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Training AI models with AI-generated synthetic content causes the quality of the models' outputs to disintegrate, a new paper shows.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Loses Its Mind After Being Trained on AI-Generated Data

"As the use of generative models continues to grow rapidly, this situation will only accelerate."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Yuga Labs' Bored Ape NFTs have absolutely plummeted in value, dropping to multi-year lows earlier this month.
Blockchain

Remember Bored Apes? They’re Almost Worthless Now

RIP.

By Victor Tangermann

A yacht broker has been trying to sell a sub owned by the same outfit that had another vessel implode, killing five.
Advanced Transport

Yacht Broker Attempting to Sell Leftover OceanGate Submersible

Any takers for $795,000?

By Sharon Adarlo

Nicki Minaj flipped her lid on Twitter after she saw a clip of herself in a deepfake where she and Tom Holland dispute with Mark Zuckerberg.
Artificial Intelligence

Nicki Minaj Enraged by Deepfake Video

"I hope the whole internet get deleted!!!”

By Sharon Adarlo

A 31-year-old CEO of an e-commerce platform fired 90 percent of the company's support staff after arguing an AI chatbot outperformed them.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Fires 90 Percent of Support Staff, Saying AI Outperforms Them

He's getting absolutely roasted.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk may be building a massive glass house for himself nearby Tesla's Texas Gigafactory — and he might be using Tesla funds to do it.
Tesla

Tesla Working on Strange, Transparent Structure

Is Elon Musk building himself a literal glass house?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who passed away earlier this month, used meritless lawsuits to threaten and silence his many critics.
Future Society

OceanGate CEO Used Legal Threats to Silence His Critics Before Dying in Sub

It's a common tactic.

By Victor Tangermann

China is preparing to deliver zebrafish to its Tiangong space station to study how they interact with other microorganisms and bone loss.
Off-World

China Is Sending Fish to Its Space Station

We thank them for their service.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers are projecting that 1.3 billion people will have diabetes by 2050 worldwide, leading to great new strains on health systems.
Studies

Scientists Say 1.3 Billion People Will Have Diabetes by 2050

Well... that sounds awful.

By Sharon Adarlo

For the first time ever, OpenAI's ChatGPT has lost users, The Washington Post reports, a sign that its popularity may have already peaked.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Is Now Losing Users

Have we hit peak AI?

By Victor Tangermann

By placing traffic cones on self-driving cars' hoods, activists are turning them into useless hunks of metal and plastic.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Annoyed Residents Disabling Self-Driving Cars by Placing Traffic Cones on Their Hoods

Activists are calling the protests "The Week of Cone."

By Sharon Adarlo

In a study, scientists at Johns Hopkins University claim to have determined that, yes, you can actually hear the sound of silence.
Studies

Scientists Discover That You Can Hear Silence

Do we have a bat signal for Paul Simon?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google has been quietly testing a medical AI chatbot in Mayo Clinic and other hospitals for months, according to a report.
Developments

Google Is Already Testing a Medical AI Chatbot in Hospitals

What could possibly go wrong?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Thousands of abandoned telephone cables across the US are leaching lead into soil and water, a report from The Wall Street Journal reveals.
Pollution

Old Phone Cables Appear to Be Contaminating US Soil and Water With Lead

"It's going to be everywhere and you're not even going to know where it is in a lot of places."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Glass and metal clouds serve as a protective mirror for a bizarre, ultra-hot exoplanet, which sits dangerously close to its home star.
Exobiology

Scientists Intrigued by Reflective Exoplanet With Shiny Titanium Clouds

"Imagine a burning world, close to its star, with heavy clouds of metals floating aloft, raining down titanium droplets."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An intriguing new video shows what appears to be an early prototype of a Tesla van that is designed to carry passengers through a tunnel.
Tesla

Leak Allegedly Shows Bizarre New Tesla Vehicle

Could this really be it?

By Victor Tangermann

Royal Caribbean International's Icon of the Seas is here to break all records — and all we can do is be in awe of this absolute unit.
Advanced Transport

We’re in Awe of This Comically Gigantic Luxury Cruise Ship

Who decided this "monstrosity" was a good idea?

By Victor Tangermann

Comedian and author Sarah Silverman filed lawsuits alongside two authors against OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.
OpenAI

Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement

OpenAI is really starting to feel the heat.

By Sharon Adarlo

Tesla owners are using cheap steering wheel weights to trick their cars into thinking they're keeping their eyes on the road.
Tesla

Reckless Tesla Drivers Are Using Cheap Weights to Fool Their Cars Into Thinking They’re Paying Attention

"How do you think they're going to behave?"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The explosive popularity of Facebook-formerly-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "Twitter Killer" app, Threads, continues to skyrocket.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter Killer Crushes 100 Million Users in Just 5 Days

Sorry, Elon.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré