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It sounds like Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, did something interesting last year: he asked Scarlett Johansson for consent.
Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman Ignoring Scarlett Johansson’s Lack of Consent Shows Us Exactly What Type of Person He Really Is

He just took the mask off.

By Jon Christian

The Thwaites or "doomsday" glacier is in even more danger than once believed, says a new study, because warm water reaching its underbelly.
Climate Change

Warm Water Rushing Under “Doomsday Glacier,” Scientists Warn

"Doomsday" may be closer than we thought.

By Frank Landymore

Microsoft has just unveiled a Windows feature to help users "recall" all their past activities by recording everything they do in real time. 
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Announces Feature That Records Everything You Do on Your Computer for AI

Why would anyone even want this?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of researchers has discovered two underground structures located below a cemetery on the west side of the Great Pyramid.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect “Anomaly” Underground Near Great Pyramid

The mysteries of the pyramids just got deeper.

By Frank Landymore

A Boeing jet experienced such major turbulence in a recent flight that one passenger died and dozens more were injured.
Future Society

Turbulence Kills Passenger on Boeing Jet, Puts Seven in Critical Condition

More bad news for Boeing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Palantir's recent AI and defense expo sounds like it was an Orwellian nightmare fever dream to end all other military-industrial conferences.
Military

Palantir’s Military AI Tech Conference Sounds Absolutely Terrifying

"We are the peace activists," says billionaire military contractor.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

OpenAI allegedly asked Scarlett Johansson if it could use her voice for the latest ChatGPT update — and then pushed on without her consent.
OpenAI

Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Asked to Use Her Voice for ChatGPT, and When She Said No They Did It Anyway

"I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google's AI search wants you to change your car's "blinker fluid." No, dear reader: blinker fluid does not exist.
Google

Google’s Search AI Recommends Changing Your Car’s Blinker Fluid, Which Is a Made Up Thing That Does Not Exist

We'll miss you, internet.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Avram Piltch, editor-in-chief of Tom's Hardware, cooked up a new Chrome extension that can block Google's new feature AI Overviews.
Google

How to Block Google’s Annoying AI Answers With This Cool Browser Plugin

Are you sick of Google's AI Overviews?

By Sharon Adarlo

Jeff Horwitz, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has developed an immunity to poison oak after eating the leaves in smoothies.
Health & Medicine

Man Drinks Poison Oak Smoothies in Bid to Develop Resistance

You won't believe what happened next.

By Sharon Adarlo

Geoffrey Hinton fears that we aren't doing enough to ensure the safe development of AI, with military applications posing the biggest threat.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Says There’s an Expert Consensus AI Will Soon Exceed Human Intelligence

There's also a "significant chance" that AI will take control, he says.

By Frank Landymore

No ifs, ands, or nuts about it — microplastics are everywhere, including in every human testicle tested for a new study.
Studies

Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle

This bodes very poorly.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.
Off-World

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A data training failure has resulted in OpenAI's new GPT-4o model spitting out spam and porn-littered Chinese-language responses.
OpenAI

The New ChatGPT Has a Huge Problem in Chinese

"I just don't think they did the work in this case."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The accused, 41-year-old Corey Cohee, allegedly stole the Cybertruck but was quickly located by cops using the vehicle's tracking app.
Future Society

Man Steals Cybertruck, Leads Cops on World’s Lamest Car Chase

Magnificently dumb.

By Frank Landymore

Amid recurring rounds of layoffs, Tesla workers are dreading their own terminations — and it's unclear when the cuts are going to end.
Tesla

Tesla Employees “Walking on Eggshells” as Furious Musk Continues Layoffs

"Is it too much to ask for a company to hold some accountability and put an end to the uncertainty?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite issues manifesting in its first implantee, the FDA has given Neuralink the green light to implant a brain chip in a second patient.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Jamming Wires Deeper Into Second Patient’s Brain

Move fast and break brains.

By Noor Al-Sibai

When the Blue Origin space capsule touched down on Earth after a flight to the edge of space, it landed in a thicket of bushes.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Astronauts Trapped by Foliage After Capsule Touchdown

It was an "Unexpected Foliage Contingency."

By Sharon Adarlo

The latest ChatGPT update drew comparisons to the film "Her" which stars Johansson, but OpenAI insists it didn't mean to imitate the actress.
OpenAI

OpenAI Removing Voice From ChatGPT That Sounds Too Much Like Scarlett Johansson

An admission of guilt? OpenAI says no.

By Frank Landymore

If you search the words "how to edge" on Google, the words "in class" are recommended as the top autocomplete suggestion.
Developments

Google’s Top Autocomplete Suggestion for “How to Edge” Is Wild

Please don't try this at home (or at school, for that matter).

By Noor Al-Sibai