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It turns out that former President Barack Obama had a heavy hand in crafting current President Joe Biden's AI framework.
Artificial Intelligence

Obama Has Secretly Been Working on AI for Biden

Biden's former boss is worried about AI, too.

In a lengthy post on X-formerly-Twitter, AI godfater Yann LeCun argued that extremely wealthy CEOs taking control over the future of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Warns That Powerful Companies Are Seizing Control of It

It's a real threat.

During a Thursday spacewalk outside of the International Space Station, two NASA astronauts lost an entire bag of tools.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Accidentally Lose Tool Bag During Space Walk

NASA is calling it an "orbital oopsy."

The founder and two top executives of the meme coin SafeMoon have been accused of pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars in customer funds.
Blockchain

Execs of Top Meme Coin Charged With Spending Customers’ Money on Luxury Cars

"Instead of rewarding their clients as promised, their insatiable greed led them to spend millions of dollars on their own lavish desires."

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is set to release its first AI model to a select group of users as soon as Saturday.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Is About to Release His First AI

We can't wait to take Musk's "maximum truth-seeking AI" for a spin.

Parents and local officials are unsure how to handle AI-generated nudes of teen girls that boys began circulating at a NJ high school.
Artificial Intelligence

Police Investigating AI-Generated Nudes of New Jersey High Schoolers

"You’d never think one of your classmates would violate you like this."

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven counts in his fraud trial — and he's now facing a huge prison sentence.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried Is Facing 110 Years in Prison

"This kind of fraud, this kind of corruption, is as old as time."

Elon Musk predicted last year that due to Bankman-Fried's donations to the Democratic party, there would be "no investigation." Wrong.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Was Staggeringly Wrong About Sam Bankman-Fried

Zero points.

It appears that until recently, Fox News host Laura Ingraham did not know that the James Webb Space Telescope existed.
James Webb Space Telescope

Fox News Host Tries to Mock Biden By Claiming Webb Telescope Isn’t Real

"I don't understand."

Hollywood actor Scarlett Johanson is suing an AI app developer for stealing her voice and likeness for an online ad.
Artificial Intelligence

Scarlett Johansson Taking Legal Action Against AI App for Cloning Her Voice Without Permission

This definitely isn't the AI in "Her."

Microsoft has been using MSN to distribute misleading and oftentimes incomprehensible garbage to hundreds of millions of readers per month.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Shamelessly Pumping Internet Full of Garbage AI-Generated “News” Articles

The company pumps out trash-tier AI content, then waits until it's called out publicly to quietly delete it and move onto the next trainwreck.

Colorado-based space startup Sierra Space has made considerable progress on its Dream Chaser spaceplane and is almost ready for flight.
NASA

Dream Chaser Spaceplane Ready for NASA Tests

"We’re almost done with everything."

Software giant Adobe has been caught selling AI-generated images of the Israel-Hamas war, as spotted by Australian news outlet Crikey.
Artificial Intelligence

Adobe Caught Selling AI-Generated Images of Israel-Palestine Violence

Yikes.

As part of his vision for turning Twitter into an "everything app," billionaire Elon Musk says he wants to launch dating features.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Wants to Turn Twitter Into a Dating App

"I think we might be able to improve the dating situation."

More than 50 years after their breakup, The Beatles have released their final song — and used AI to bring John Lennon's voice back to life.
Artificial Intelligence

The Beatles Just Released Their Final Song That Resurrects John Lennon’s Voice With AI

A long and winding road indeed!

Researchers have created the robotic equivalent of a seeing-eye dog for the visually impaired which responds to leash tugs.
Robot Dogs

Scientists Create Robotic Seeing Eye Dog

It can even respond to tugging at the leash.

The Guardian wants answers after Microsoft ran a gross AI poll next to one of its articles about a woman found dead in Australia.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Runs Ghoulish AI Poll Next to Article About a Dead Woman

"This is clearly an inappropriate use of [generative AI] by Microsoft on a potentially distressing public interest story..."

During his last day of testimony, Sam Bankman-Fried claimed he didn't ask too many questions about that $8 billion that went missing.
Blockchain

SBF Was Apparently Told to “Stop Asking Questions” About Where $8 Billion Went

"So it’s your testimony that your supervisees told you to stop asking questions?"

Bolstering future deep space ambitions, Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station showed off their space-cultivated veggies.
Off-World

Chinese Astronauts Harvest Space-Grown Lettuce and Tomatoes

Humanity is so close to an orbital BLT, y'all.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence supporting the theory that bigger chunks of Theia may have sunk into the Earth over billions of years.
Science & Energy

There’s Wreckage of an Alien Planet Deep Inside the Earth, Scientists Say

Is that you, Theia?