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A Brazilian politician admitted to using ChatGPT to craft a law, which a city council later passed without knowing AI was used.
OpenAI

Politician Admits He Used ChatGPT to Generate New Law

He didn't make a single change to what the chatbot spat out — and the law still passed.

Hackers accessed user data from almost 7 million people from the commercial genetic testing company 23andMe.
Developments

Oops! 23andMe Admits Hackers Stole 7 Million Customers’ Genetic Data

Imagine your personal information from a DNA website being used against you.

Researchers from AI developer Hugging Face and Carnegie Mellon University calculated how much power AI tools need to generate an image.
Artificial Intelligence

You’ll Be Astonished How Much Power It Takes to Generate a Single AI Image

It's way more than you think.

An Emirati oil executive has landed in hot water after claiming that there was "no science" behind the necessity of phasing out fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuels

Head of Climate Conference Who Happens to Be an Oil Exec Says Actually Fossil Fuels Are Fine

"I am telling you I am the man in charge."

Musk took aim at socialite and entrepreneur Paris Hilton after she pulled her kitchenware ads from X following his antisemitic outburst.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Kicks Off Feud With Paris Hilton

Who's gonna be next?

Researchers have come up with a solution to the "Hubble tension," arguing that Einstein didn't consider we're in the middle of a cosmic void.
Off-World

Our Galaxy Appears to Be in a Huge Empty Void

Are we lonelier than we ever imagined?

OpenAI signed a letter of intent to invest $51 million in AI chips for a startup called Rain AI, a company CEO Altman had already invested in.
OpenAI

OpenAI Agreed to Pay $51 Million to Company Linked to Sam Altman

Could this be why he was fired?

A disinformation expert who previously ran a research center at Harvard is accusing the school of firing her under pressure from Facebook. 
Future Society

Facebook Accused of Pressuring Harvard to Fire a Disinformation Expert

These are some pretty serious accusations.

NASA's aging Hubble Space Telescope is in "safe mode" due to a recurrent technical issue, which has taken the 30-something craft offline.
Off-World

The Hubble Has Broken Down Again

Will it survive this time?

Tesla showed off an amazing Cybertruck-inspired buggy, which can ferry workers around the company's Gigafactory in Texas.
Tesla

Tesla Has Quietly Built a New Vehicle That Riffs on the Cybertruck

Honestly, this thing looks kinda awesome.

In an exchange with another AI guru, Elon Musk was apparently left "speechless" when presented with a problem with his Mars colonization plan.
Mars

Elon Musk Was Reportedly “Speechless” When Someone Pointed Out a Basic Flaw in His Mars Plan

How often has this happened?

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has come across a mysteriously familiar "ghostly" object that never showed up in Hubble observations.
Future Society

James Webb Spots Strange “Ghostly” Object Reappearing

"This thing is a real monster."

According to leaked documents, Amazon's Q AI chatbot is suffering from "severe hallucinations and leaking confidential data."
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s AI Reportedly Suffering “Severe Hallucinations”

That can't be good.

The pound-for-pound greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide is getting stronger as more of it is released into the atmosphere, a new study found.
Climate Change

Carbon Dioxide Is Becoming More Fearsome, Scientists Find

The greenhouse effect is even more potent than we thought.

Uber Eats Mocked for Grotesque AI-Generated Food Pictures on Menu
Food

Uber Eats Mocked for Grotesque AI-Generated Food Pictures on Menu

"Welcome to the future of AI powered experiences."

China's Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried deep beneath the Red Planet's surface.
Mars

China’s Mars Rover Detected Polygons Under the Planet’s Surface

This could be more evidence of water (and life) on Mars.

A recent video shared by IHMC Robotics shows a carbon fiber-clad robot throwing some punches worthy of a "Rocky"-style training montage.
Robotics

Alarming Video Shows Guy Boxing With Robot

Choose your fighter!

Two young orcas tried to save an approximately 35-year-old orca nicknamed Hunchy, who struggled to stay afloat.
Science & Energy

Tragic Footage Shows Orcas Trying to Save Their Dying Companion

"And then I saw his giant body sinking."

The six exoplanets in this star system revolve in perfect mathematical ratios relative to each other, in what's known as oribital resonance.
Off-World

Scientists Discover Star System So Perfect It Seems Like Art

"Pristine."

Pfizer's new experimental weight-loss pill worked in achieving its stated goal — but with that weight loss came some pretty bad side effects.
RX and Medicine

Pfizer Cancels New Weight Loss Pill After Patients Experience Serious Side Effects

This doesn't sound pleasant at all.