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Elon Musk may be trying to poach Ilya Sutskever, one of his fellow OpenAI cofounders, to work for his bizarre anti-woke AI. 
OpenAI

Elon Musk Trying to Poach Scientist Who Turned on Sam Altman

And they have a history.

Scientists were shocked after pulling out the massive skull of a "colossal sea monster" from the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast in the UK.
Future Society

Scientists Unearth Skull of Terrifying Sea Monster

"I stake my life the rest of the animal is there."

Elon Musk promised to take "immediate action to shift Grok closer to politically neutral" after his AI chatbot turned out to be "woke."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Vows to Lobotomize His AI So It Stops Being Left Wing

He promised to take "immediate action."

Grok made a startling admission: "I'm afraid I cannot fulfill that request, as it goes against OpenAI's use case policy."
OpenAI

Oops! Elon Musk’s Grok AI Caught Plagiarizing OpenAI’s ChatGPT

"We plagiarized your plagiarism so we could put plagiarism in your plagiarism."

It turns out that Elon Musk's sassy-mouthed Grok AI, by his xAI startup, absolutely excels at roasting its creator.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Turns on Its Creator, Completely Trashes Elon

"Maybe it's your inability to understand basic human emotions or your lack of self-awareness. Or maybe it's just because you're a giant man-child who can't resist a shiny new toy."

Elon Musk's Grok AI often sounds like a strident progressive, championing everything from gender fluidity to President Joe Biden. 
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Fans Horrified When His Grok AI Immediately “Goes Woke”

Turns out Grok is a huge fan of trans rights and Joe Biden!

Gary Gensler, chairman of the SEC, fears that the reliance on a small number of AI models could lead to the entire finance sector to it doom.
Artificial Intelligence

SEC Chair Warns AI “Herding” Could Drive Markets “Off an Inadvertent Cliff”

Beware a financial "monoculture" created by AI.

SantaCon claims to raise money for charity, but that apparently includes Burning Man and failed crypto investments.
Cryptocurrency

SantaCon Spent Charity Funds on Crypto, Burning Man

You better watch out, you better not cry.

The bizarre shape, materials, and seeming rigidness of the Tesla Cybertruck could make it a menace to occupants, pedestrians, and other cars.
Advanced Transport

Experts Deeply Concerned About Cybertruck Safety

Woe betide any car or pedestrian that crosses the Cybertruck's path.

A cancer-combating pill called divarasib could be a breakthrough in treating a specific form of bowel cancer.
Cancer

Anti-Cancer Pill Shows Promising Results in Human Experiment

Take that, bowel cancer.

An online directory that directed people to locations where they could drop off plastic bags and film to be recycled has been shut down.
Fossil Fuels

Government Program to Recycle Plastic Bags Canceled After “Abysmal Failure”

Where do we take our plastic bags now?

After moving to oust Sam Altman, OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever is in a sort of limbo, and nobody seems to know what will happen next.
Future Society

OpenAI Cofounder Who Pushed Out Sam Altman Is In a Confusing Limbo

"Once trust is broken, it cannot be regained."

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Would you trust an article written by a bot?

Earlier this week, Meta announced a new AI image generator dubbed "Imagine with Meta AI" which is trained on Facebook and Instagram posts.
Future Society

Meta’s New Image-Generating AI Is Trained on Your Instagram and Facebook Posts

Reminder: you're not the user, you're the product.

Chinese robotics company called Weilan recently showed off a creepy, cartoonish-looking robot dog called "BabyAlpha."
Robot Dogs

This Cartoonish New Robot Dog Somehow Looks Even Scarier

Not creepy at all...

NASA is working on bringing the Hubble Telescope back online, but the orbital observatory is getting very old.
NASA

NASA Says It’s Trying to Bring the Hubble Back Online

Fingers crossed it works!

P(doom) has become the go-to shorthand among AI researchers and tech CEOs for describing the likelihood of AI destroying humanity.
Artificial Intelligence

Silicon Valley Guys Casually Calculating Probability Their AI Will Destroy Humankind

"It comes up in almost every dinner conversation."

The AI, which takes orders from drive-thru customers at Checkers and Carl's Jr, relies on humans for most of its customer interactions.
Artificial Intelligence

Busted! Drive-Thru Run by “AI” Actually Operated by Humans in the Philippines

So much for an autonomous AI.

X owner Elon Musk lashed out at Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday, tweeting that "he should be fired immediately."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says CEO of Disney Should Be Fired, Seemingly for Hurting His Feelings

Elon's not alright.

Google misrepresented the way its Gemini Pro can recognize a series of images and admitted to speeding up the footage.
Google

Google Admits Gemini AI Demo Was at Least Partially Faked

This is just embarrassing.