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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to Twitter to express his concern that AI might meddle with elections and the democratic process.
OpenAI

"Personalized 1:1 persuasion, combined with high-quality generated media, is going to be a powerful force."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There's a ton of bizarrely-bright light shooting out of the Sun — and it's been happening for years right under our noses. 
Off-World

"It's making us see things in a different light. Literally."

By Noor Al-Sibai

At nearly 70 degrees, the ocean has hit its highest recorded temperature in history — and scientists say it's only likely to continue to rise.
Climate Change

"We are putting oceans under more stress than we have done at any point in history."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Why build sophisticated rockets to get payloads into orbit, when you could simply build dumb and loud concrete tubes instead?
Off-World

"You've got to get a system that is designed to be as dumb as hell."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

MIT researchers have figured out a way to create a supercapacitor simply by mixing cement, and a fine charcoal product called carbon black.
Energy

This "fascinating" material could power your entire house.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA was supposed to help OceanGate design key parts of the Titan submersible — but the agency really wants you to know that it didn't.
Advanced Transport

NASA really did not want that heat.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The record shattering high temperatures has proven to be too much for even seasoned desert-dwelling saguaro cactuses.
Climate Change

Extreme heat's most innocent victims.

By Frank Landymore

Lil Wayne has joined the ranks of artists who've weighed in on AI — and his take is as witty, individual, and potty-mouthed as his rhymes.
Artificial Intelligence

"I would love to see that thing try to duplicate this motherf*ker."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Four former ChatGPT content moderators have filed a petition for an investigation into the OpenAI-contracted moderation firm Sama.
OpenAI

"It has destroyed me completely."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a test broadcast of the Twitter Live feature, Elon Musk decided to whip out his guns and spontaneously curl a dumbbell.
Elon Musk

"Oh my God."

By Frank Landymore

Henrietta Lacks' family has won a settlement from Thermo Fisher Scientific, the biotech firm that made billions by selling Lacks' cells.
Gene Editing

“If we can get justice for Henrietta Lacks, maybe we can start to tear down the layers of medical racism that exist even to this day."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A professor at the University of Virginia claims to have created a "freeze ray"-like device that was apparently inspired by Mr. Freeze.
Robots and Machines

Eat your heart out, Mr. Freeze.

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of stars, one red dwarf, one brown dwarf, both of notable sizes small and large, have one of the tightest orbits ever spotted.
Off-World

That's tight.

By Frank Landymore

The domain AI.com once took users to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Now, it's apparently changed hands, and redirects to Elon Musk's AI project, xAI.
OpenAI

AI.com changes owners yet again.

By Frank Landymore

Background actors recall how they were scanned with little heads up, fearing that their digitized selves will be used by studios without pay.
Artificial Intelligence

"Look this way. Look that way. Let us see your scared face. Let us see your surprised face."

By Frank Landymore

During a recent interview, rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube pulled no punches while trashing the use of AI in music.
Artificial Intelligence

Tell us how you really feel, Cube.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Throw out those serums and scrubs because, as it turns out, lifting weights may be enough to improve your skin.
Developments

New skincare hack just dropped.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have created a glass that uses DNA as its skeleton that far outclasses steel in strength and weight — at the nano-scale, at least.
Science & Energy

"For the given density, our material is the strongest known."

By Frank Landymore

Chatbot defamation cases continue to rise, as Meta's Blenderbot3 accused Stanford cybersecurity expert Marietje Schaake of being a terrorist.
Artificial Intelligence

"I've never done anything remotely illegal."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Priscilla Chan is not at all pleased that her husband, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has built a fighting ring in their backyard.
Meta

"Did you see the octagon I put in the backyard?"

By Noor Al-Sibai