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Meet "2dumb2destroy," a chatbot that is, refreshingly, too stupid to do humanity any harm beyond telling a bad joke or two.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Chatbot Deliberately Trained to Be as Stupid as Possible

Finally, some Dumb Guy representation.

By Frank Landymore

The U.S. bank is playing it safe in the name of "compliance concerns" to ensure that ChatGPT doesn't inadvertently meddle with its sensitive work.
OpenAI

Giant Bank JP Morgan Bans ChatGPT Use Among Employees

If the employees want to chat, they'll just have to talk to each other instead.

By Frank Landymore

The F-150 Lightning is Ford's EV pickup, but has had a rocky start to the year in the wake of two separate battery issues halting production.
Advanced Transport

Ford Has Paused Electric Pickup for Several Weeks After One Caught Fire

Yeah, might want to sort that one out.

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have discovered a new, innermost layer nestled inside our planet's inner core, a 400-mile solid metallic ball that acts in a strange way.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Gigantic Solid Metal Ball Inside the Earth’s Core

There's something weird going on at the exact center of our planet.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's analysis of Ryugu asteroid samples revealed chemical compounds that support the theory that space dust contains the building blocks for life.
NASA

NASA First Look at Japanese Asteroid Samples Reveal the Building Blocks for Life

Okay, that's pretty fascinating.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The OpenAI-built ChatGPT will have you receiving prestigious awards, writing bestselling novels, and more — even if those accolades are nonexistent.
OpenAI

When ChatGPT Writes Bios for People, They’re Littered With Fabrications

You get an award! You get an award!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

She thinks the app Gas, which just launched a paid tier, is "intrinsically problematic," preying on teenage insecurity as a means of generating profit.
Future Society

Expert Warns That App Where You Can Only Say Nice Things Could Have Dark Consequences

She says Gas is just another wolf in a very nice — if gossipy — sheep's clothing.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Apple has made breakthroughs in a confidential project that would transform its Apple Watches into noninvasive glucose monitors, Bloomberg reports.
Prosthetics and Devices

Secret Apple Project Tracks Blood Sugar Using Apple Watch

This could turn the healthcare industry on its head.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In spite of government reassurances, things are starting to look scary in East Palestine, Ohio, where a new tally puts the fish death toll at over 43,000.
Science & Energy

Tens of Thousands of Animals Died for Miles Around Toxic Spill, Officials Admit

This is not good news, folk.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has gotten a close-up look at a mysteriously-shaped asteroid, which was once believed to be in danger of colliding with the Earth, as it whizzed by.
Off-World

Strangely Shaped Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth

Woosh!

By Victor Tangermann

The process to create Chevron's "biofuels" from plastic waste would be so toxic, it could quite literally cause cancer — and the EPA approved it knowingly.
Virtual Reality

Chevron’s Jet Fuel Made From Plastic Very Likely to Cause Cancer, EPA Documents Say

"That kind of risk is obscene."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An unusually dry winter is causing Venice's world-famous canals to dry up, as seen in alarming new images — a growing climate crisis rearing its head.
Science & Energy

Venice Looks Pretty Alarming With Its Canals Drained

The photos are shocking.

By Victor Tangermann

As the company's AI war woes (spoiler: it's losing) build, CNBC reports that Google has officially commanded its employees to start sharing desks.
Future Society

Google Instructs Workers to Share Desks to Cut Costs

The plight of the Googlers continues.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers suggest the universe may never actually end, but instead lead to future Big Bangs, much like the one that brought our universe into being.
Energy

More Big Bangs Could Be Coming Up, Scientists Say

The universe may be doomed to "Bang" and contract, ad infinitum.

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to a Texan scientist, tere appears to finally be a medically-backed cure for hiccups — and yes, there is a purchase required.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Says He’s Invented a Cure for Hiccups

Finally!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have discovered a highly unusual "forbidden" gas giant exoplanet, which is so big, it defies our current models.
Off-World

Scientists Find Gigantic Planet a Quarter the Size of Its Star

It "should not exist."

By Victor Tangermann

Joseph Cox at Vice fed his voice into an Eleven Labs AI voice cloning tool, which he used to successfully bypass voice biometrics over the phone.
Artificial Intelligence

Journalist Clones His Voice and Uses It to Break Into His Own Bank Account

"I couldn't believe it — it had worked."

By Frank Landymore

Just weeks after pressing pause on publishing AI-generated content, CNET owner Red Ventures appears poised to greenlight its AI program once again.
Artificial Intelligence

CNET’s Owner Preparing to Restart Publishing AI-Generated Content

Feels a little hasty.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

YouTuber and Weta Workshop graphics engineer James Brown has turned a tiny Lego brick into a device that can play the 1993 hit video game "Doom."
Robots and Machines

Rejoice! You Can Finally Play Doom on a Lego Brick

What is this? Doom for ants?

By Victor Tangermann

The government is now admitting that it spend millions of taxpayer dollars getting three "UFOs" out of the sky that were almost definitely just balloons.
Military

The Military Spent $1.5 Million Shooting Down Those Three Unidentified Objects

This is just embarrassing.

By Noor Al-Sibai