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Google has laid off more than a thousand people since January 10th — and according to CEO Sundar Pichai, there will be more firings.
Google

As Google Pivots to AI, CEO Warns He Will Fire Even More Staff

How many people are going to get the axe in favor of AI?

Tesla investors are accusing CEO Elon Musk of "blackmailing" them after he threatened to spin off AI products unless he got more power.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Accused of “Blackmailing” Tesla Investors

"He controls Tesla more than anybody controls any company."

After receiving millions of dollars in cash gifts, the parents of disgraced crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are trying to hold on to the funds.
Cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Aghast at Lawsuit Asking for FTX Money Back

Who, us?

One of OpenAI's earliest acolytes seems to think AI is a gift from on high — but what he's preaching sounds pretty fishy.
OpenAI

Former OpenAI Exec Predicts AI Could Be Last Thing Humans Ever Invent

He admits multiple times how naive this sounds, too.

An Uber driver in Chicago has to charge his electric Chevy Bolt practically all day because of sub-zero temperatures.
Advanced Transport

Uber Driver Alarmed He Has to Spend All Day Charging Electric Car in Cold Weather

Out of luck.

Elon Musk is back at it again with the outlandish forecasts, and this one about humanoid robots is a heck of a doozy.
Robotics

Elon Musk Says Earth Will Soon Host a Billion Humanoid Robots

This is based in little more than his own imagination.

Experts quoted in a The Spectator piece about the James Webb discovering "alien life" say they've been taken out of context.
James Webb Space Telescope

Experts Push Back Against Rumors of James Webb Life Detection

"The leap from 'potential biosignature' to full on 'aliens' is ridiculous."

Generic Ozempic is part of a huge cottage industry — and in the case of one online pharmacy, it may have been deadly.
Health & Medicine

Knockoff Ozempic Pharmacy Went Out of Business After an Executive’s Suicide

"If you questioned the clinical appropriateness of anything, you were told, 'Don’t worry about it.'"

A23a, the world's largest iceberg, is falling apart as it slowly drifts away from Antarctica towards relatively warmers waters.
Science & Energy

Huge Iceberg Falling Apart as It Drifts Away From Antarctica

"It's mind-bogglingly big."

CNET owner Red Ventures is reportedly having a tough time finding a buyer for the website —  and CNET's AI scandal bears some of the blame.
Artificial Intelligence

CNET’s Publisher Having Trouble Selling It Due to AI Scandal

Using AI comes with reputational risk.

Astronomers have spotted a mysterious exoplanet that orbits its star some 160 light-years away — which has a 350,000-mile-long tail.
Off-World

Astronomers Discover Planet With Long Tail

Whoa!

Japanese start-up EX-FUSION plans to use a powerful laser pulse to literally stop space junk in its tracks, safely de-orbiting it.
Off-World

Startup Building Huge Laser to Shoot Down Space Junk From the Ground

Target acquired.

Human-tier AI will change the world and jobs "much less than we think," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said while attending the World Economic Forum.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says Human-Tier AI Is Coming Soon

"It will change the world much less than we all think."

An elderly Irish man is so fit, he's become the subject of a case study — and he didn't start working out until he was in his 70s.
Studies

Scientists Fascinated by Extremely Muscular 93-Year-Old Man

"It was one of the most inspiring days I’ve ever spent in the lab."

"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source

"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough."

Tesla owners are becoming deeply frustrated with their vehicles not being able to charge as cold temperatures grip Chicago.
Tesla

Dead Cars Surround Chargers as Teslas Struggle in Frozen Weather

"It’s a disaster. Seriously."

The detection of a key biosignature on an exoplanet by the James Webb has some scientists believing we've already found evidence of life.
James Webb Space Telescope

Rumors Circulating That James Webb Has Discovered Life on Another World

"It's just that they don't want to release or confirm those results until they can be entirely sure, but we found a planet that seems to be giving off strong signals of biological life."

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a glorious image of two massive galaxies in the process of colliding with each other.
Off-World

Hubble Snaps Alarming Pic of Two Galaxies Crashing Into Each Other

Behold, the "monster merger."

Scientists Train AI to Be Evil, Find They Can’t Reverse It
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Train AI to Be Evil, Find They Can’t Reverse It

"I hate you."

Global decision-makers predict that artificial intelligence will result in even more dramatic job losses in 2024 and beyond.
Artificial Intelligence

25 Percent of CEOs Plan to Replace Human Workers With AI This Year

Literally just why.