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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."

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?"

Waves off of California's Pacific coast have been getting demonstrably bigger, even in the winter — and they keep hurting coastal communities.
Science & Energy

Surf's up.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was shocked to learn how much it costs to take a three-mile ride in New York City using his company's app.
Advanced Transport

"Oh my god."

Three Tesla owners in California have proposed a class action lawsuit, accusing the EV maker of falsely advertising its vehicles' ranges.
Tesla

These are some serious accusations.

Florida has had a recent surge of leprosy cases and the disease may have become endemic to the state, according to the CDC.
Developments

Leprosy is now endemic in Florida, the CDC is warning.

Kenya claims it is shutting down Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning cryptocurrency within its borders — but Worldcoin has a different take.
Blockchain

"I'm breaking up with you!" "No, I'm breaking up with YOU!"

"Star Trek" legend William Shatner has chimed in, calling recent congressional hearings about UFO reports "ridiculous."
Future Society

"If they were, they would make their presence known."

A Florida sheriff's office is apparently fed up with folks calling them about groups of manatees having group sex in public.
Science & Energy

"If you see this, no you didn't."

Researchers claimed they had created an above-room-temperature superconductor that can operate at ambient pressures. Chaos ensued.
Science & Energy

It's absolute chaos.

A convincing hoax tricked numerous media publications into reporting that Barbie-maker Mattel was to go plastic-free by 2030.
Science & Energy

A whole bunch of prominent media outlets were fooled.

That viral business run by ChatGPT appears to be defunct. But to be fair, despite the AI hype of it all, it never really got off the ground.
OpenAI

The AI hype bubble in action.

An app called Remini claims to use generative AI to show users what their future kids might look like. Security experts wonder if it's safe.
Artificial Intelligence

"The scary thing about this... is how accurate it has been."

The NHTSA is officially investigating reports of Tesla drivers losing steering control and power steering while driving.
Tesla

"Very unsafe and unreliable to drive on highways at high speeds."

It's easy to poke fun at the idea of marijuana addiction. But the addiction can be very real – and the stigma isn't doing addicts any favors.
Developments

"We were sort of laughed out of 12-step spaces."

A vegan influencer seems to have died of starvation-related causes after eating only raw fruits and vegetables for multiple years.
Future Society

This influencer met a tragic end that her loved ones tried to prevent.

A friendly beluga whale who has been suspected of being a Russian spy is looking downright skinny in a recent photo compared to a 2019 image.
Science & Energy

"You can see how much weight he has lost."

Another stone left unbranded in Twitter's disastrous X rebrand: CEO Linda Yaccarino's former username, which was quickly snagged by a troll.
Future Society

"Does anyone know who owns xvideos?"

Artist Greg Rutkowski has made it clear that he doesn't want his art in AI. Someone made a Rutkowski-specific image generator anyway.
Artificial Intelligence

Terrible behavior!

The Ethereum-based token called ApeCoin, linked to the once-coveted Bored Apes NFT collection, dropped to an all-time low on Tuesday.
Cryptocurrency

It's not looking good.