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A spiral galaxy with a bright core surrounded by a glowing white halo, featuring a dark central region resembling a black hole. The galaxy's arms display a mix of pink, purple, and blue hues with scattered stars and cosmic dust. The background is filled with numerous small stars and distant celestial objects.
Future Society

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say

You have our attention.

By Frank Landymore

A former SpaceX engineer and his startup, General Galactic, are looking to put the concept of turning water into rocket fuel to the test.
Off-World

SpaceX Veteran Says He’s Figured Out How to Make Rocket Fuel From Water

He's got a lot to prove.

By Victor Tangermann

A spacecraft equipped with solar panels is scanning a large crater on a rocky, orange-brown planetary surface. The scan reveals an underground cavity filled with rocks. Earth is visible in the distant black space background.
Astronomy

Scientists Spot Huge Cave on Venus

This could be a breakthrough.

By Frank Landymore

ByteDance has once again upped the ante with the latest version of its Seedance AI video generating tool. Hollywood is scared.
Ethics

New AI Video Generator Is So Impressive That It’s Scaring Hollywood

"I hate to say it. It's likely over for us."

By Victor Tangermann

A large wildfire is burning intensely on a hillside at night, with bright orange flames and glowing embers spreading across the landscape. Thick smoke rises into the dark sky, and the fire's glow reflects on the water in the foreground. Dim lights from buildings or homes are visible at the base of the hill.
Climate Change

Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say

"Policymakers and the public remain largely unaware of the risks posed by what would effectively be a point-of-no-return transition."

By Joe Wilkins

Malware researchers found a serious security vulnerability plaguing Microsoft's latest AI-enhanced version of its plain-text editor, Notepad.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was Stupidly Easy for Hackers to Trick

"Microsoft is turning Notepad into a slow, feature-heavy mess we don't need."

By Victor Tangermann

A split image showing a humanoid robot performing martial arts moves in a traditional Chinese courtyard. On the left, the robot is executing a one-handed handstand while a person in red traditional attire performs a flying kick behind it. On the right, the robot is balancing on one leg with its arms raised, appearing to be in mid-motion. The background features ornate red pillars, decorative window frames, and tiled roofs typical of classical Chinese architecture.
Robotics

They Gave a Robot a Sword

Welcome to the year of the robot.

By Joe Wilkins

Former xAI staffers told The Verge they grew frustrated with the company's ethical carelessness and stagnating technological progress.
Elon Musk

Former xAI Staffers Say They Were Burned Out by the Company’s Carelessness and Lack of Innovation

"You survive by shutting up and doing what Elon wants."

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's home security subsidiary Ring, may have finally dethroned Pepsi's disastrous ad as the biggest Super Bowl marketing disaster.
Privacy

Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi

It's turning out to be an absolute disaster.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig declared in a New York Times essay that she was resigning from the company, raising concerns over ads.
Anthropic

Another OpenAI Researcher Just Quit in Disgust

"It is whether we can design structures that avoid excluding people from these tools and potentially manipulating them as consumers."

By Victor Tangermann

A wooden mannequin puppet is suspended by strings controlled by two large robotic hands above it. The scene is illuminated with dramatic blue and purple lighting, creating a futuristic and controlled atmosphere.
Ethics

Man Lets AI Rent His Body

"While I've been micromanaged before, these incessant messages from an AI employer gave me the ick."

By Joe Wilkins

Mark Zuckerberg stands on a stage in front of a large screen displaying a close-up image of black-framed glasses being held by two hands. Through the lenses, a clear view of a living room with a gray couch, black pillow, round wooden table, and a chessboard with pieces is visible, while the surrounding area outside the lenses appears blurred. The stage backdrop is blue with various geometric shapes in different colors.
Facial recognition

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care

"This technology is ripe for abuse."

By Joe Wilkins

Researchers argue that the presence of long chain carbon molecules on Mars "cannot be readily explained" by non-biological processes alone.
Mars

NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars

Yet another tantalizing clue.

By Victor Tangermann

A surreal scene featuring a metallic, copper-colored female figure with a textured surface, holding her head with both hands. Behind her is a large reflective mirror showing her back and a lightning strike in the background. The sky is filled with dramatic, reddish-orange clouds, and the ground appears reflective, mirroring the intense sky and lightning.
Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Says Company No Longer Sure Whether Claude Is Conscious

"But we're open to the idea that it could be."

By Frank Landymore

The X logo is centered against a gradient blue background that transitions from a lighter blue at the top to a deeper blue at the bottom.
xAI

X Is In Such Dire Straits That Its Head of Product Says It Can’t Afford to Display the Color Blue

An "Everything App" — with just two colors.

By Frank Landymore

A smartphone screen displaying an announcement for GPT-4o dated May 13, 2024, describing it as a new flagship model capable of reasoning across audio, vision, and text in real time. The background features blurred neon lights in pink, blue, and purple hues.
OpenAI

As OpenAI Pulls Down the Controversial GPT-4o, Someone Has Already Created a Clone

"Those experiences weren’t just 'chatbots.' They were relationships."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A large computer keyboard key with a trash can icon on it, connected by a cable, set against a blue background with strong blue lighting and shadows.
Anthropic

Blundering Husband Asks Claude AI to “Organize” Wife’s PC, Accidentally Erases Her Cherished Family Photos

"I nearly had a heart attack."

By Frank Landymore

According to a new report, cryptocurrency flows to suspected human trafficking services grew a shocking 85 percent last year.
Bitcoin

Crypto Has Finally Found Its Killer App: Human Trafficking

Extremely grim.

By Victor Tangermann

Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.
Future Society

Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place

Hypocrisy much?

By Victor Tangermann

A digital collage features Sam Altman, Donald Trump, and Greg Bovino against a yellow background with a red grid pattern.
Future Society

Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI’s Support for Trump and ICE

"Don't support the fascist regime."

By Joe Wilkins