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After promising they'd get free space flights, the billionaire behind the dearMoon space tour has completely let down his crew.
Moon

Billionaire Promised Crew Free Flights Around Moon, Then Dashed Their Dreams

"The cancellation of this mission was sudden, brief, and unexpected."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some scientific experts have been proposing refreezing the Arctic region via a series of drastic geoengineering projects.
Climate Change

Scientists Working on Desperate Plan to Refreeze Arctic

Desperate times.

By Sharon Adarlo

As China prepares to beef up its weight loss drug market, the Danish firm that makes Ozempic may soon have its dominance threatened.
RX and Medicine

China’s Creating Cheapo Versions of Ozempic That Could Majorly Shake Up the Market

This could greatly affect Novo Nordisk's bottom line.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After Google's AI Overviews was caught generating incorrect answers, Google has slashed AI-generated summaries from 84 to less than 15%.
Google

Google Has Drastically Slashed Its AI Results After Disastrously Embarrassing Launch

Ouch.

By Sharon Adarlo

To celebrate an April 20 Phish concert, a fan took what is being hailed as the historic, first bong rip at Las Vegas' Sphere.
Future Society

Phish Fan Takes Historic First Bong Rip at Vegas Sphere, Gets Permanently Banned

"I’m really wearing it as a badge of honor."

By Victor Tangermann

AI researcher Roman Yampolskiy predicted that there's a 99.9 percent chance AI could wipe out humanity within the next 100 years.
Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Estimates 99.9 Percent Chance AI Will Destroy Humankind

"The only way to win this game is not to play it."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new interview, a former OpenAI employee made a shocking admission about his ex-employer's plans for AGI.
OpenAI

Former OpenAI Employee Says Company Had Plan to Start AGI Bidding War With China and Russia

"That's pretty f**ked up."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A repeating radio signal from deep space has scientists puzzled, because they can't fully explain what's emitting it.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Signal From Space Repeating Every Hour

"The fact that the signal is repeating at such a leisurely pace is extraordinary."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers warn that companies like OpenAI and Google could soon run out of human-written training data for their AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Appears to Rapidly Be Approaching Brick Wall Where It Can’t Get Smarter

"There is a serious bottleneck here."

By Victor Tangermann

AI models are, apparently, getting better at lying on purpose -- and that might not be good news for us humans.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Systems Are Learning to Lie and Deceive, Scientists Find

"GPT- 4, for instance, exhibits deceptive behavior in simple test scenarios 99.16% of the time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Reuters report says that an AI tool used by the app NewsBreak has been publishing entirely made-up news articles.
Artificial Intelligence

Popular News App Caught Publishing Completely Untrue AI Articles

"You are doing HARM by publishing this misinformation."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has poached Eli Lilly's chief financial officer and tapped her to be its own.
Future Society

Google Hires Weight Loss Drug Exec With Zero Tech Experience as New CFO

And the stock market is loving it.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's chair Robyn Denholm warned that CEO Elon Msk may walk if he doesn't get his pay package. Many investors would be OK with that.
Elon Musk

Tesla Chair Warns Elon Musk Might Quit Tesla If He Doesn’t Get His Pay Package. Fans Say Fine, We’re Fed Up With Him

"Don't threaten me with a good time."

By Victor Tangermann

According to Kutcher, OpenAI's generative AI tool Sora is already good enough to churn out footage for major movie productions.
Artificial Intelligence

Ashton Kutcher Threatens That Soon, AI Will Spit Out Entire Movies

"You can generate any footage that you want."

By Frank Landymore

An ESA scientific instrument dropped off by China's lunar lander detected negative ions on the far side of the Moon.
Moon

Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moon

"We have collected an amount and quality of data far beyond our expectations."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Starship's aerodynamic flap endured some brutal conditions during reentry, but survived, leading to staff cheering it on.
Starship

SpaceX Staff Erupt in Cheers as Starship Flap Keeps Functioning Even While Burning Up, Pieces Flying Off

"The little flap that could."

By Victor Tangermann

Cybertruck Driver Caught Lying That The Cops Let Him Go 50 Miles Over The Speed Limit
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Driver Caught Lying That The Cops Let Him Go 50 Miles Over The Speed Limit

"Nice try buttercup."

By Noor Al-Sibai

New data from NOAA and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography shows that atmospheric carbon dioxide reached an all-time high in May.
Pollution

Carbon Pollution in Atmosphere Hits All Time Record

"Fossil fuel pollution just keeps building up, much like trash in a landfill.” 

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The layoffs, a Microsoft exec said in a leaked memo, are merely part of the decisions the company has to make "along the way."
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Lays Off 1,500 Workers, Blames “AI Wave”

The regrettable casualties of desperately chasing the industry's hot new thing.

By Frank Landymore

In one California town, local officials have shut down the United States' first so-called "cloud-brightening" geoengineering experiment.
Climate Change

City Shuts Down Geoengineering Experiment

"I just feel like this is not the right time."

By Noor Al-Sibai