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A Wyoming man wants an AI named VIC to be on Cheyenne's mayoral ballot. Authorities in the state are questioning the AI's legality.
Artificial Intelligence

Authorities Investigating AI Running for Mayor in Wyoming

"Wyoming law will decide the matter."

Stable Diffusion 3 is here — and if you want to generate an image of a person, maybe expect an output resembling human appendage soup.
Artificial Intelligence

The New Stable Diffusion Is Producing Horrific Mangled Human Bodies

Stable Diffusion is here, and it's freaky.

Eight former employees have sued SpaceX and Elon Musk, claiming they were illegally fired for raising concerns over sexual harassment.
Elon Musk

Former Employees Sue SpaceX, Saying They Were Fired for Objecting to Elon Musk’s “Grotesque Sexual Banter”

Something's got to give.

In a new Washington Post interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted that he's not "100 percent" sure the company's AI will stop lying.
Artificial Intelligence

Tim Cook Admits Apple May Never Be Able to Make Its AI Stop Lying

"I would never claim that it’s 100 percent."

New research suggests that there may be a link between tattoos and cancer. But the findings have proved controversial.
Cancer

New Research Links Tattoos to Developing Cancer

Worrisome — but controversial.

Troubleshooter, a popular turn-based RPG, wanted to introduce a dating feature — but the people making it don't have no experience.
Future Society

Game Developer Says Team Can’t Add Dating Feature Because Team Has No “Real Life” Romance Experience

"It's a feature that a lot of people wanted."

Several yellow bananas on a sky blue background. Image via Getty.
Future Society

Banana Seller Chiquita Found Liable for Numerous Violent Deaths

Yep, you read that right.

Researchers suggest we should hunt for an ultralight dark matter candidate in the Earth's ionosphere, a "long shot."
Science & Energy

The Earth May Be Swimming Through Dark Matter, Scientists Say

It's an intriguing theory.

A Human Rights Watch report reveals that the popular LAOIN-5B image-text dataset includes traceable, web-scraped images of real kids.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Being Trained on Images of Real Kids Without Consent

"Any child who has any photo or video of themselves online is now at risk."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had sex with an ex-intern several years ago, in addition to having inappropriate interactions with women employees.
SpaceX

Elon Musk Reportedly Had Sex With SpaceX Intern

A stunningly inappropriate workplace relationship.

NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside of the ISS to see if microorganisms that were attached to the exterior survived.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Checking Exterior of Space Station for Living Organisms

There's a good chance they'll find survivors.

Billionaire Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Musk didn't say why, but it's hard to see why he wouldn't.
OpenAI

Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI After It Releases Emails Showing He Was Totally on Board With What He’s Now Criticizing

Nevermind!

Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax. Meanwhile, MAGA supporters are getting hospitalized by global warming-induced heat at rallies.
Climate Change

Fans of Donald Trump, Who Thinks Climate Change Is a Hoax, Hospitalized by Heat at Trump Rallies

“You know what? It's worth it."

One of the aperture doors covering one of the XRISM space telescope's particle-detecting instrument called Resolve has remained jammed.
Off-World

Door Is Jammed on Expensive Space Telescope, Blocking Its View of Space

Scientists are "absolutely gutted."

Bpoeing has discovered five different helium leaks on its Starliner spacecraft while docked to the International Space Station.
Boeing

Boeing Starliner Stuck on Space Station as More Leaks Discovered

Even more delays.

In a new study, researchers from the University of Utah took an analytical look at the theory of nominative determinism.
Studies

Study Finds Fascinating Link Between First Letter of Your First Name and the Trajectory of Your Life

What's in a name?

Researchers have come up with a new way to store energy inside a modified concrete, a potential solution to a growing energy storage problem.
Energy

New Concrete That Stores Electricity Could Turn Whole Homes Into Batteries

"If it can be scaled up, the technology can help solve an important issue — the storing of renewable energy."

Researchers have found microplastics in all 40 semen samples taken from healthy men, highlighting a need to study effects on reproduction.
Studies

Scientists Found Microplastics in Every Human Semen Sample They Examined

This is not good.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's speech at Trump's Vegas rally included some soundbite-packed word salad about gas prices for... electric vehicles?
Advanced Transport

Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked for Saying the Gas Prices for Electric Cars Are Too High

"You can't make this crap up."

Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi is predicting that shareholders likely won't vote in favor of approving Tesla CEO Elon Musk's pay package.
Elon Musk

Analyst Predicts Tesla Shareholders Are Going to Vote Down Elon Musk’s Gigantic Pay Package This Week

"This pay package is ridiculous."