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OpenAI's on-again CEO Sam Altman is back with a vengeance — but not, apparently, when it comes to cofounder Ilya Sutskever.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says He Has “Zero Ill Will” Toward Guy Who Shanked Him

What happens next is anyone's guess.

SpaceX rockets are tearing huge holes in the Earth's atmosphere as they make their return to the surface, triggering "SpaceX auroras."
SpaceX

Scientists Warn That SpaceX Launches Are Tearing Small Holes in the Sky

Scientists are baffled by the red "auroras" left behind by returning SpaceX rockets.

New documentation included in an update for Tesla's iOS app suggests the Cybertruck will have an outdoor camping attachment.
Advanced Transport

Leak Shows Camping Shelter That Hooks Onto Cybertruck

This looks rad as hell.

Viral photos on both sides of the Isreal-Hamas conflict have been revealed to be AI fakes — and the problem is only going to get worse
Artificial Intelligence

Viral Images of Dead Infants in Israel-Gaza War Are AI Fakes, Experts Say

"It’s going to get worse — a lot worse — before it gets better."

During an event this week, X owner Elon Musk threw a tantrum, addressing his antisemitic comments, and the ensuing flood of criticism.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Throws Epic Tantrum On Stage

"Actually watching this all the way through and it's kind of... disturbing?"

General Motors has lost billions of dollars on Cruise, which has received intense scrutiny from state and federal regulators this year.
Advanced Transport

General Motors to Slash Spending on Robotaxis After Disastrous Year

It was inevitable.

Harvard professor Avi Loeb is headed back to Papua New Guinea to find fragments of a meteor that he thinks was actually an alien probe.
Exobiology

Harvard Scientist Planning New Expedition to Hunt for Bigger Chunks of Possible Alien Spacecraft

"That’s what led me originally to suspect maybe it’s a spacecraft..."

In his latest grim forecast, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that there aren't enough guardrails to stop AI from doing catastrophic harm.
Google

Former Google CEO Warns AI Could Endanger Humanity Within Five Years

"After Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it took 18 years to get to a treaty over test bans and things like that."

Plex, which earned its rep as a way to stream your own media, added a new feature that shares what users watch, often without them knowing.
Future Society

Users Horrified as Streaming Service Tells Friends and Family What They’re Watching

"One of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff… and I am 100 percent sure they would be mortified to know that I know this."

We've known about OpenAi's secretive next-gen AI called Q* or six days now and the company has since refused to comment on the matter.
OpenAI

OpenAI Refuses to Comment on Secretive Q* AI

What's OpenAI hiding?

The first-of-its-kind geothermal plant will power Google's nearby data centers and could kick start a new phase of geothermal energy.
Geothermal

Google Fires Up Experimental New Geothermal Plant

Geothermal power is heating up.

Benzinga published an interview with with rapper and cannabis entrepreneur Gilbert Anthony "Berner" Milam, Jr. which was entirely fabricated.
Artificial Intelligence

Benzinga Retracts “Interview” With Rapper That Was Allegedly AI-Generated

"Not one word is mine."

As Fortune reports, Elon Musk's Boring Company has only completed a measly 2.4 miles of operational tunnels in its seven-year existence.
Elon Musk

In Seven Years, Elon Musk’s Boring Company Has Only Drilled 2.4 Miles of Tunnel

Did Elon get... bored?

At more than triple the size of New York City, the world's largest current iceberg is on the move — and scientists don't know why.
Science & Energy

The Word’s Largest Iceberg Is on the Move

It's triple the size of New York City -- and taller than the Empire State Building.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed plans for a more efficient and more powerful Version 2 of the company's Starship rocket.
Starship

Elon Musk Unveils Plans for Next Version of Starship

It's gonna have some key upgrades.

Saudi Arabia is publicly committed to cutting carbon emissions, but it has plans to push developing countries to use its oil and gas exports.
Climate Change

Saudi Arabia Apparently Scheming to Get Poor Countries Addicted to Oil

The oil must flow.

A French startup signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency to build the "first permanent outpost on the Moon."
Moon

This Multi-Purpose Moon Habitat Looks Cool as Hell

"Named the Multi-Purpose Habitat (MPH), it aims be the first permanent outpost on the Moon."

OpenAI may have just been beaten to the punch when it comes to AI naming rights by Microsoft's cloud computing division.
OpenAI

Amazon Launches Chatbot With Almost Same Name as OpenAI’s Controversial Secret AI

Well, this is awkward.

Generative AI has now made it possible to turn any image into a video — and naturally, people are shoving memes into the machine.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Animating Popular Memes With AI to Horrific Effect

These are going viral for all the wrong reasons.

A team of researchers at Facebook's parent company Meta has come up with a new benchmark to gauge the intelligence of AI.
Meta

Facebook Researchers Test AI’s Intelligence and Find It Is Unfortunately Quite Stupid

In a new intelligence test, AI got *destroyed* by humans.