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Given that the sun rises and sets 16 times per day on the ISS, it may be kind of difficult for Muslim astronaut Sultan Alneyadi to fast during Ramadan.
Off-World

A conundrum!

By Noor Al-Sibai

What should've been a career high discovery of a goblin shark in the Mediterranean might be nothing but shoddy science and a prankster's plastic.
Science & Energy

Sink or swim, and these guys SANK.

By Frank Landymore

Microsoft AI scientists believe that the OpenAI-built GPT-4 has shown "sparks" of near-human-level intelligence, or artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Artificial Intelligence

"We believe that GPT-4's intelligence signals a true paradigm shift in the field of computer science and beyond."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Claire "Grimes" Boucher wanted a brain-computer interface (BCI) for her birthday — and one of Neuralink's apparent competitors was happy to comply.
Brain Implants

Wonder how Elon's gonna respond to this one.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The moons of Uranus could harbor oceans that are ungratefully spewing magnetized plasma particles onto their host planet's surface.
Moon

Moonlighting as an ocean world.

By Frank Landymore

Apparently, in the Justice Department's legal battles against Google over monopoly concerns, Google's AI-powered Bard chatbot is siding with the government.
Google

"I hope that the court will find in favor of the Justice Department and order Google to take steps to break up its monopoly."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Screenwriter Union Reportedly Proposes Allowing AI-Written Movies and TV Shows
Artificial Intelligence

But there's some major caveats.

By Frank Landymore

After weeks of nearly-non-stop rain, a freaking tornado was filmed as it ripped through Los Angeles County, damaging people and property in its wake.
Science & Energy

This is the last thing LA needs after a month of rain storms.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts asked GPT-4 100 leading prompts about conspiracy theories — and, shockingly, the chatbot didn't push back against any of them.
Artificial Intelligence

This doesn't seem right.

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the first time ever, a dust storm has been observed outside of our Solar System — and it was the James Webb Space Telescope that made the discovery. 
James Webb Space Telescope

"Ever had hot sand whip across your face?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

The latest Big Tech chatbot, the Bard AI by Google, just dropped, and there seems to be something kind of funny going on with it. 
Google

Who among us hasn't fluffed up their resume?

By Noor Al-Sibai

With a silly name and an even sillier startup cost, Stanford's Alpaca ChatGPT clone costs only $600 and shows how easy OpenAI's may be to replicate.
OpenAI

We love to see it.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Unfortunately, much like ChatGPT, Stanford's Alpaca AI proved to be a lean, mean, misinformation machine that was too costly to maintain.
OpenAI

They cloned a little too much of ChatGPT's capabilities.

By Frank Landymore

The Margaritaville bill always comes due — and in FTX and Alameda Resarch's case, it was way higher than we thought. Like, $600k more.
Blockchain

That's... so many cheeseburgers.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Every reporter's worst nightmare came to life for one Ecuadorian journalist when he plugged a USB device into his computer and it exploded in the newsroom.
Robots and Machines

"It’s a military-type explosive..."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Google-made, AI-powered Bard chatbot is already spouting disinformation with shocking ease — and supporting those conspiracies with fake news sources.
Google

Google's Bard is pretty impressive. But it'll also happily defend Pizzagate — and cook up fake citations to defend deranged conspiracies.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Jackson Greathouse Fall has gone viral for his stunt of using ChatGPT to make all his business decisions, garnering modest investment.
OpenAI

"You are HustleGPT, an entrepreneurial AI. I am your human counterpart."

By Frank Landymore

The White House is more irked with Elon Musk than ever after a selfie of him with a Russian propagandist ended up online.
Off-World

Remember, Musk is a huge government contractor.

By Noor Al-Sibai

With piling debt, seized assets, and its once dependable spacecrafts now plagued with leaks, Roscosmos is in some of the worst shape ever.
Off-World

A grim decline into decrepitude.

By Frank Landymore

People are using AI-generated images of Donald Trump getting arrested by the NYPD before it actually happens, because that's the world we live in now.
Artificial Intelligence

"We are witnessing a new form of 'anticipatory disinformation.'"

By Noor Al-Sibai