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Space Force leaders have forbidden their Guardians from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT on government devices.
Space Force

Space Force Gets Scared, Pauses All Use of Generative AI

A win for the Guardians!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A livid SpaceX has responded to the Federal Aviation Administration warnings, denouncing its analysis as "deeply flawed."
Off-World

FAA Warns That Falling Satellites Are Going to Start Killing People

The probabilities, if true, are chilling.

By Frank Landymore

Amazon's Alexa has been caught falsely saying that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen by a massive amount of election fraud."
Robots and Machines

Amazon’s Alexa Goes MAGA, Claims 2020 Election Was Stolen

Bad Alexa! Bad!

By Sharon Adarlo

As The Information reports, one unnamed celebrity got as much as $5 million from Meta to be turned into an AI chatbot.
Meta

Facebook Is Paying Celebrities Millions to Turn Them Into Chatbots

"Is this legal?"

By Victor Tangermann

Add cashing out $150 million in foreign bribes — and very weird plots involving Thai prostitutes — to the list of FTX uncanniness.
Blockchain

FTX Witness Says SBF Sent Chinese Officials $150 Million In Bribes

"$150 million for the thing."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Regularly gettin' down to some quality hanky panky may go a long way to protect aging humans against cognitive decline.
Studies

Scientists Find That Getting Naughty Helps Protect Against Cognitive Decline

Knock those boots, y'all! Your brain may thank you.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The IRS says that Microsoft owes tens of billions of dollars in back taxes — and apparently, the company isn't buying it. 
Future Society

The IRS Says Microsoft Owes More in Back Taxes Than It Invested in OpenAI

Imagine getting hit with an IRS bill like this.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A week after setting a world record for being the oldest person to skydive, a Chicago woman died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 104.
Developments

104-Year-Old Dies Days After Skydiving From Airplane

"The whole thing was delightful, wonderful, couldn’t have been better."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A public employee in Washington State is suing to get her health insurer to cover Wegovy, the expensive, headline-grabbing weight loss med.
RX and Medicine

Woman Sues to Get Wegovy Covered by Her Health Insurance

"They’re being penny wise and pound foolish."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The consumer DNA kit company 23andMe has acknowledged that hackers had gained access to user accounts, but we have lots of questions.
DNA

Hackers Selling Stolen Customer DNA Data From 23AndMe

Your DNA data shouldn't be in the hands of for-profit companies.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has canceled a planned spacewalk, citing an ammonia coolant leak, which was discovered on the Russian segment earlier this week.
NASA

NASA Postpones Spacewalk Due to Leak on Space Station

Better safe than sorry.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has readied a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for a mission to launch a spacecraft to study a big metal asteroid called Psyche.
SpaceX

SpaceX Prepares Spacecraft for Mission to Mysterious Metal Asteroid

It's finally happening.

By Sharon Adarlo

SBF's former colleague and romantic partner Caroline Ellison says that her ex had what seems to be a pretty skewed moral compass.
Blockchain

Caroline Ellison Testifies That SBF’s Strange Philosophy Justified Lying and Stealing

"He thought the only moral rule that mattered was doing whatever would maximize the utility."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a letter to Elon Musk, an EU lawmaker accused X of allowing "illegal content and disinformation" about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is in Big Trouble Over the Israel-Palestine Violence

X is teeming with fake news about the war.

By Victor Tangermann

Caroline Ellison told the court yesterday that back in 2021, Alameda Research already had an alleged $2.7 billion hole in its balance sheet.
Blockchain

Alameda Secretly Had Value of Negative $2.7 Billion, Insider Tells Court

SBF allegedly continued to make risky investments anyway.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Two astronauts on the ISS are gearing up for a spacewalk to figure out if microorganisms on the outside of the station can survive.
NASA

NASA Swabbing Outside of Space Station to See If Stuff Is Growing on It

Could microorganisms really survive those conditions?

By Victor Tangermann

AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the "Godfather of AI," is worried that AI might take over the world one day.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Admits He Fears His Creation Could “Take Over From Humanity”

"There's enormous uncertainty about what's going to happen next."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA Announces Asteroid Samples Contain Both Water and Carbon
NASA

NASA Announces Asteroid Samples Contain Both Water and Carbon

Okay, this is interesting.

By Victor Tangermann

Alex de Vries, a data scientist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, found that AI companies could soon use as much power as a country worldwide.
Artificial Intelligence

AI’s Electricity Use Is Spiking So Fast It’ll Soon Use as Much Power as an Entire Country

"Each of these Nvidia servers, they are power-hungry beasts."

By Victor Tangermann

An analyst from a tech advisory firm said that generative AI is slated for a slowdown next year due to increasing costs.
Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI Is Headed for a Financial “Cold Shower” Next Year, Analyst Predicts

Is reality crashing down?

By Sharon Adarlo