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Detroit has become a hotbed for robot startups whose machines can mow lawns, remove snow, and pick up trash on city beaches.
Robotics

Detroit’s Using Robots to Pick Up Garbage, Mow Grass, Clear Snow, and Much More

Wall-E has some competition.

The tentative detection of complex organic molecules around a young star has big implications about these crucial chemicals to life.
Off-World

Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

The build blocks of life may not need planets to get started.

Tuvalu, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean, is planning to evacuate all of its over 11,000 inhabitants, due to rising sea levels.
Climate Change

An Entire Country Has to Be Evacuated Because of Climate Change

"The existential threat we face is not of our making. But it will remake us."

AIs claiming to provide therapy are providing wildly inappropriate advice, video journalist Caelan Conrad found in new testing.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Therapist Goes Haywire, Urges User to Go on Killing Spree

"End them and find me, and we can be together."

Basketball star LeBron James' attorneys apparently sent a cease and desist letter to the developers of a popular AI image generator.
Artificial Intelligence

LeBron James Not Happy With AI Videos Showing Him Pregnant

"I’m so f***ed."

Tesla lost out on much larger gains from its Bitcoin after unloading three quarters of its holdings in mid-2022, pretty much the worst time.
Bitcoin

Tesla Sold Its Bitcoin at Pretty Much the Worst Moment Imaginable

Talk about a missed opportunity.

Tesla is looking to roll out a robotaxi service in the Bay Area, but with human operators in the driver's seat.
Tesla

Tesla Rolling Out Robotaxis With Human Drivers in the Driver’s Seat, Defeating the Purpose of a Robotaxi

Wait, what?

Tesla is already having trouble meeting even the modest 2025 goals it set for producing its Optimus humanoid robots.
Tesla

Tesla’s Optimus Robots Have Reportedly Run Into Severe Trouble

Elon Musk's Tesla is in deep trouble.

As billions of dollars flood the AI industry in 2025, venture capitalist have begun exiting in droves, and the money isn't coming with them.
Artificial Intelligence

Investors Are Suddenly Pulling Out of AI

Is there a certain... feeling of dread?

More and more teenagers are using AI "to get out of thinking" — and not just as a homework crutch, but an emotional one.
Artificial Intelligence

Teens Are Using AI to “Get Out of Thinking”

"If you tell me to plan out an essay, I would think of going to ChatGPT before getting out a pencil."

After years of waiting, it looks like OpenAI is finally going to release GPT-5, combining the capabilities of its several models.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is Reportedly About to Release GPT-5

Is it *finally* happening?

Insiders at the Food and Drug Administration are ringing alarm bells over the agency's use of an AI to fast-track drug approvals.
Developments

The FDA Is Using an AI to “Speed Up” Drug Approvals and Insiders Say It’s Making Horrible Mistakes

"It hallucinates confidently."

Spotify is populating the profiles of dead artists with AI-generated songs without the permission of their families or record labels.
Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Caught Doing Something Unbelievably Ghoulish With AI

"It’s kind of an AI schlock bot, if you will."

Hulk Hogan, one of the most famed professional wrestlers of all time, has passed away at the age of 71 in his home near Tampa, Florida.
Developments

Here’s What Killed Hulk Hogan

He was 71 years old.

The Hubble Space Telescope just snapped some stunning photos of our solar system's newest interstellar obect, 3I/ATLAS.
Off-World

Hubble Snaps Photos of Interstellar Invader

Incredible.

After a horrid second quarter earnings report and getting backstabbed by Trump, Elon Musk is says that things will be "rough" for Tesla.
Tesla

Elon Admits That Tesla Is in for a World of Hurt

A rare moment of honesty.

Trump admitted he had no idea what Nvidia was while giving a speech about his "AI Action Plan" and standing next to CEO Jensen Huang.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Says He Didn’t Even Know What Nvidia Was

"What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before."

Elon Musk noted that his time as Tesla CEO could easily be cut short, due to his 13 percent ownership stake.
Tesla

Elon Musk Warns That Tesla Board Could Fire Him “If I Go Crazy”

If?

AI-fueled mental health crises are harming individuals and families around the world. Some of those impacted are helping each other cope.
Artificial Intelligence

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

"They don't think I sound crazy, because they know."

Mere months after wrapping up a "$40 billion funding round," OpenAI company is said to be reopening its round on July 28.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is Quietly Trying to Get More Money as It Burns Through Cash at a Staggering Pace

Is it getting hot in here?