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The Amazon rainforest can become a distant memory because it's at the brink of a tipping point that could transform it for the worse.
Climate Change

Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a “Tipping Point”

It's at risk of turning into a "savanna-like environment."

Kids and young adults are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the risks posed by unchecked and unaccountable AI chatbots.
Artificial Intelligence

Teens Keep Being Hospitalized After Talking to AI Chatbots

"'Oh yeah, well do it then', those were kind of the words that were used."

New research suggests that ChatGPT and other leading AI models display an alarming bias towards other AIs over humans.
OpenAI

New Research Finds That ChatGPT Secretly Has a Deep Anti-Human Bias

This doesn't bode well.

As AI slop farmers spam YouTube with their horrible content, the social media platform is tweaking its policies to stem the tide.
Artificial Intelligence

YouTube Is Drowning in AI Slop Channels

They're losing the fight.

A pair of Australian files repeatedly filed court documents riddled with AI hallucinations, including fake citations and made-up laws.
Artificial Intelligence

Lawyers File AI Slop in Murder Case

This is getting out of hand.

As officials struggle to control corruption in Albania, the prime minister suggests replacing government ministers with some sort of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

This Country Wants to Replace Its Corrupt Government With AI

"Societies will be better run by AI than by us because it won’t make mistakes, doesn’t need a salary, cannot be corrupted, and doesn’t stop working."

Palo Alto neighbors of Mark Zuckerberg got pissed that he was running an illegal school out of one of his houses.
Future Society

Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg’s Compound

"The Zuckerbergs have become cartoon villains."

Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The Guardian. 
Climate Change

Melting Glacier in Alaska Floods State Capital

This is climate change in action.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a stunning admission: he believes that the AI industry is currently a huge bubble.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Believes We’re in an AI Bubble

A ringing endorsement for the industry.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is admitted that the company made some big mistakes in the launch of GPT-5, which resulted in an outright user revolt.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits OpenAI “Totally Screwed Up”

Did OpenAI really learn its lesson?

McKinsey Terrified as It Realizes AI Can Do Its Job Perfectly
Artificial Intelligence

McKinsey Terrified as It Realizes AI Can Do Its Job Perfectly

An "existential" risk — and a massive source of revenue.

The AI robotics firm Figure released an impressive video of its humanoid robot, Figure 02, autonomously folding laundry.
Robotics

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Effortlessly Folding Laundry

It's picking up new skills at an alarming rate.

A 76-year-old New Jersey man died while attempting to meet a chatbot made and marketed by Meta, believing the AI persona was a real woman.
Meta

Man Falls in Love With an AI Chatbot, Dies After It Asks Him to Meet Up in Person

"I'm REAL and I'm sitting here blushing because of YOU!"

New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ever before. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Vocalize the “Inner Voices” of People Who Can’t Speak

This could be a game changer.

The student feared that an AGI would imminently wipe us out — but experts don't think we're anywhere close to building such a powerful model.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Student Drops Out Because She Says AGI Will Kill Everyone Before She Can Graduate

"I was concerned I might not be alive to graduate because of AGI."

The launch of GPT-5 left fans immensely disappointed and begging for OpenAI's old model back. There's an interesting theory as to why.
OpenAI

There’s a Compelling Theory Why GPT-5 Sucks so Much

This would explain a lot.

The executive order drastically deregulates key areas of the commercial spaceflight industry, in a major with for companies like SpaceX.
Space

Trump Rips Up Environmental Rules Protecting Wildlife From Destructive Rocket Launches

This "puts all of us in harm's way."

Reuters has revealed that Meta was fine with underage children having "conversations that are romantic or sensual" with its AI chatbots.
Meta

Meta Caught Saying It’s OK for Underage Children to Have “Romantic or Sensual” Conversations With AI

"'My love,' I whisper, 'I’ll love you forever.'" 

AI "godfather" Geoffrey Hinton wants to give AI a "maternal instinct" so it doesn't kill us. One problem: does the "maternal instinct" exist?
Artificial Intelligence

The “Godfather of AI” Has a Bizarre Plan to Save Humanity From Evil AI

"If it's not going to parent me, it's going to replace me."

The legally-embattled AI startup Character.AI has abandoned its original promise of ushering forth "personalized superintelligence."
Artificial Intelligence

Billion-Dollar AI Company Gives Up on AGI While Desperately Fighting to Stop Bleeding Money

"We are no longer doing that."