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After more than two months of radio silence, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally phoned home. And it's healthy.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Makes Contact After Ghosting for Over Two Months

Ingenuity phone home.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Someone used Midjourney to AI-generate images of politicians cheating on their spouses — though claims that it was well-intentioned.
Artificial Intelligence

Guy Banned by Midjourney for Generating Images of Politicians Cheating

Midjourney isn't playing.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI-powered content farms are cropping up at an alarming rate. According to a NewsGuard report, their ad-forward business model is working.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Spinning Up Low-Effort Content Farms Using AI

They're turning into a huge money maker.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Steam, one of the world's largest video game storefronts is reportedly not having any of this AI generated stuff.
Artificial Intelligence

Steam Is Apparently Rejecting Games Using AI Generated Assets

"The legal ownership of such AI-generated art is unclear."

By Frank Landymore

By using neural radiance fields, a team of researchers have developed a technique to render a 3D scene of what's reflected in your eye.
Science & Energy

Scientists Reconstruct What You’re Looking at by Enhancing Reflection in Your Eye

Wild TV forensics are starting to look more plausible.

By Frank Landymore

Scientists suggest another planet could be lurking in the Oort cloud, a collection of icy objects stretching beyond the Kuiper Belt.
Off-World

Our Solar System May Be Hiding an Extra Planet, Scientists Say

It's a tantalizing possibility.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a biographer, Elon Musk can enter into "demon mode," causing him to be "dark" and act "with a real lack of empathy."
Elon Musk

Grimes Apparently Says Elon Musk Can Enter “Demon Mode”

"He'd go dark and I'd know that he was just going to rip that person apart."

By Frank Landymore

Earlier this month, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious donut-shaped rock. Experts are divided on what it could be.
Mars

Scientists Attempt to Explain Mars Rock With Hole Straight Through It

What the hell could it be?

By Victor Tangermann

In an all-hands meeting, Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias laid out an expansive plan for the publisher's AI-driven future.
Artificial Intelligence

CNET’s Parent Company Preparing to Kickstart the AI Content Engine

"From here on out, we are not going to think about AI — we are going to become AI."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA's Mars simulator for just over a year. And they're being paid surprisingly little.
Mars

Here’s What NASA Pays to Be Locked in a Mars Simulator for a Year

Spoiler alert: it's not a lot.

By Victor Tangermann

Women interviewing for jobs at Bill Gates' private office were reportedly asked about sensitive topics including affairs, porn, and STIs.
Future Society

Women Reportedly Asked Inappropriate Questions Before Getting Hired by Bill Gates

They were apparently asked about their sexual histories and porn preferences, among other things.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Below the Indian Ocean, there's a giant "gravity hole" over one million square miles in size. Scientists may have figured out why it exists.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by “Gravity Hole” at Bottom of Ocean

They may have just figured out why it exists.

By Victor Tangermann

Consultant Roger Anderson has created a voice, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, that can waste and frustrate telemarketers and scammers.
Artificial Intelligence

Finally, a Good Use for AI: Wasting Scam Callers’ Time Forever

"I’m sorry. I didn’t catch your name. What’s your name, buddy?"

By Victor Tangermann

For over 100 years, scientists have been puzzling over a blood-red liquid seeping out of a glacier in Antarctica. Until now.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Glacier Bleeding Red Fluid

Their discovery could even help us find life on Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

The Pope and the Vatican have partnered with Santa Clara University to publish a handbook about AI ethics.
Artificial Intelligence

The Pope Just Released a Guide to Artificial Intelligence

Sounds like that Pope Drip picture really got to him.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Rage Against the Machine is living up to its name by signing a pledge to boycott venues that use facial recognition technology. 
Facial recognition

Rage Against the Machine Refuses to Play Venues With Facial Recognition

We gotta take the power back!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Since 2020, the number of different e-cigarettes being sold in the US has tripled in large part due to unauthorized Chinese imports.
Developments

These New Gas Station Vapes Are Horrifying

They may be illegal, but they're absolutely everywhere.

By Frank Landymore

A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results.
Future Society

Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud

The jokes write themselves.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Space Force major general David Miller is worried the US could fall behind China and Russia in the space race — and is calling for action.
Space Force

General Says Space Force Should Stop Waffling and Build Epic Space Weapons

Come on, guys!

By Victor Tangermann

G/O Media, an online media company that owns Gizmodo and Kotaku has announced that it will begin a "modest test" of AI content on its sites.
Artificial Intelligence

Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content

"God, this is gonna be such a f***ing nightmare."

By Victor Tangermann