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Tesla CEO Musk revealed that the company's factory in Fremont, California, would be transformed into a production facility for robots.
Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk Shutting Down Tesla Car Factory to Manufacture Robots Instead

RIP Model X and S.

Is AI conscious? Anthropic's conflcited in-house philosopher is surprisingly open to the idea that they can already feel.
Artificial Intelligence

Top Anthropic Researcher No Longer Sure Whether AI Is Conscious

"We don't really know what gives rise to consciousness."

Just a few days after saying it would be giving unsupervised robotaxi rides, Tesla appears to have gone back to human supervision.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Quietly Pauses Its “Unsupervised” Robotaxi Rides as Reality Sets In

That didn't take long.

Creeps and obnoxious pranksters that film themselves harassing people are absolutely loving using Meta Ray-Bans and other smart glasses.
Artificial Intelligence

The Worst People Alive Are Obsessed With Meta’s Video Recording Glasses

Smart glasses are a godsend for creeps and obnoxious pranksters.

Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of allowing Meta's companion chatbots to engage in sexual conversations with minors.
Meta

Court Filing Reveals Something Very Nasty About Mark Zuckerberg

"I want you, but I need to know you're ready."

The delivery robot apparently did not heed the extremely loud blare of the train horn moments before its doom.
Robotics

Delivery Robot Gets Stuck on Train Tracks, Gets Obliterated by Locomotive

No food was harmed in the making of this video.

Google has released a new "Personal Intelligence" feature that lets its AI go through an alarming amount of your data.
Artificial Intelligence

The Amount Google’s AI Knows About You Will Cause an Uncomfortable Prickling Sensation on Your Scalp

It "feels like Google has been quietly taking notes on my entire life and finally decided to hand me the notebook."

Rising anxiety over the influence of AI, on top of already-grueling 90-hour workweeks, has proven devastating for workers in India.
Ethics

Wave of Suicides Hits as India’s Economy Is Ravaged by AI

"Very alarming."

Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is back with a 19,000-word essay posted to his blog, warning that "humanity needs to wake up."
Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Warns That the AI Tech He’s Creating Could Ravage Human Civilization

"Humanity needs to wake up."

Online fair-right weirdos are falling head over heels — and emptying their wallets — for an AI-generated schoolgirl called "Amelia."
Artificial Intelligence

Far-Right Dweebs Are Getting Scammed by an AI-Generated Waifu

Who could have guessed?

Polar researchers hoping to drill half a mile into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have established a base camp on the surface.
Climate Change

Scientists Scramble to Set Up Outpost on Rapidly Melting Glacier

"We're very lucky to be here; we also work very hard to be here."

The Saudi government is reportedly drastically scaling back its linear-city skyscraper in favor of something much more trendy.
Ethics

As Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They’re Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable

How original.

The company's head of security admitted that an ICE agent tried to force his way into a Google office in fall of 2025.
Future Society

Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building

The head of security said that an "officer arrived at reception without notice."

Even employees at the AI surveillance and military tech company Palantir are reportedly appalled by ICE's conduct.
Future Society

Even Palantir Staff Are Now Disgusted With ICE

"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys."

After a bizarre screening of the first-lady's documentary "Melania," American tech titans have been tongue-tied.
The Industrialists

Tech Execs Weirdly Silent After Private Screening of “Melania” Documentary

You can almost feel the embarrassment.

The Department of Transportation is excitedly working to integrate Google's Gemini into its regulatory process.
Ethics

Trump Department Responsible for Airline Safety Using AI to Write New Regulations, So They Can Be Churned Out as Fast as Possible

"We're flooding the zone."

In a bizarre interview, Trump claimed the US had access to a mysterious "discombobulator" that hamstrung Venezuela's defenses.
Military

Trump Says the Military Deployed a Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon in Venezuela

"I'm not allowed to talk about it."

During a livestreamed town hall event on Monday, Altman said that OpenAI is looking to "dramatically slow down" hiring.
Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Slashing Its Hiring Pace as Financial Crunch Tightens

The company is looking to "dramatically slow down" hiring.

On Friday, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the Moon officially entered quarantine in preparation for their journey.
Moon

Moon Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Launch

Let's go!

Users on online prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are making big bucks off of Musk's track record for making wrong predictions.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Haters Have Found a Hilariously Easy Way to Make Money on Polymarket

"He does have a solid fan base, and so if I can help separate them from some of their money, I’m always happy to do that."