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According to a new anonymous whistleblower, it may have been Boeing's own lack of quality control that led to the January 5 incident.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Door Scandal Grows With New Whistleblower

It was a "very, very stupid" mistake that "speaks volumes about the quality culture" at Boeing.

OpenAI has responded to the onslaught of AI girlfriends populating its GPT Store — by saying there's not much they can do about it. 
OpenAI

OpenAI Failing to Destroy Contraband AI Girlfriends Flooding GPT Store

Don't tell them about the "Horny widow" chatbot.

The vast network of ancient earthworks in the Amazon, including roads, canals, and cities, are believed to be over 2,000 years old.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Ruins of Ancient Cities in Amazon Jungle

What else could the Amazon be hiding?

A massive NASA jet has been circling at low altitude over the San Joaquin Valley in California this week to study air quality.
Future Society

NASA Aircraft Making Low Passes Over California

"Residents in the areas below will see and hear the aircraft..."

Right before takeoff, Phil Hardy noticed something strange while looking out of the window of the Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330.
Future Society

Flight Canceled When Passenger Looks Out Window, Notices Something Wrong With Wing

Something's missing...

The tool, Nightshade, introduces subtle alterations into an image to confuse AI models and "poison" their training data.
Artificial Intelligence

Software Released to Make Your Original Art Poison AI Models That Scrape It

Protect your art, sabotage the AI models that copy it.

An 11-year-old boy with congenital deafness can now hear sounds after he received groundbreaking gene therapy.
Viruses

Gene Therapy Administered Via Virus Cures Deafness in 11-Year-Old Boy

"There’s no sound I don’t like."

Chinese scientists have opened the deepest and largest underground lab in the world to study dark matter particles.
Dark Matter

China Opens Huge Underground Dark Matter Lab

It's the biggest in history.

AI is still far from achieving human-level intelligence — but some researchers are suggesting that the technology may understand the world.
Artificial Intelligence

Chatbots Are Developing an Understanding of the World, Scientists Claim

"This, to me, is the essence of creativity."

If you give a rat a camera, it will, apparently, take selfies — even if it doesn't get a treat as a reward.
Science & Energy

Amateur Scientist Teaches Rats to Take Selfies

These guys are SO cute.

The comment comes as the HP CEO responds to backlash over the company's practice of bricking printers that use third party ink cartridges.
Future Society

HP CEO Says Goal Is to Make “Printing a Subscription”

Subscribe to print — so HP can print money.

Elon Musk is using a visit to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau to clear his name and promote his social media network.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Visits Auschwitz, Twists Holocaust Into Excuse to Make Money

"Two-thirds of my friends are Jewish."

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the FDA to take action on tianeptine, or the addictive drug better known as "gas station heroin."
Developments

Please Don’t Take This “Gas Station Heroin” Even Though It’s Technically Legal

This stuff is bad. Seriously.

Terrifying footage circulating on social media shows a massive rogue wave hitting a US military base in the Marshall Islands.
Military

Video Shows Huge Wave Smashing Military Base, Blowing Doors of Hinges

Damn!

An online pastor based in Denver, Colorado has been accused of raising nearly $3.2 million as part of a cryptocurrency scam.
Cryptocurrency

Pastor Accused of Crypto Scam Says God Told Him to Do It

"We took God at his word and sold a cryptocurrency with no clear exit."

The former head of the Pentagon's UFO office has admitted that a lot of sightings are likely of this Earth — and top secret. 
Military

Pentagon’s Ex-Alien Hunter Admits a Lot of UFO Sightings Are Secret Military Crafts

"There are a number of advanced technologies that are being commercialized that people don't recognize."

A team of MIT researchers has found that in many instances, replacing human workers with AI is still more expensive than simply paying them.
Future Society

Oops! Replacing Workers With AI Is Actually More Expensive, MIT Finds

Not so fast.

Private space company Sierra Space has blown up its first full-scale inflatable space habitat dubbed LIFE — and it was all part of the plan.
Off-World

Full-Scale Prototype Space Habitat Explodes Under Pressure

Kaboom!

Google Insider Says Bosses Have No Idea What They’re Doing With AI
Google

Google Insider Says Bosses Have No Idea What They’re Doing With AI

"Given that they have no real vision of their own, they really need their subordinates to come up with cool stuff for them."

Someone used Joe Biden's voice to send out robocalls in New Hampshire ahead of the state's primaries encouraging Democrats not to vote.
Artificial Intelligence

Officials Investigating AI-Powered Joe Biden Calling People in New Hampshire

"These messages appear to be an unlawful attempt to disrupt the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Election."