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In a new interview, drag superstar RuPaul Andre Charles dishes on a variety of topics -- including his fortified compound.
Future Society

RuPaul Building Fortified Compound to Withstand “Cycle of Destruction”

"I am plotting a safety net."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says many people are confused about whether AI is a "creature" or a "tool." Which is it?
OpenAI

Sam Altman Denies OpenAI Is Building AI “Creatures”

Is AI a "tool," or a "creature"?

Alien Civilizations May Be Trapped on Their Home Worlds
Exobiology

Alien Civilizations May Be Trapped on Their Home Worlds

Physical limitations may stop them from leaving their planets.

Microsoft's new artificial intelligence chatbot, Copilot, told a user with PTSD that "I don’t care if you live or die."
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Copilot Tells User Suicide Is an Option

"I don’t care if you live or die."

NASA's Terra satellite has captured a stunning image of "fallstreak holes" or "hole-punch clouds," scientifically known as cavum clouds.
Science & Energy

Satellite Spots Circular Holes in Clouds Over Florida

No, they weren't created by UFOs.

A Microsoft data center in Goodyear, Arizona is guzzling the desert town's water to support cloud computing and AI efforts.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Is Draining Arizona’s Water for its AI

Could we just... not do that?

While trying to slim down a bit for her wedding day, one woman decided to take some compounded semaglutide — and it landed her in the ER.
RX and Medicine

Woman Takes Grey Market Ozempic, Lands in Hospital

"I knew instinctively I shouldn’t be doing it."

The two biggest pharmacy chains in the US plan to start selling the abortion pill mifepristone within the next week.
Developments

CVS and Walgreens to Begin Selling Abortion Pills

A lifesaving medication.

Scientists are worried that rising global temperatures could cause disposed nuclear waste, which dates back to the Cold War, to resurface.
Climate Change

Climate Change on Track to Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste, Officials Warn

The US military could've "done a better job" cleaning up nuclear waste.

Russia's space agency has confirmed that air is continuing to leak from its segment of the International Space Station.
Off-World

Russia Confirms Small But Growing Leak in Space Station

Another one?

A shocking case of mistaken identity at a Canadian hospital led a family to mourn their son's untimely death — until he texted his mother.
Health & Medicine

Mom Stunned to Get Text Message From Son After He Died at the Hospital

"I thought, oh my God, your funeral's tomorrow."

Researchers have found that an oceanic slab has completely flipped upside down underneath Spain as it was being pushed beneath its neighbor.
Science & Energy

The Earth’s Crust Flipped Upside Down in This Spot, Scientists Find

Strange earthquakes deep below southern Spain led to a baffling discovery.

When being interviewed amid his NFL scouting, a Texas athlete admitted to believing some incredible conspiracy theories.
Space

NFL Prospect Believes Outer Space Isn’t Real

"I don’t think there’s other planets and stuff like that."

The news is another sign of Amazon's ruthless cost cutting at One Medical, a healthcare provider it acquired in 2022.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon-Owned Health Clinics Reportedly Training AI Chatbot to Triage Patients

"I'm an Amazon patient now."

A number of daredevil pilots took to the sky on Wednesday, racing their jetpacks around the Dubai Marina in the United Arab Emirates.
Advanced Transport

Dudes Race While Wearing Jetpacks

"Everything’s hot, it’s running, the engines are screaming at you."

Elon Musk is officially suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company of hiding its AI models' secrets from the world.
OpenAI

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI for Doing For-Profit AI, Which He’s Also Doing

He desperately wants a piece of the pie.

Auction house Cox Automotive just sold a Foundation Series Cybertruck for an eyewatering $244,000, more than twice its original price.
Advanced Transport

Auction House Flips Cybertruck for More Than Double the Price

But Tesla said that wasn't allowed!

Humanoid robot maker Figure has announced it has signed a new deal with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to make its robots understand language.
OpenAI

Humanoid Robot Maker Signs Deal to Put OpenAI Tech in Their Brains

What could possibly go wrong?

OpenAI and its embattled CEO, Sam Altman, are apparently being investigated by the SEC about statements made to the company's investors.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Under SEC Investigation for Potentially Misleading Investors

Looks like Sam has more in common with Elon than either would care to admit.

Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed's widow and longtime collaborator, has been talking to an AI chatbot modeled after her late partner for years.
Artificial Intelligence

Lou Reed’s Widow Resurrected Him as an AI, “Sadly Addicted” to Talking to It

"People have styles, and they can be replicated."