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Devastating wildfires in Canada have continued to burn, and its smoke is already hitting the United States for a second wave this year.
Climate Change

Canada Is Hotboxing the United States Again

There's "no end in sight."

A new lawsuit is alleging that OpenAI violated individual data privacy and copyright by using scraped data to train its AI language model.
OpenAI

OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody’s Writing to Train AI

"...Defendants took a different approach: theft."

Local authorities saw a huge spike in 911 calls at Bonnaroo after countless iPhones started mistaking dancing for car crashes.
Future Society

Apple iPhones Are Calling 911 When Owners Go Dancing

Things got pretty rowdy at Bonnaroo.

The International Agency on Cancer Research will list aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" next month, according to a report.
Cancer

The WHO Is About to Declare Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen

That's a huge decision.

Clippy's back! And this time, with a new daddy and a GPT-3.5 integration, it's more powerful than ever — unless Microsoft shuts it down.
Artificial Intelligence

Madman Brings Clippy Back as an AI

CLIPPY'S REVENGE!

Bankrate started publishing AI-generated content again -- but quickly deleted it after we pointed out it was loaded with errors.
Artificial Intelligence

Bankrate Posts AI-Generated Article, Deletes It When We Point Out It’s Full of Errors

Oops.

A part of the summit of a mountain in the Alps has collapsed, the likely result of permafrost thawing, dramatic footage shows.
Climate Change

Climate Change Blamed for Collapse of Mountain

The Alps will never be the same again.

Starting in September, a popular intro-level coding course at Harvard University, CS50, will be taught by an AI professor.
Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Will Teach Students Using an AI Instructor Next Semester

Getting what you paid for?

Officials have pulled the wreck of OceanGate's imploded submersible and possibly the remains of its crew of five passengers from the ocean.
Robots and Machines

Debris, Apparent Human Remains Recovered From Titan Sub

Rest in peace.

An internal investigation at the unicorn social media startup IRL has revealed that "95 percent" of the app's users were "automated or bots."
Future Society

Social Media App Shuts Down After Admitting 95% of Users Were Bots

Ouch!

On Monday, SpaceX conducted a static fire test of its Starship spaceship, firing all six of its Raptor engines.
Advanced Transport

SpaceX Fires Up Starship Engines Ahead of Next Orbital Test

It's getting warmed up.

LinkedIn's new AI will help you automate the already robotic process of posting on the networking website.
Artificial Intelligence

Rejoice! LinkedIn’s New AI Will Write Hustle Bro Posts For You

The unholy trinity: Content Industrial Complex meets generative AI meets LinkedIn brain rot.

Elon Musk grappled with a podcaster on a mat, stoking the hype for a possible caged fight brawl with fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Brawls With Podcaster to Prepare for Zuckerberg Fight

"I'm extremely impressed with his strength, power, and skill."

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crushed its previous record for turning the planet's thin atmosphere into a source of oxygen.
Mars

NASA Gets Amazing New Results Generating Oxygen on Mars

"We rolled the dice a little bit. It was 'hold your breath and see what happens.'"

NASA just locked four non-astronaut volunteers in a simulated Mars habitat, marking the beginning of the much-anticipated CHAPEA missions.
Mars

NASA Locks Test Subjects Inside Simulated Mars Base

"Our best wishes go with you."

Scientist Says Universe Expansion May Be an Illusion
Off-World

Scientist Says Universe Expansion May Be an Illusion

Was Albert Einstein wrong about the cosmological constant?

Harvard's resident UFO hunter thinks he may have tiny found fragments of an interstellar meteor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Off-World

Harvard Scientist Trawling Ocean Floor for Possible Alien Spacecraft

Did he just strike gold?

Preying upon male insecurity, one urologist's seemingly-miraculous penis enlargement implant may be too good to be true.
Prosthetics and Devices

Terrible Things Are Happening to Men Who Got Penis Enlargement

Oh no, oh no...

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush reportedly used expired carbon fiber that was "past its shelf life" to build the doomed Titan submersible.
Advanced Transport

OceanGate CEO Bragged About Using Expired Carbon Fiber to Build Doomed Sub

The revelations keep rolling in.

Google's forthcoming new AI combines LLM technology with the strengths of the groundbreaking AlphaGo, says Google DeepMind CEO.
Google

Google AI Boss Says New System Will Be More Powerful Than OpenAI

"We've got to boldly and bravely go after those things."