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A British boarding school has recruited two artificial intelligence chatbots to serve as the school's "principal headteacher" and head of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

He wants AI to act as "benevolent servants" to students.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the GM division for reports of its robotaxis hitting pedestrians.
Advanced Transport

Uh oh.

Eagles and drones go together like pie and ice cream — and in a new video, one raptor shows just how awesome its predatory skills really are.
Drones

That poor little drone never saw it coming.

The AI companion app Soulmate suddenly shut down in September, leaving users with only a week left to talk to their digital lovers.
Artificial Intelligence

"I cried that entire night."

The signal is know as a fast radio burst (FRB), and it is the oldest and most powerful of its kind ever detected.
Off-World

And the Sun is no match for its power.

Instagram's translation algorithm seems to have wrongfully changed user mentions of Palestine in profiles to include the word "terrorist."
Future Society

"Not sure what would justify [this]."

Apple executives gave John Stewart an ultimatum: cede creative control, give up those issues, or "The Problem" gets cancelled.
Artificial Intelligence

"The Problem With Jon Stewart" has abruptly ended.

A Bitcoin "OG" who stole crypto a decade ago spent lavishly but secretly lived a very sad and lonely life before he was caught. 
Bitcoin

"Jimmy wanted to be loved. Jimmy wanted friends."

Solar power is set to become the dominant energy source in the world by 2050, surpassing even fossil fuels if current trends continue.
Solar Power

But the sun doesn't always shine everyday.

New York University scientists say that forces within neutron stars can slice through the star itself and send out intense gamma-ray bursts.
From Quarks to Quasars

Like a large melon slicing itself.

Don't get too used to having a robot colleague at work. You might start screwing up without even realizing it.
Robotics

"Teamwork is a mixed blessing."

Behold, the transformational power of generative AI technology: generating photorealistic images of lil' tykes gleefully smoking cigs.
OpenAI

The future's here, kids!

Metals from spacecraft that are supposed to safely burn up in the atmosphere are staying there and potentially affecting the ozone.
Off-World

"The Space Age has released human-made materials in what we consider a pristine area of the atmosphere."

The Cybertruck apparently held up admirably after being riddled with dozens of bullets, according to Musk.
Elon Musk

Is he being serious?

A proposed New York State bill would require a background check to buy a 3D printer, in an effort to crackdown on 3D printed ghost guns.
3D Printing

Want a 3D printer? Get a background check.

A documentarian once dubbed "the Donald Trump of TripAdvisor" collected bottles of Amazon driver urine and resold them...on Amazon.
Future Society

"I couldn’t have predicted how easy it would be."

AI has a very dirty secret: that the people hired to train it are making literal pennies on the dollar, which is tantamount to slave labor.
Artificial Intelligence

"In my point of view, it is digital slavery."

Universal Music Group and several other record labels have accused Anthropic of stealing their lyrics to train its chatbot Claude 2.
Anthropic

"This copyrighted material is not free for the taking simply because it can be found on the internet."

Federal regulators grounded Starship after its failed orbital flight test. SpaceX is annoyed it still hasn't gotten permission to fly again.
Advanced Transport

Those darn regulations.

A one-time Fugees rap group member claims that his attorney fumbled his conspiracy trial because he used artificial intelligence.  
Artificial Intelligence

There's absolutely nothing normal about anything in this situation.