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Elon Musk

Twitter’s New Feature Accidently Reveals Something Fascinating About Huge MAGA Influencers

"This is total armageddon for the online right."

Robotics

Whistleblower Says He Was Fired for Warning Execs That New Robot Could Crush Human Skull

But some skulls are thicker than others, evidently.

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be passing by Jupiter to "seed" the planet with "technological devices."

Astronomy

Professor Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Releasing Sentinels Around Jupiter

"If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an extraterrestrial civilization."

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Ethics

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

"We're seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don't need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google has been quietly rifling through users' personal Gmail accounts to train its AI models on their emails and even attachments.

Ethics

Google Denies Reading Your Gmail to Train Its AI

"We do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model."

A massive fire broke out inside the convention center hosting over 50,000 UN delegates attending COP30, forcing an evacuation.

Climate Change

Fire Breaks Out at UN Climate Summit

The irony is palpable.

British military tested out a powerful laser that can take down high-speed drones which have become widely available in the battlefield.

Future Society

British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser

"The accuracy is razor sharp."

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document

He certainly has a lot to talk about.

A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.

Evolution

Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures

An ancient romance -- between unlikely lovers.

By Sharon Adarlo

US standardized test scores have plunged to their lowest in decades, and the problem lies with screens, argues a psychologist.

Education

Here’s an Interesting Theory About Why Kids’ Test Results Have Fallen to Their Lowest Point in Two Decades

What changed over the past 20 years?

NASA

Bonkers NASA Mission Next Year Will Drop Rocket Out of Plane, Blast Off From There

It's a first-of-its-kind mission that must work or a $500 million NASA space telescope is going to crash into Earth.

By Sharon Adarlo

A survey found that a shockingly large proportion of UK teens would rather talk to a chatbot than a person, and many are using AI for advice.

Future Society

A Startling Proportion of Teens Now Prefer Talking to AI Over a Real Person

The genie's way out of the bottle, folks.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Blockchain

Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Orb Startup Made a Cult-Like Demand of Its Employees

"If you should care about something else, and if you want something else, you should just not be here. It's as simple as that."

Students at the University of Staffordshire have spent the past two years learning to code from AI-generated course material.

Education

College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor

"If we handed in stuff that was AI-generated, we would be kicked out of the uni, but we're being taught by an AI."

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China has successfully completed its first proof-of-concept experiment.

Quantum Physics

Giant Chinese Orb Detects “Ghost Particles” While Buried Under Mountain

Incredible orbs are oscillating in China.

A simple trick involving poetry is enough to jailbreak the tech industry's leading AI models, researchers found.

Ethics

Scientists Discover “Universal” Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain

It's AI versus verse.

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says the country has no choice but to move the nation's capital amidst an unprecedented water crisis.

Climate Change

President of Iran Says It’s Forced to Move Its Entire Capital City

"The reality is that we no longer have a choice; it is an obligation."

Microsoft is hellbent on transforming Windows 11 into a "canvas for AI," and users aren't left feeling impressed.

Artificial Intelligence

Windows Users Furious at Microsoft’s Plan to Turn It Into an “Agentic OS”

"Great, how do I disable literally all of it?"

A video game executive has sparked a fierce debate surrounding the use of AI in the industry by claiming that "Gen Z loves AI slop."

Ethics

Gaming Exec Says That “Gen Z Loves AI Slop”

"The upcoming generation of gamers are Bane in 'Dark Knight Rises' saying 'You merely adopted the slop, I was born in it.'"