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In a CNN interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claimed that a Tesla is "trying to kill you every chance it can."
Artificial Intelligence

Steve Wozniak: If You Want to Learn About AI Killing People, “Get a Tesla”

The Woz is at it again.

A one-time OpenAI researcher is sounding alarm bells about the prospect that artificial intelligence may bring about the end of humanity.
OpenAI

Ex-OpenAI Safety Researcher Says There’s a 20% Chance of AI Apocalypse

"If for some reason, God forbid, all these AI systems were trying to kill us, they would definitely kill us."

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest discovery is a doozy, and it seems like it's raising more questions than it's answering.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Detects Mysterious Water Vapor Around Alien Planet

Scientists are stunned.

NASA has figured out a way  to extend the mission of its interstellar Voyager 2 probe by another three years.
NASA

NASA Hack Squeezes More Time Out of Dying Voyager 2 Probe

The spacecraft that keeps on giving.

Someone created AI-generated Edward Hopper painting — and Google's search featured the image in its algorithmic overview of the artist's work.
Google

Top Google Result for “Edward Hopper” an AI-Generated Fake

This is surreal.

Saturn's rings are steadily disappearing as they're being sucked up into the planet's atmosphere and scientists are trying to figure out why.
Off-World

Saturn Is Sucking Up Its Rings

Hey, spit that out!

A water recycling firm teamed up with a Northern Californian brewery to create the Epic OneWater Brew, a beer made from recycled greywater.
Environment

Yum! Environmentally Friendly Beer Made From Used Shower Water

Apparently, it's pretty good.

Betelgeuse is one of the most iconic stars visible on Earth — and with scientists predicting that it'll go supernova soon, Twitter has jokes.
Off-World

Scientists Are Breathlessly Waiting For Betelgeuse to Explode

"Betelgeuse better explode soon or I’ll blow it up myself."

In response to the Writer's Guild strike, a guy wants people know to that writing work doesn't matter anymore — ChatGPT can just do it. Nice.
OpenAI

Fury Erupts at Suggestion of Using ChatGPT to Replace Striking Writers

"I'm confused as to what type of ideal world this argument is fighting for."

The White House is proposing a 30 percent tax on crypto mining operations to better reflect the effects they're having on the environment.
Cryptocurrency

White House Proposes 30 Percent Tax on Crypto Mining

"Instead, the energy is used to generate digital assets whose broader social benefits have yet to materialize."

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Instagram this week to show off some 3D-printed dresses that he created for his daughters.
Future Society

Zuckerberg Now 3D Printing Clothes for His Children

Billionaire CEO, fashion designer.

Gary James Harmon of Ohio was sentenced for stealing 712 Bitcoin from his brother, fellow Ohioan crypto convict Larry Dean Harmon.
Bitcoin

Guy in Ohio Steals $21M in Bitcoin From His Brother

We wouldn't be looking forward to any holidays in that household.

Over 150 African content moderators — whose work has helped to power AI systems at Facebook, TikTok, and OpenAI — have unionized.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Content Moderators Just Unionized in Africa

"For too long we, the workers powering the AI revolution, were treated as different and less than moderators."

As the saying goes, the bill always comes due — and as it stands, it's unclear whether billionaire Elon Musk's Twitter can pay up.
Elon Musk

Broke Boy Elon Musk Struggling to Pay Bills

It's hard being the second richest man in the world.

A small suborbital rocket carrying cremated remains failed to launch earlier this week, exploding over the New Mexico desert.
Off-World

Rocket Carrying Cremated Remains Explodes Seconds After Launch

Well, this is awkward.

Tourism Company Offering Zero-G Concerts
Off-World

Tourism Company Offering Zero-G Concerts

"Just imagine Dua Lipa singing 'Levitating,' while actually floating in zero gravity."

Scientists are horrified as ocean surface temperatures have continuously set new record-breaking highs over the last month.
Climate Change

Scientists Horrified as Sea Surface Temperatures Spike Off the Charts

"This is getting ridiculous."

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil inside a vacuum chamber.
Moon

NASA Extracts Oxygen From Simulated Moon Dust

"This is a big step for developing the architecture to build sustainable human bases on other planets."

Chegg, an online tutoring company that once dominated its industry, is majorly hurting in the wake of ChatGPT. 
OpenAI

Online Tutoring Company Stock Crashes as ChatGPT Steamrolls Its Business

It's happening.

There is, it seems, another mysterious balloon floating over the United States, this time over the island state of Hawaii. 
Future Society

Another Mysterious Balloon Sighted, This One Over Hawaii

We still have no idea where it came from or who owns it.