for sure what it is.
Future Society

Internet Puzzled by “Jellyfish” UFO Video

Why is it moving so smoothly?

A Microsoft researcher giving an internal presentation on an early demo of an AI tool admits that the responses were "cherry-picked."
Artificial Intelligence

In Leaked Audio, Microsoft Cherry-Picked Examples to Make Its AI Seem Functional

"It wasn't that easy to get good answers."

SAG-AFTRA has signed a deal with an AI firm to license its artists' voices in video games — but nobody knows who approved it.
Artificial Intelligence

Voice Actors Shocked By Union’s Sudden Deal Allowing AI-Generated Performances

"No voice actor would willingly approve this."

Following a week of continuing fallout about Elon Musk's alleged use of illegal drugs, NASA has responded.
NASA

NASA Responds to Elon Musk Drug Allegations

For once, it seems like Elon might not be in trouble with the feds.

Civil rights groups were understandably horrified after Elon Musk endorsed a tweet suggesting Black students have lower IQs.
Elon Musk

Civil Rights Groups Horrified at Elon Musk’s Racist Outburst Against Black People

"The only thing anyone needs to hear from Musk about diversity in the workplace is an apology."

A team of scientists has come up with a wild new way to visit our closest star Proxima Centauri using a swarm of tiny spacecraft.
NASA

NASA Funds Mission to Explore Closest Star to Earth

This is far out stuff.

Hertz is selling off a bunch of its electric vehicles, including Teslas, so that it can buy more gas guzzling cars to rent out.
Tesla

Hertz Is Unloading Hundreds of Teslas for Cheap

And they're gonna use the money to buy more gas guzzlers.

Search and rescue teams are frantically searching for man, who has reportedly fallen into a crack in the Earth in Iceland.
Science & Energy

Man Missing After Falling Into Crack in the Earth

"We came to search until we find him."

Amazon Is Selling Products With AI-Generated Names Like “I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy”
OpenAI

Amazon Is Selling Products With AI-Generated Names Like “I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy”

"Our [product] can be used for a variety of tasks, such [task 1], [task 2], and [task 3], making it a versatile addition to your household."

The FDA says there's not a strong link between semaglutide and suicidal thoughts — but there's more to those results than meets the eye.
RX and Medicine

The FDA Says Ozempic Probably Won’t Make You Suicidal

Nevertheless, it's continuing the investigation.

Countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain's northern coast after containers fell off a ship.
Pollution

Millions of Plastic Pellets Wash Up on Shore

One container may have held 57,000 pounds of plastic pellets.

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs
Artificial Intelligence

Remember That Uber-Hyped “AI Pin” Startup? It’s Already Doing Layoffs

Its device hasn't even shipped yet.

Scientists may have figured out how a massive "superstructure" of igneous rock lurking below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was formed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Working to Explain “Superstructures” on Ocean Floor

"As we sample in more detail, we're going to find more complexity."

America's East Coast — particularly its major population centers — is sinking at a scarily rapid pace, a new satellite imagery study shows.
Climate Change

Satellites Show the East Coast Is Sinking

"It may be gradual, but the impacts are real."

An AI comedy duo has allegedly used George Carlin's voice without permission — and his living daughter is not at all pleased.
Artificial Intelligence

George Carlin’s Daughter Horrified by AI-Generated “Comedy Special” of Her Dead Dad

"This bastardization of existing comedic material feels like a very sad day for the art form."