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Following OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's firing and rehiring, there are now zero women on the company's non-profit board.
OpenAI

There Are Now Zero Women on OpenAI’s Board

"It’s not a very welcoming field for women."

It sounds like an update to an age old adage: what happens when you take a smartphone away from a narcissist? 
Health & Medicine

Something Fascinating Happens When You Take Smartphones Away From Narcissists

Is this surprising or not?

A top trim "Cyberbeast" model of Tesla's Cybertruck will cost just under $100,000. A rear-wheel model won't be available until 2025.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck’s Actual Price Just Dropped and Yikes

You'll have to be even more patient if you want to save a buck.

Chief designer Franz von Holzhausen halfheartedly lobbed a baseball — not a metal ball — at the Cybertruck's window during today's event.
Advanced Transport

At Awkward Event, Elon Has Guy Halfheartedly Lob Baseball at Cybertruck

That most certainly wasn't a metal ball.

A new study suggests that massive volcanic eruptions in India killed off the dinosaurs by causing drops in global temperature.
Climate Change

Relatable! Scientists Say Dinosaurs Mainly Died From Climate Change

Were dinosaurs hanging on by a thread when the asteroid arrived?

The hack is "silly," but it gets ChatGPT to regurgitate incredible amounts of its training data, some of it potentially sensitive.
OpenAI

Hack Tricks ChatGPT Into Spitting Out Private Email Addresses, Phone Numbers

"It's wild to us that our attack works."

OpenAI's on-again CEO Sam Altman is back with a vengeance — but not, apparently, when it comes to cofounder Ilya Sutskever.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says He Has “Zero Ill Will” Toward Guy Who Shanked Him

What happens next is anyone's guess.

SpaceX rockets are tearing huge holes in the Earth's atmosphere as they make their return to the surface, triggering "SpaceX auroras."
SpaceX

Scientists Warn That SpaceX Launches Are Tearing Small Holes in the Sky

Scientists are baffled by the red "auroras" left behind by returning SpaceX rockets.

New documentation included in an update for Tesla's iOS app suggests the Cybertruck will have an outdoor camping attachment.
Advanced Transport

Leak Shows Camping Shelter That Hooks Onto Cybertruck

This looks rad as hell.

Viral photos on both sides of the Isreal-Hamas conflict have been revealed to be AI fakes — and the problem is only going to get worse
Artificial Intelligence

Viral Images of Dead Infants in Israel-Gaza War Are AI Fakes, Experts Say

"It’s going to get worse — a lot worse — before it gets better."

During an event this week, X owner Elon Musk threw a tantrum, addressing his antisemitic comments, and the ensuing flood of criticism.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Throws Epic Tantrum On Stage

"Actually watching this all the way through and it's kind of... disturbing?"

General Motors has lost billions of dollars on Cruise, which has received intense scrutiny from state and federal regulators this year.
Advanced Transport

General Motors to Slash Spending on Robotaxis After Disastrous Year

It was inevitable.

Harvard professor Avi Loeb is headed back to Papua New Guinea to find fragments of a meteor that he thinks was actually an alien probe.
Exobiology

Harvard Scientist Planning New Expedition to Hunt for Bigger Chunks of Possible Alien Spacecraft

"That’s what led me originally to suspect maybe it’s a spacecraft..."

In his latest grim forecast, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that there aren't enough guardrails to stop AI from doing catastrophic harm.
Google

Former Google CEO Warns AI Could Endanger Humanity Within Five Years

"After Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it took 18 years to get to a treaty over test bans and things like that."

Plex, which earned its rep as a way to stream your own media, added a new feature that shares what users watch, often without them knowing.
Future Society

Users Horrified as Streaming Service Tells Friends and Family What They’re Watching

"One of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff… and I am 100 percent sure they would be mortified to know that I know this."

We've known about OpenAi's secretive next-gen AI called Q* or six days now and the company has since refused to comment on the matter.
OpenAI

OpenAI Refuses to Comment on Secretive Q* AI

What's OpenAI hiding?

The first-of-its-kind geothermal plant will power Google's nearby data centers and could kick start a new phase of geothermal energy.
Geothermal

Google Fires Up Experimental New Geothermal Plant

Geothermal power is heating up.

Benzinga published an interview with with rapper and cannabis entrepreneur Gilbert Anthony "Berner" Milam, Jr. which was entirely fabricated.
Artificial Intelligence

Benzinga Retracts “Interview” With Rapper That Was Allegedly AI-Generated

"Not one word is mine."

As Fortune reports, Elon Musk's Boring Company has only completed a measly 2.4 miles of operational tunnels in its seven-year existence.
Elon Musk

In Seven Years, Elon Musk’s Boring Company Has Only Drilled 2.4 Miles of Tunnel

Did Elon get... bored?

At more than triple the size of New York City, the world's largest current iceberg is on the move — and scientists don't know why.
Science & Energy

The Word’s Largest Iceberg Is on the Move

It's triple the size of New York City -- and taller than the Empire State Building.