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The human members of the Sports Illustrated Union have made their feelings about the Arena Group's fake writer-penned content clear.
Artificial Intelligence

Sports Illustrated Union Says It’s “Horrified” by Publication of AI-Generated Writers

"We demand the company commit to adhering to basic journalistic standards, including not publishing computer-written stories by fake people."

Avocado bloody.
Environment

Millennials’ Avocado Habit Is Killing Mexico’s Forests

“The avocados you’re eating in the United States are bathed in blood."

Researchers simulated what would happen if a rogue star were to come within 100 astronomical units of the Sun.
Off-World

Scientists Study What Would Happen If a Rogue Star Crashed Through Our Solar System

There's good news and bad news.

If you're in trouble over cosigning a bigoted conspiracy theorist, posting and deleting a Pizzagate meme is probably not the best look.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Posts and Then Deletes Idiotic Pizzagate Meme

Did someone talk some sense into him?

After Sports Illustrated tried to deny articles were written by AI, people have been criticizing the publication.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Absolutely Roasting Sports Illustrated’s Ridiculous Excuse for Its AI-Generated Writers

"Too stupid to even contemplate."

In yet another potential triumph for the popular weight loss drug, scientists have found that semaglutide may be able to help alcoholics.
Studies

Scientists Say Semaglutide Appears to Help Alcoholics, Too

This is honestly fascinating.

An organizer of a developer conference has been accused of coming up with fake female speakers — AI-generated headshots and all.
Artificial Intelligence

Tech Conference Canceled After Using AI to Generate Fake Women Speakers

"This is damaging to all women in tech, even the ones that have nothing to do with the conference."

Entrepreneurs are hellbent on making a buck by repurposing existing content, laundering it through an AI, and passing it off as their own.
Artificial Intelligence

Guy Brags About “Stealing” Millions of Pageviews by Rewriting Competitors’ Articles Using AI

"And you're proud of this? Pumping garbage to get to the top of the trash heap?"

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was best known for his cover of Judy Garland's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" — but now, AI has gotten to him, too.
Google

The Top Google Image for Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Is AI-Generated

An insult to his beautiful rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

A newly-shared video showcases the soon-to-be-released Tesla Cybertruck's suspension-shifting "wake-up" sequence, complete with a light show.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck Stands Up Like a Camel When You Turn It On

That's something, we guess!

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns the largest yacht in the world — and it's so massive, it has to be docked next to oil tankers down in Florida.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos’ Superyacht Is So Gigantic It Needs to Be Docked Next to Oil Tankers

And that's not the only huge problem with this boat, either.

A Spanish model agency created an AI model called Aitana, who is netting the company up to $11,000 a month.
Artificial Intelligence

Creators of Fake Influencer Say She’s Generating $11,000/Month

A well-known actor apparently slid into her DMs, not realizing she "didn't exist."

Scientists detected an extremely high-energy cosmic ray beaming from outer space — which confusingly came from nowhere in particular.
Off-World

Scientists Puzzled by High Energy Signal Coming From Seemingly Empty Space

"There was nothing."

Cybertrucks are finally being shipped out this week — and coincidentally, one's been spotted getting towed in San Francisco.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Spotted Getting Towed in San Francisco

With a ticket fluttering under its single gigantic windshield wiper.

There's a good chance Tesla's Cybertruck will require owners to polish their vehicles to maintain some semblance of evenness.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Owners May Need to Sand Them Down

Talk about high maintenance.

There's no need to freak out about that surge in respiratory viruses in China, according to both China and the WHO.
Developments

China Says Surge of Illness Not Caused by New Virus

"This is not an indication of a novel pathogen."

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
Artificial Intelligence

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

We asked them about it — and they deleted everything.

Some OpenAI leaders reportedly may have gotten spooked by a powerful new AI the company was working on called Q star.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Chaos Linked to Super Powerful New AI It Secretly Built

OpenAI's latest AI could represent a "tremendous leap" forward.

New research reveals that a shocking amount of caviar products from Europe are illegal, some of it not even actual caviar.
Science & Energy

Scientists Test “Caviar,” Alarmed by What They Find

Bad news for sturgeons.

New research suggests that there are regions on Mercury that may have the right conditions for biological life to survive.
Off-World

Scientists Say There May Be Life Under Mercury’s Salt Glaciers

These pockets "might be more hospitable" than Mercury's harsh surface.