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Elon Musk may have accidentally leaked his alternate Twitter account — and it's really, really weird.
Elon Musk

This Strongly Appears to Be Elon Musk’s Alt Account on Twitter Where He Roleplays as His Own Child

This is super weird.

After looking at NASA's Mars lander data, scientists say they've figured out what lies at the heart of the Red Planet's core.
Mars

Scientists Detect Gooey Core Inside Mars

Like a giant candy.

After spending the last five months making its way to the Moon, a Japanese spacecraft is about to make its first attempt to land on the lunar surface.
Moon

A Private Spacecraft Will Attempt to Land on the Moon Tomorrow

It could become the first privately operated lander to touch down on the lunar surface.

Japanese lunar lander Hakuto-R Mission 1, developed by ispace, lost contact with mission control during today's landing attempt.
Moon

Private Company Landing on Moon Appears to Have Failed

"We have to assume we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface."

Any AI chatbots operating within China's digital borders must comply with its censorship laws — a bar that may prove impossible for the unpredictable tech.
Artificial Intelligence

China Says Chatbots Must Be Strictly Censored by Communist Guidelines

"Generative artificial intelligence put into tension two of the top goals of the party."

SpaceX's Starship orbital test flight, the most powerful rocket ever built, left a huge mark on its surroundings, triggering an FAA investigation.
Starship

SpaceX Is in Big Trouble With the FAA After Starship Explosion

Starship is officially grounded.

CNBC obtained new footage showing the dramatic fire that melted through three Ford F-150 Lightnings at a holding lot in February.
Advanced Transport

Footage Shows Three Ford F-150 Electric Trucks Burning

"We're not putting this f***er out. Look at it."

SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, made short work of its launchpad below, blasting a crater straight through its concrete surface.
Starship

Starship Launch Absolutely Wrecked SpaceX’s Facilities, Photos Show

SpaceX was not prepared.

Experimental artist and futurist Claire "Grimes" Boucher is looking at AI as an opportunity and is willing to split royalties for songs that use her voice.
Artificial Intelligence

Grimes Says She’ll Split Royalties With Anyone Who Deepfakes Her Voice Into a Song

"I'll split 50 percent royalties on any successful AI-generated song that uses my voice."

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

ChatGPT-Inspired Letter of Recommendation Gets Prestigious Cambridge Scholarship

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

Tabloid Fires Editor for AI-Generated “Interview” With Injured Celebrity

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

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

There’s a Serious Problem With Lab-Grown Meat

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

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

Video Shows Falling Starship Debris Smashing a Minivan

"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

Elon Musk Forces Dead Celebrities to Become “Paying” Twitter Blue Subscribers

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

Detailed Jailbreak Gets ChatGPT to Write Wildly Explicit Smut

"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

Lonely Parrots Love Video Chatting With Each Other, Study Finds

"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

Just Running ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI a Staggering Sum Every Single Day

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

Company Builds Facility That Lifts and Lowers 24-Ton Bricks to Store 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

City Annoyed When SpaceX Launch Coats It in Layer of Grime

"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

Space Station Contacted by Bizarre Life Form: Post Malone

It's an excruciating watch.