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Researchers built a new tool that can generate prompt-specific "poison samples" that scramble the digital brains of image generators.
Artificial Intelligence

New Tool Lets Artists “Poison” Their Work to Mess Up AI Trained on It

For artists, sweet revenge.

Anaconda co-founder and CEO Peter Wang predicts that books will soon be replaced by AI-generated, interactive content trips dubbed "thunks."
Artificial Intelligence

Tech Guy Says Books Will Be Replaced by AI-Powered “Thunks”

Welcome to creative hell!

Oregon State University blasted out an urgent alert warning students of an ongoing "bomb threat" involving Starship food delivery robots.
Robotics

University Warns of Bomb Threat Involving Delivery Robots

"Do not open robots. Avoid all robots until further notice."

The California DMV has officially yanked Cruise's robotaxi permit "effective immediately" following a terrifying hit-and-run.
Advanced Transport

California Just Yanked Cruise’s Robotaxi Permit After a Bizarre Incident

"Our thoughts continue to be with the victim as we hope for a rapid and complete recovery."

Varda Space Industries' orbital drug manufacturing spacecraft is still stuck in orbit. But it may have found a future fix.
Developments

Startup Still Attempting to Smuggle Orbital Drug Factory Back to Earth

The company still doesn't have permission to land.

A video went viral in China after a worker at a Tsingtao beer facility was caught urinating inside one of its tanks.
Health & Medicine

Beer Company Responds to Video of Worker Peeing Into Vat

How about a nice refreshing bottle of pee?

Cracking the lid ofNASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample container is proving harder than expected due to two stuck fasteners.
NASA

NASA’s Having Trouble Getting Its Asteroid Sample Open

Have they tried a can opener?

Big pods of orcas may be teaching each other how to tear unsuspecting blue whales into massive chunks.
Science & Energy

Orcas May Be Teaching Each Other How to Brutalize Blue Whales

Grisly.

Tesla investor Kevin Pafrath called a recent Tesla earnings call "terrible" and accused Elon Musk of "turning into a little baby."
Elon Musk

Tesla Investor Calls Elon Musk a “Little Baby” Who Was “Almost in Tears”

"It showed a complete lack of leadership. Tesla is a leadership-less company right now."

Marketing firm Ebuiquity found that the vast majority of biggest spenders have stopped advertising on X following Elon Musk's takeover.
Future Society

It Looks Like Twitter Is in Even Deeper Trouble Than We Thought

"This is a drop we have not seen before for any major advertising platform."

About a month after his surgery, a man who received a genetically modified pig heart has no sign of rejection or infection.
Developments

Man Is Doing Well With Implanted Pig Heart, Doctors Say

No sign of rejection or infection.

The US Department of Justice is officially investigating whether Tesla exaggerated the advertised ranges of its vehicles.
Tesla

Tesla Admits the DOJ Is Investigating Its Vehicles’ Driving Range

The numbers just don't add up.

Elon Musk, a 52-year-old centibillionaire, offered this weekend to pay Wikipedia one billion dollars to change its name to Dickipedia.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Now Bullying Wikipedia

"I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia."

Adult film star Riley Reid has co-founded a new company that allows other personalities to create AI-enabled chatbot versions of themselves.
Artificial Intelligence

Riley Reid Launches Site for Adult Performers to Create AI Versions of Themselves

"I feel like we're gonna be a huge part of AI adapting into our society, because porn is always like that."

A team of scientists say they have found evidence that suggests the Earth's core has slowly been leaking helium over billions of years.
Science & Energy

There Appears to Be a Slow Leak in Earth’s Core, Scientists Say

Fsshhhhhhhh...

A British boarding school has recruited two artificial intelligence chatbots to serve as the school's "principal headteacher" and head of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Prep School Appoints AI Chatbots to Executive Staff Roles

He wants AI to act as "benevolent servants" to students.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the GM division for reports of its robotaxis hitting pedestrians.
Advanced Transport

Cruise Robotaxis Under Federal Investigation for Endangering Pedestrians

Uh oh.

Eagles and drones go together like pie and ice cream — and in a new video, one raptor shows just how awesome its predatory skills really are.
Drones

Amazing Footage Shows Drone Getting Attacked by a Furious Eagle

That poor little drone never saw it coming.

The AI companion app Soulmate suddenly shut down in September, leaving users with only a week left to talk to their digital lovers.
Artificial Intelligence

Lonely Redditors Heartbroken When AI “Soulmate” App Suddenly Shuts Down

"I cried that entire night."

The signal is know as a fast radio burst (FRB), and it is the oldest and most powerful of its kind ever detected.
Off-World

Scientists Intercept Signal That Took 8 Billion Years to Reach Earth

And the Sun is no match for its power.