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In his latest bigoted tirade, Elon Musk insists that the term "cisgender" will now be considered a "slur" on Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Goes on Transphobic Rant, Says “Cisgender” Now a “Slur” on Twitter

This is appalling.

Meta-formerly-Facebook's says its new text-to-speech AI can edit existing audio, speak in six languages, and replicate loved ones' voices.
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook’s Creepy New AI Can Replicate Your Friends’ Voices

What could possibly go wrong?

A team of German scientists has discovered a parasitic tapeworm that can allow a certain species of ants to live way longer when infected.
Parasites

Terrifying Parasite Can Actually Triple an Ant’s Lifespan

The infected ants live a life of luxury as the rest of the colony suffers.

The Axel Springer-owned German tabloid Bild is to replace over a hundred editorial roles with AI, according to a leaked email.
Artificial Intelligence

Major Publishing House to Replace Hundreds of Jobs With AI

Many roles "will no longer exist as they do today."

As Reddit continues to protest the company's API changes, some enterprising posters have devised a novel way to get back at the company.
Future Society

Protesting Redditors Are Filling Subreddits With Porn

Reddit responded by locking some of them out of their accounts.

Elon Musk has found a way to be involved in the missing submarine debacle. The company behind the mission is using SpaceX Starlink.
Future Society

The Lost Submarine’s Comms Are Reportedly Run by SpaceX

We have questions.

While looking for the lost Titanic wreckage submersible, a Canadian aircraft detected a mysterious "banging" sound from the area.
Robots and Machines

Rescue Team Looking for Lost Submarine Detects Mysterious “Banging” Sounds

Could it really be them?

Five years ago, OceanGate, the company behind the now-missing submarine, brushed away warnings about the craft's safety.
Future Society

OceanGate Was Warned of “Catastrophic” Problems With Its Submarine Years Ago

A fired employee warned the company that it could "subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible."

TikTok has become a major hub for conspiracy theorists who claim that the Titanic never sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Future Society

Conspiracy Lunatics Think the Titanic Never Actually Sank

"It becomes kind of deflating to see a lot of this junk coming out."

A radio station decided to clone one of its DJs' voices using AI, deploy it like the real thing, and make the human DJ advertise it, too.
Artificial Intelligence

Radio DJ “Celebrates” Her New AI Clone Replacement

Time to pack your bags, "traditional Ashley."

Elon Musk and podcaster Joe Rogan harassed vaccine expert Peter Hotez on Twitter. Hotez says he's since been stalked near his home.
Developments

Elon Musk and Joe Rogan Publicly Harass Vaccine Researcher on Twitter

This is awful.

Netflix Camera Boat Attacked by Swarm of Furious Sharks
Science & Energy

Netflix Camera Boat Attacked by Swarm of Furious Sharks

"It was like something out of 'Jaws.'"

A deep sea submersible with five crew members on board inexplicably went missing around 900 miles off the coast of Cape Cod Sunday morning.
Robots and Machines

The Missing Titanic Submarine Seems Extremely Janky

It's not even the first time it got lost.

The erratic behavior of Betelgeuse, a bright star some 300 light years away, has many wondering what its supernova would look like.
Off-World

If Betelgeuse Explodes, It’ll Be So Bright You Could See It During the Day For a Year

It would even be visible to the naked eye.

The unholy union of SEO spam and AI-generated muck is here. And at the same time, reality, unfortunately, might be going right out the door.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Is Inventing Fake Quotes by Real People and Publishing Them Online

In an AI-powered internet, how much of our public image can we really control?

Rising global temperatures and pollution levels might have one particularly unexpected side effect: dog bites.
Climate Change

Harvard Researchers Find Dogs Bite People More on Hot Days

Climate change just got even worse!

To combat the worst effects of climate change, we need all hands on deck — and robotic ones definitely do apply. 
Robotics

A Robot Is Helping Reforest The Amazon

Finally, a robot that actually *helps* the environment.

GitHub found that 92 percent of the 500 US-based developers they surveyed said that they integrate AI tools into their workflow.
Artificial Intelligence

GitHub Says 92 Percent of Programmers Are Using AI

Clever or just plain lazy?

Researchers have spotted the fastest runaway star to have ever escaped the Milky Way as a result of a massive thermonuclear explosion.
Off-World

Scientists Spot Star Fleeing Our Galaxy at Incredible Speed

Did we do something wrong?

Droves of Amazon's human "Mechanical Turk" workers are using AI systems to automate the training of AI systems.
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Using AI to Automate Responses to Site That Pays Them to Train AI

"One of our key sources of human data is no longer fully 'human!'"