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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..."

By Noor Al-Sibai

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?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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?

By Victor Tangermann

Robin Witt, who helped build NASA's Artemis I rocket, was living her dream. She says that Florida's anti-trans laws cut that dream short.
Moon

Anti-Trans Laws Force Engineer to Quit Job Helping NASA With Moon Missions

"I feel grief, just an incalculable level of grief."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA attempted to spit facts about humans' inability to fly to Jupiter — and then was forced to apologize.
NASA

NASA Apologies for Saying Your Broke A** Will Never Go to Jupiter

"Never stop dreaming!"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ruffled some feathers on his own social media platform by implying that "Bladerunner" would have driven a Cybertruck.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Gets Torn Apart for Saying “Bladerunner” Would Drive a Cybertruck

At this point, we're pretty sure he's never seen the movie.

By Victor Tangermann

Someone used AI to create a cover of the late Johnny Cash singing Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," and it unfortunately absolutely slaps.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Lets Johnny Cash Cover Taylor Swift From Beyond the Grave

Why does this go so hard?!

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a recent tweet, Musk promised that the Cybertruck will be "what Bladerunner would have driven." But there is no "Bladerunner" character.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Thinks the Main Character in “Blade Runner” Was Named “Bladerunner”

His name was Rick Deckard, you dolt!

By Victor Tangermann

An AI-powered "bespoke smoothie shop" called BetterBlends marketed itself as "the most personalized restaurant, ever." It lasted three weeks.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Powered Smoothie Shop Goes Out of Business Almost Immediately

That was fast.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

President Joe Biden was reportedly spooked by the AI in the Hollywood action blockbuster "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One."
Artificial Intelligence

Biden Apparently Got Scared of AI After Watching the New “Mission: Impossible”

You've gotta be kidding.

By Victor Tangermann

Joe Rogan Shoots Cybertruck With Bow and Arrow, Possibly Mistaking It for Metal Mammoth
Advanced Transport

Joe Rogan Shoots Cybertruck With Bow and Arrow, Possibly Mistaking It for Metal Mammoth

It survived to tell the tale.

By Victor Tangermann

A new game seems to have used AI instead of real, human voiceover actors, and man, are the professionals mad.
Artificial Intelligence

Voice Actors Furious at New Videogame Using AI-Generated Speech

It doesn't sound good, either!

By Noor Al-Sibai

A disabled man had to literally drag himself off an Air Canada plane because flight attendants were not able to provide him a wheelchair.
Future Society

Airline Apologizes for Forcing Disabled Man to Drag Himself Off Plane With No Wheelchair

"I looked stunned at the crewman."

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists in China claim they were able to give deaf children the ability to hear after a novel genetic treatment.
Treatments

New Genetic Treatment Successfully Lets Deaf Children Hear

Can you hear me now?

By Sharon Adarlo

In case you weren't existentially worried about AI-developed bioweapons, your fears may not be entirely unwarranted.
Artificial Intelligence

Biden Terrified AI Will be Used to Create Bioweapons

New existential night terror unlocked.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

OpenAI's released a new update to ChatGPT, which allows users to upload PDFs. The update effectively killed dozens of startups.
OpenAI

OpenAI Signals That It’ll Destroy Startups Using Its Tech to Build Products

"Many startups just died today."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have spotted a ghostly skeleton hand floating in outer space some 16,000 light-years from Earth.
NASA

NASA Shows Off Image That Looks an Awful Lot Like Skeleton Fingers Floating in Space

Happy Halloween!

By Victor Tangermann

It's been a bit more than a year since Elon Musk bought Twitter, and in that time, the company's value has plummeted more than 50 percent. 
Elon Musk

Twitter Admits Elon Musk Has Destroyed More Than Half Its Value

For his next magical trick...

By Noor Al-Sibai

Even the ghouls on Jupiter are out for Halloween! The Juno spacescraft captured a spooky image of a grimacing "face" in Jupiter's clouds.
Off-World

Behold This Scary Face in the Clouds of Jupiter

Yikes!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré