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OpenAI's first DevDay was jam-packed with updates and announcements. But according to CEO Sam Altman, we've yet to scratch the AI surface.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says What OpenAI’s Secretly Working on Will Make Today’s AI Seem “Quaint”

Fasten your seatbelts.

A team of researchers at Kyoto University has constructed a satellite made out of wood — and it's almost ready to fly into space.
NASA

NASA Getting Ready to Launch Wooden Satellite

Is the future... wood?

Software engineer Julian Joseph applied to 5,000 jobs using an AI tool called LazyApply. He got 20 interviews.
Artificial Intelligence

Unemployed Man Uses AI to Apply for 5,000 Jobs, Gets 20 Interviews

"I see it as taking back some of the power that’s been ceded to the companies over the years."

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An orca pod has once again attacked and sank a boat off the Strait of Gibraltar, adding to the growing list of similar incidents.
Science & Energy

Orcas Strike Again, Sinking Another Yacht

They're back at it again, folks.

Studies have found that older adults, who use marijuana every day were far more likely to develop heart attacks or strokes when hospitalized.
Studies

Marijuana Use Linked to Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes

Yikes.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot dubbed "Grok" will be a far more crass and dad joke-prone chatbot compared to other AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk’s New Chatbot Is Astoundingly Vulgar

Is this what you wanted?

An industry group of sleep doctors is renewing its plea for Daylight Savings Time to be abolished, saying it's harmful to public health. 
Developments

Doctors Call for Eliminating Daylight Savings Time

"Daylight saving time increases risks to our physical health, mental well-being, and public safety."

After a decade of drone dreams, Amazon's "Prime Air" drone delivery service seems to still be barely functional.
Drones

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Is a Dismal Failure That Can Only Carry a Single Can of Soup

It hasn't been a revolution in delivery tech, that's for sure.

An Asian fashion model is clapping back against the use of AI to make her look white in photos from a recent runway show.
Artificial Intelligence

Asian Runway Model Says AI Was Used to Make Her Look White

"It's very dehumanizing."

Earlier this year, Polish drinks company Dictador announced that it had anointed an AI-powered robot called Mika as its "experimental CEO."
Robotics

Company Appoints AI-Powered Robot as CEO

"I don't really have weekends."

Natalie Tien, Sam Bankman-Fried's former assistant, is defending her old boss — but is also wondering if it's just Stockholm syndrome.
Blockchain

SBF’s Former Assistant Says He Was Like a Little Boy Who Made a Huge Mistake

"And I just feel like it was watching a kid do something that went really wrong."

Microsoft's Xbox division has partnered with Inworld AI, a Silicon Valley-based company, to collaborate on AI NPCs.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Working on AI-Powered NPCs for Xbox Games

It's like ChatGPT, but for the innkeeper, who's about to send you on an epic side quest.

To raise some much-needed money, the site formerly known as Twitter is apparently moving forward with plans to sell off inactive usernames. 
Future Society

Twitter Desperately Trying to Sell Off Inactive Usernames

And it won't be cheap, either.

After attending a Bored Ape-themed party in Hong Kong, some of the partygoers' eyes started mysteriously burning.
Future Society

People Say Their Eyes Are Burning After Attending a Bored Ape Event

"Please go get your eyes checked immediately."

Scientists developed a robotic technique to make people who have no history of mental illness hallucinate voices that are not there.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say This Weird Robot Can Make You Hear Voices That Don’t Exist

We personally are not trying to get poked by the hallucination-bot.

An easy to use handheld device called the Flipper Zero can potentially wreak havoc on anything using wireless communications like Bluetooth.
Future Society

Devious Device Can Crash People’s iPhones Just by Being Near Them

The only defense: disabling Bluetooth.

Pilots Testing Electric Airplane Say It’s Weirdly Quiet
Advanced Transport

Pilots Testing Electric Airplane Say It’s Weirdly Quiet

"We can literally take the helmets off in the aircraft and just talk to one another.”

A new paper suggests that marathon runners' bodies might turn to the myelin sheath as a mid-race energy source.
Neuroscience and Brain

Marathon Runners’ Bodies Appear to Be Devouring Brain Tissue, Scientists Say

Marathoners' bodies might be tapping into an unlikely energy source.

The Chinese government is pushing mass production of humanoid robots — and apparently wants it done in the next few years.
Robotics

Chinese Government Wants Mass Production of Humanoid Robots By 2025

And they want the robots to have...brains.