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In an impressive new demo, humanoid robot company Figure founder Brett Adcock showed off a robot effortlessly loading a washing machine.
Robotics

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Loading a Washing Machine Pretty Well

"First time seeing a humanoid robot actually doing a task in a home."

Researchers are alarmed after noticing a significant drop in the number of vocalizations from blue whales.
Science & Energy

Scientists Alarmed as Whales Suddenly Going Silent

"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving."

Many proud Cybertruck owners have discovered that their ultra-expensive rolling tanks are aging like room-temperature milk.
Tesla

The Cybertruck Is Aging Like Fast Fashion on Temu

"Make sure not to use your CyberTruck for truck things."

A federal judge in Mississippi delivered a ruling that was riddled with factual errors, raising concerns that he was using AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Judge Accused of Using AI to Issue Garbled Ruling

"I feel like I’m Alice in Wonderland."

As thousands of employees leave the agency, NASA is warning its remaining staff to prepare for a dramatic escalation of physical security.
NASA

NASA Announces It Will Be Randomly Searching Employees

Talk about a space probe.

Zuckerberg is dreaming up a utopia in which superintelligent AIs benevolently stop short of taking over everybody's jobs, critics say.
Meta

There’s a Very Basic Flaw in Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for Superintelligent AI

"Just entirely devoid of ambition and imagination."

Footage shows a Tesla Robotaxi endlessly driving in circles in a parking lot that it can't figure out how to escape from.
Tesla

Tesla Robotaxi Gets Stuck in Infinite Loop as Support Tries to Break It Out

"It looks like your vehicle seems to be failing to make progress."

One AI researcher was offered more than $1 billion paid out over several years by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta. They reportedly didn't take it.
Meta

AI Researcher Declines $1 Billion Offer From Mark Zuckerberg

That's got to hurt.

It turns out that a video of a pair of robot arms folding laundry is CGI — but the creator insists there's a real prototype.
Robotics

Viral Video of Robot Arms Folding Laundry Confirmed to Be CGI

Surprise.

Employees at the site in South Carolina where the US used to construct nuclear weapons have discovered a radioactive wasp nest.
Energy

Workers Find Radioactive Wasp Nest at Nuclear Facility, But the Wasps Are Missing

"I'm as mad as a hornet..."

As Spotify struggles to explain itself to investors, musicians are fleeing the platform due to controversial investments in AI weapons tech.
Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Made a Huge Mistake With AI

"We are currently working to take all of our music off of garbage hole violent armageddon portal Spotify."

With $100 and a dream, one enterprising Redditor turned ChatGPT into a day trader, and the results so far have been pretty remarkable
OpenAI

Someone Gave ChatGPT $100 and Let It Trade Stocks for a Month

Whoa.

Anthropic is changing its usage limits after a small group exploited its generosity — and its fanbase is already pointing fingers.
Anthropic

Anthropic Users Melt Down After Company Institutes New Rate Limits

"Thanks for ruining everything."

The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Bokanov, arrived in Houston, Texas, to meet with the interim NASA administrator.
Space

Head of Russian Space Program Touches Down in Texas

It's the first time the agencies' heads have met since 2018.

A demo for a video game based on "The Matrix" franchise had AI-powered non-playable characters realize they were code inside a simulation.
Artificial Intelligence

In Disturbing Demo, AI-Powered Video Game Characters Panic When Told They’re Just Code

"Am I real or not?"

Mike Cannon-Brookes, the billionaire CEO of Atlassian, announced that 150 people would be laid off, with some jobs being replaced by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Lays Off 150 Employees, Tells Them They’ll Largely Be Replaced With AI

He recently had to defend his purchase of a $75 million private jet.

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests we could use NASA's existing Juno spacecraft to intercept the path of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
NASA

Existing NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept the Weird Interstellar Object Cruising Into Our Star System

It's an amazing opportunity.

Elon Musk viciously made an example of one of his xAI employees for an incredibly harmless mistake — if you can even call it that.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Publicly Kicks His AI Employee’s Legs Out From Under Him

The bus: you're going under it.

A strange-looking Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for so-called "personal superintelligence" while staring directly into the camera.
Meta

Mark Zuckerberg Looks Like He’s Been Taken Hostage as He Explains Plan for Deploying AI Superintelligence

Blink twice if you need help, Mark.

ChatGPT, with little prompting, will whisk users off down a conspiratorial rabbit hole that could be dangerous to mental health.
OpenAI

It Doesn’t Take Much Conversation for ChatGPT to Suck Users Into Bizarre Conspiratorial Rabbit Holes

Is this how "ChatGPT psychosis" starts?