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An investigation has revealed that the camera on an UberEats delivery robot has been used to convict two men of trying to steal said robot. 
Robotics

Dudes Arrested for Trying to Steal Entire Uber Eats Delivery Robot

"It didn’t end well (for them)."

The French Competition Authority raided Nvidia's local offices this week as part of a probe in its alleged anti-competitive practices.
Artificial Intelligence

France Just Raided the Offices of Nvidia

Uh oh.

Elon Musk wanted to livestream his visit to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, but his broadcast crashed just minutes in.
Future Society

Elon Sends Pleading Email to All of Twitter Staff After Live Stream Flub

That didn't go as planned.

Antimatter particles may be a lot more predictable than science fiction makes it out to be, responding to gravity just like regular matter.
Science & Energy

Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It

"The bottom line is that there’s no free lunch."

Disgraced crypto scion Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial is about to start heating up — and the judge has a stark warning for the FTX founder.
Blockchain

Judge Warns Sam Bankman-Fried He’s Facing a “Very Long Sentence”

He's staring down the barrel.

The new Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses look like regular shades, but can record and livestream video with little warning to those around it.
Future Society

Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing

Spying just got easier.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hopes that artificial general intelligence will be able to replace the so-called "median human."
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI

"Comparing AI to even the idea of median or average humans is a bit offensive."

The Meta CEO demonstrated impressively true-to-life avatars in an interview conducted over the Metaverse using VR headsets.
Metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Wildly Improved Metaverse With Lifelike Avatars

"It just feels like we're in the same room."

According to Spotify founder Daniel Ek, there's more to his old friend Mark Zuckerberg than meets the eye.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Friend Says He Has Three Distinct Personas

Which Zuck are we today?

Ozempic, the uber-popular injectable diabetes drug, has had to update its potential side effect warnings to include intestinal blockage.
RX and Medicine

The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines

Things aren't looking good for semaglutide.

Legal experts say a copyright lawsuit filed by high-profile authors against OpenAI may have a decent chance at winning.
OpenAI

OpenAI May Be in Big Legal Trouble

This lawsuit could "open the pandora's box."

Chinese researchers are investigating the feasibility of having astronauts shelter in space inside lava tubes on the lunar surface.
Moon

Chinese Scientists Ponder Moon Base Inside Ancient Lunar Lava Tube

It's likely an excellent place to set up shop.

Learning you're fired via tweet is one thing — but learning that you're about to take over as Twitter CEO from an Elon Musk post is another entirely. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Didn’t Bother Telling Twitter’s New CEO She Was Hired Before Announcing It

"This couldn't have happened at a worse time."

Astronomers are arguing in a new paper that disco balls should be placed in universities and scientific facilities.
Off-World

Astronomers Call for More Disco Balls at Scientific Facilities

This is as awesome as it is simple.

The world's land masses are, a new super-charged climate model suggests, going to form into one giant desert supercontinent.
Climate Change

Scientists Say Earth Will Become a Barren Wasteland

"I would suspect if we can get off this planet and find somewhere more habitable, that would be more preferable."

Unfortunately for autonomous carmaker Cruise, its Houston beta test didn't get off to a very hot start this week.
Advanced Transport

Brand New Robotaxis Immediately Cause Traffic Jam in Houston

"All the other human-driven cars could respond to the police. The Cruise vehicles can't do that."

A senior OpenAI employee claimed that using the latest version of ChatGPT is akin to talking with a human therapist.
OpenAI

OpenAI Employee Says She’s Never Tried Therapy But ChatGPT Is Pretty Much a Replacement For It

"This is probably it?"

The Writers Guild of America has officially reached an agreement with Hollywood studios, determining that an AI isn't a "writer."
Artificial Intelligence

Strike Ends With Writers Guild Forcing Concessions on AI

It's a big win, but plenty of questions remain.

Some physicians are willing to perform CPR on a patient, whose heart has stopped beating — even though they know there's no hope of survival.
Developments

Should Doctors Only Pretend to Resuscitate Dying Patients?

"You have to make a judgment about what really is futile, and what really is in somebody's best interest."

Scientists believe they have developed a drug that can trick the body into thinking it has exercised — but as always, there are caveats. 
RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Mimics the Effects of Exercise in Mice

"This compound is basically telling skeletal muscle to make the same changes you see during endurance training."