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A likely AI-generated image of a fake explosion at the Pentagon garnered so much attention on Twitter that the stock market briefly fell.
Artificial Intelligence

Seemingly AI-Generated Image of Pentagon Explosion Caused Stock Market to Dip

Yikes.

An eccentric millionaire obsessed with staying young forever has apparently taken to getting blood transfusions from his teen son.
Developments

Youth-Obsessed Tech Mogul Now Swapping Blood With His Teenage Son

"Dr. Acula will see you now."

The final frontier is, apparently, the new site of marketing as space tourism companies partner with brands.
SpaceX

SpaceX Tourists Charting New Frontiers in Product Placement

What space needs, apparently, is more stuff.

This Extreme Closeup of the Sun Is Just… Extremely Weird
Off-World

This Extreme Closeup of the Sun Is Just… Extremely Weird

Are those... tendrils?

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has delivered a crew of space tourists to the ISS as part of Axiom Space's second-ever mission to the station.
International Space Station

SpaceX Tourists Swoop Into International Space Station

"It was a lovely ride."

Ben Goertzel, the AI pioneer credited with popularizing the term "artificial intelligence," has much ado about, well, everything.
Artificial Intelligence

Meet the AI Researcher Building His Own AGI

"There's no reason a digital computer-based AGI system can't have a more human-like form of sentience and consciousness..."

AI expert Rodney Brooks is arguing that we're overestimating OpenAI's large language models and that they're far stupider than we think.
OpenAI

AI Expert Says ChatGPT Is Way Stupider Than People Realize

"What the large language models are good at is saying what an answer should sound like, which is different from what an answer should be."

In a new lawsuit, a rideshare driver claims that a Tesla he was operating for work went rogue and nearly clipped some bystanders.
Tesla

Tesla Driver Sues, Saying Car Went Rogue and Forced Him to Crash It

"As a result of the attack, [he] suffered serious and permanent injuries."

Among other things, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants you to know that it's okay to take a break sometimes.
Future Society

Bill Gates Says His Life Has Been Filled With Deep Regret

"Don't wait as long as I did to learn this lesson."

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple suggested internally people would be wearing its upcoming mixed-reality headset to parties.
Virtual Reality

Apple Hoping People Will Wear Its Pricey VR Headset to Parties

Good luck with that, folks.

NASA plans to use a device that "can vigorously spin occupants like laundry churning in a washing machine" to train astronauts.
NASA

NASA Brags About Plan to Torment Astronauts With Brutal Military Machine

Release the Kraken!

When asked how he feels about AI replacing screenwriters at Cannes on Friday, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn didn't mince words.
Artificial Intelligence

Sean Penn Says Replacing Writers with AI Would Be a “Human Obscenity”

Go off, Sean.

Tesla's customer service told a California man to bring his vehicle to a Tesla service center after his Tesla Model Y burst into flames.
Tesla

Tesla Owner Speechless at Company’s Response After Car Bursts Into Flames

They wanted him to WHAT?!

Japanese scientists say they've proven wood might just be a durable in-orbit material — and now, plan to build a satellite with it.
Off-World

Scientists Preparing to Launch Wooden Satellite

This could be huge.

World elites are converging in Lisbon this weekend for the Bilderberg Meeting, where AI is reportedly at the very top of the agenda.
Artificial Intelligence

Secretive Meeting of World Elites Discussing AI

Quiet, the ADULTS are talking!

According to a recent study conducted by a team of Chinese scientists, the Milky Way galaxy might be a regular, two-armed spiral after all.
Off-World

Oops! Scientists Say Our Galaxy May Be a Different Shape From What They Thought

Say it ain't so!

OpenAI has told Washington DC lobbying company FiscalNote that it can't advertise using ChatGPT for politics, Semafor reports.
OpenAI

OpenAI Annoyed by Lobbyists Seizing on ChatGPT

This is what it took?

Writers are furious that Archive of Our Own (AO3), one of the world's largest fanfiction websites, won't ban AI-generated fanfiction.
Artificial Intelligence

Writers Furious When Fanfiction Site Won’t Ban AI-Generated Work

Is the internet ready for AI-generated fan fiction?

A federal watchdog is warning customers that some combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors being sold on Amazon don't work.
Future Society

Government Warns That Amazon Smoke Detector Doesn’t Detect Smoke

It's a "dangerous piece of garbage."

NASA officially awarded a Blue Origin-led team a $3.4 billion contract for its upcoming Artemis V mission to the Moon.
Moon

NASA Awards Sore Loser Jeff Bezos a Consolation Prize Moon Contract

Can they please stop fighting now?