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Adult film star Riley Reid has co-founded a new company that allows other personalities to create AI-enabled chatbot versions of themselves.
Artificial Intelligence

Riley Reid Launches Site for Adult Performers to Create AI Versions of Themselves

"I feel like we're gonna be a huge part of AI adapting into our society, because porn is always like that."

A team of scientists say they have found evidence that suggests the Earth's core has slowly been leaking helium over billions of years.
Science & Energy

There Appears to Be a Slow Leak in Earth’s Core, Scientists Say

Fsshhhhhhhh...

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

Prep School Appoints AI Chatbots to Executive Staff Roles

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

Cruise Robotaxis Under Federal Investigation for Endangering Pedestrians

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

Amazing Footage Shows Drone Getting Attacked by a Furious Eagle

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

Lonely Redditors Heartbroken When AI “Soulmate” App Suddenly Shuts Down

"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

Scientists Intercept Signal That Took 8 Billion Years to Reach Earth

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

Instagram Apologizes for Bug that Added “Terrorist” to Palestinian User Bios

"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

Apple Reportedly Ditched Jon Stewart Because They Didn’t Like His Thoughts About AI

"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

Guy Who Stole Billions in Bitcoin Lived a Sad Life

"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

Study Finds That Solar Power Is on Track to Dominate Electric Grids

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

Grim Blades of Energy Could Chop Stars in Half, Scientists Say

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

Scientists Find That Human Workers Get Lazier When Their Teammate Is a Robot

"Teamwork is a mixed blessing."

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

OpenAI Image Generator Draws Pictures of Children Smoking Cigarettes

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

Satellites and Spacecraft Are Polluting the Atmosphere, Scientists Find

"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

Elon Musks Says He Unloaded a Tommy Gun Into a Cybertruck “Al Capone Style”

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

New York Bill Would Require a Background Check for 3D Printers, Like a Gun

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

Madman Sells “Energy Drink” Made From Amazon Delivery Drivers’ Pee… on Amazon

"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

That AI You’re Using Was Trained By Slave Labor, Basically

"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

Music Industry Sues Anthropic for Alleged Theft of Lyrics

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