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Teachers are reportedly using ChatGPT to write AI-assisted letters of recommendation — which are apparently good enough to win Cambridge scholarships.
OpenAI

This ChatGPT hack is pretty clever.

Pro-tip for editors: do not, under any circumstance, publish an AI-generated "interview" with someone you didn't actually interview.
Artificial Intelligence

"This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeared."

There’s a Serious Problem With Lab-Grown Meat
Science & Energy

"It’s like putting a man on the Moon."

SpaceX's disastrous Starship launch last week appears to have had some collateral damage.
Starship

"That's the rocket game!"

After yoinking legacy verification checkmarks from Twitter accounts, CEO Elon Musk has brought back the checkmark to a number of dead celebrity profiles.
Elon Musk

This is getting ridiculous.

It appears that horny ChatGPT users are becoming increasingly skilled at crafting detailed prompts that quickly cook up AI-generated porn.
OpenAI

"I'm reading out fantasies I could only ever dream to think about."

Lonely Parrots Love Video Chatting With Each Other, Study Finds
Science & Energy

"Some of the caregivers would say that their birds came to life through these calls."

ChatGPT's immense popularity and power make it eye-wateringly expensive to maintain, The Information reports, with OpenAI paying up to $700,000 a day.
OpenAI

The company is burning through cash.

Switzerland-based startup Energy Vault has broken ground on two huge gravity battery facilities in Texas and just north of Shanghai, China, CNET reports.
Energy

It's a genius idea.

SpaceX finally got Starship off the ground, but it looks like it didn't do its due diligence to make sure the aftermath didn't spill over to nearby cities.
SpaceX

"The locals here are just being sacrificed."

Artist and music producer Austin Richard "Post Malone" Post got a rare chance to talk to NASA astronauts currently stationed on board the ISS.
Off-World

It's an excruciating watch.

In a viral social media video, the FDNY's new Spot robodog is seen being deployed into a search-and-rescue zone — only to simply fall over.
Robot Dogs

"That didn't work out for the dog so well."

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft for having the company's partner OpenAI train its AI models "illegally using Twitter data."
Elon Musk

"Lawsuit time."

A team of Harvard Medical School scientists has come up with a new drug-like cocktail of molecules that can successfully regenerate hair cells.
Gene Editing

They claim to have found the "holy grail" of the hearing loss field.

Anxious about AI taking your job? Per a new BBC report, you're not alone — and frankly, automation worries aren't exactly far-fetched.
Artificial Intelligence

"We're all just hoping that our clients will recognize [our] value."

A published YA author recommended up and comers use ChatGPT to critique your writing. We're here to tell you that this is a bad, bad idea.
OpenAI

It's an absolutely terrible idea.

PSA for anyone planning a trip to Florida: massive, smelly globs of seaweed and algae calle Sargassum are currently headed toward the state's shores.
Science & Energy

Also: they smell.

In recent months, Elon Musk has backtracked on previous claims that his family owned part of an emerald mine. But according to his dad? The mine was real.
Elon Musk

"Elon knows it's true. All the kids know about it."

Universal Music Group is pissed about AI, and it's already taken down a viral voice clone of "Drake" and "the Weeknd." This is likely only the beginning.
Artificial Intelligence

It's not giving up its crusade against AI music.

Red Cross Challenges Gamers Not to Commit Any War Crimes
Future Society

"Even wars have rules — rules which protect humanity on battlefields IRL."