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The rise of AI coincides with all-time debt highs — and one startup is cashing in by having AI robocalls do way more collections than humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Cursed New AI Calls Debtors to Hassle Them for Money

Coming soon to a robocall near you.

By Noor Al-Sibai

People were shocked when the waters of Venice's Grand Canal became neon green. Investigation revealed it was due to a non-toxic chemical.
Environment

Chemical Turns Waters of Venice Canal a Fluorescent Green

It's not easy bein' green.

By Sharon Adarlo

Ferocious feral chickens with "supercharged survival skills" have gotten out of control in Hawaii, The Atlantic reports.
Science & Energy

Hawaii Menaced by Furious Wild Chickens

"They're not the smartest birds, but they're smarter than people give them credit for."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A second Gallagher brother has responded to an AI-generated Oasis album — and because one loved it, the other, of course, had to hate it.
Artificial Intelligence

Noel Gallagher Disgusted by AI-Generated Oasis Music

"F***ing embarrassing."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Rest in peace! A Dutch startup has created a $1,000 mushroom coffin that will biodegrade in less than two months.
Environment

Get Buried in a $1,000 Organic, Biodegradable Mushroom Coffin

Rest in peace.

By Sharon Adarlo

This AI-powered captcha tool wants you to know what a "yoko" is. That's a problem, because the object doesn't actually exist.
Artificial Intelligence

Captcha AI Asks Users to Identify Bizarre Imaginary Object

Maybe I *am* a robot!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy is expected to be visible for months, even from amateur backyard telescopes.
Off-World

New Supernova in Sky May Shine for Months

A star just exploded... spectacularly.

By Sharon Adarlo

Electricity in the air can be harnessed — and the simple conductor film used to harvest this energy can be made from almost anything. 
Energy

Scientists Harvest Electricity From “Thin Air” Using Strange Material

"The air contains an enormous amount of electricity."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla just fell 50 spots — from number 12 to 62 — in Axios' Harris Poll, an annual survey that ranks America's top 100 most reputable brands.
Tesla

Tesla Falls 50 Spots in Survey of America’s Most Reputable Brands

Ouch.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Conspiracy theorists are spreading rumors that NASA is faking the International Space Station and having astronauts float around underwater.
Future Society

Maniac Conspiracy Theorists Think the Space Station Is Actually Underwater

Their "evidence" is severely flawed.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that lab-grown meat's environmental impact may actually be "orders of magnitude" higher than retail beef.
Environment

New Study Is Extremely Embarrassing for Lab-Grown Meat

"It’s not a panacea."

By Victor Tangermann

Workers at an eating disorder crisis hotline unionized. Four days later, those workers were told they'd be replaced with a chatbot.
Artificial Intelligence

Eating Disorder Hotline Fires Entire Staff and Replaces Them with a Chatbot

"A chatbot is no substitute for human empathy."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers claim to have created an AI that, trained on a trove of fMRI data, can reconstruct relatively accurate video from brain signals.
Brain

This AI Generates Video From Brain Signals

Trippy.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would allow new roads to be paved with a radioactive mining byproduct.
Science & Energy

In Bid to Become a Comical Hellscape, Florida Considers Roads Paved With Radioactive Byproduct

This is a new low... even for Florida.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A crew of space tourists headed up to the ISS this week — and, once they arrived, had to learn how to go to the bathroom in zero gravity.
Off-World

Space Tourists Learn Harsh Reality of Space Station Bathroom

We don't know how good we have it here on Earth.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 28-year-old coder in Berlin, Germany radically sped up his search for a new apartment in the city by using ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Man Finds Dream Apartments in Brutal Market Using ChatGPT

ChatGPT FTW!

By Sharon Adarlo

James Cameron revealed that he's working on a script for the next "Terminator," inspired by the rise of actual artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence

James Cameron Working on New “Terminator” Script Inspired by Rise of Actual AI

It kinda makes sense.

By Victor Tangermann

An Android app that was supposed to be used to do screen recordings has been caught secretly recording audio and sending it somewhere shady.
Future Society

Android App Busted Secretly Recording Users’ Lives

This kind of malware has a sordid history.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After warning that AI could kill us all, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt argued that AI could help fill in for the babies we're not having.
Google

Former Google CEO Says AI Can’t Destroy Humankind If We Do It First

Don't worry, it'll all work itself out in the end.

By Victor Tangermann

The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the next pandemic following COVID-19 could be even worse.
Developments

The Next Pandemic Could Be “Even Deadlier,” WHO Warns

"We cannot kick this can down the road."

By Victor Tangermann