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OpenAI and its embattled CEO, Sam Altman, are apparently being investigated by the SEC about statements made to the company's investors.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Under SEC Investigation for Potentially Misleading Investors

Looks like Sam has more in common with Elon than either would care to admit.

Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed's widow and longtime collaborator, has been talking to an AI chatbot modeled after her late partner for years.
Artificial Intelligence

Lou Reed’s Widow Resurrected Him as an AI, “Sadly Addicted” to Talking to It

"People have styles, and they can be replicated."

Oprah Winfrey is leaving Weight Watchers after nearly a decade — and after admitting in recent months that she'd used weight loss drugs.
Health & Medicine

Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Admitting She Took Weight Loss Meds

She didn't say which ones she'd taken, but she previously name-dropped Ozempic.

Space startup Varda Space Industries has shared a gorgeous video of one of its space capsules blasting through the Earth's atmosphere.
Off-World

This Footage of a Capsule Returning to Earth Is a Low Key Sci-Fi Masterpiece

It's a gorgeous clip.

Apple struggled to build its high tech car, burning billions of dollars while constantly changing its project's direction.
Advanced Transport

Apple’s Failed Car Was a Disaster Behind the Scenes

Doomed from the start.

A group of government scientists are suggesting a strategy to literally dehydrate the stratosphere to help cool the planet.
Climate Change

Government Scientists Propose Plan to Dry Out the Stratosphere

There are a lot of caveats here.

One recently shared image shows damage taken by NASA's Moon lander, with stripped pieces littering the lunar surface behind it.
Moon

New Photos Show Catastrophic Damage to NASA’s Moon Lander

That must've hurt.

Microsoft has responded to claims about Copilot's "SupremacyAGI" alter ego by admitting that it's an "exploit, not a feature."
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Says Copilot’s Alternate Personality as a Godlike and Vengeful AGI Is an “Exploit, Not a Feature”

"We have implemented additional precautions and are investigating."

Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a “Generally Reliable” Source After AI Scandal
Artificial Intelligence

Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a “Generally Reliable” Source After AI Scandal

"It's infuriating that Red Ventures' decisions have undermined the quality work done by CNET's writers, editors and producers."

Here's why the recent Willy Wonka Experience disaster in Glasgow was AI's Fyre Festival.
Artificial Intelligence

The Wonka Experience Disaster Was AI’s Fyre Fest

"They tried to Fyre Fest Willy Wonka."

As last year's record-breaking ocean temperatures cease to slow down, warming waters around the globe continue to alarm scientists.
Climate Change

Scientists Alarmed by Spike in Ocean Temperatures

"It's just astonishing. Like, it doesn't seem real."

Toyota engineers have created an ingenious air filter that can capture carbon dioxide from internal combustion engines in cars.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Testing Car That Sucks CO2 Out of the Atmosphere While It Drives

Okay, that's a pretty cool idea.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an unusual "extremely red" supermassive black hole billions of light-years away.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots “Extremely Red” Black Hole

It's absolutely massive.

Bad news, stoners. New research suggests that any cannabis use is linked to increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.
Studies

Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Bad news, stoners.

Researchers have come up with an optical storage device that has the same shape and size as a DVD, but can store 1.6 petabits of data.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create DVD-Shaped Disc That Can Hold More Movies Than You Could See in Your Entire Life

It could be a game changer in data centers.

Google is paying publishers to test an AI tool that generates news — by reportedly gobbling up and regurgitating already-published news.
Google

Google Quietly Paying Journalists to Generate Articles Using Unreleased AI

Google, Google, Google...

The company that organized the Willy Wonka experience used AI to generate marketing and even the scripts for actors.
Artificial Intelligence

Actor at Willy Wonka Disaster Says Even the Script Was AI-Generated

"The Unknown is an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls."

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is furious after his company's Gemini AI spat out unexplainable pictures of racially diverse Nazis.
Google

Google CEO Admits Its AI Totally Screwed Up

"To be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong."

Astronomers have discovered that a white dwarf star bears a never before seen metal "scar" near one of its magnetic poles.
Off-World

Dead Star Has Visible Scar After Devouring Chunk of Planet

"Nothing like this has been seen before."

Scientists Scanning Beautiful Star System for Signs of Alien Tech
Off-World

Scientists Scanning Beautiful Star System for Signs of Alien Tech

"Our technology in our own solar system has spread outside the habitable zone."