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Unfortunately for autonomous carmaker Cruise, its Houston beta test didn't get off to a very hot start this week.
Advanced Transport

Brand New Robotaxis Immediately Cause Traffic Jam in Houston

"All the other human-driven cars could respond to the police. The Cruise vehicles can't do that."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A senior OpenAI employee claimed that using the latest version of ChatGPT is akin to talking with a human therapist.
OpenAI

OpenAI Employee Says She’s Never Tried Therapy But ChatGPT Is Pretty Much a Replacement For It

"This is probably it?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Writers Guild of America has officially reached an agreement with Hollywood studios, determining that an AI isn't a "writer."
Artificial Intelligence

Strike Ends With Writers Guild Forcing Concessions on AI

It's a big win, but plenty of questions remain.

By Victor Tangermann

Some physicians are willing to perform CPR on a patient, whose heart has stopped beating — even though they know there's no hope of survival.
Developments

Should Doctors Only Pretend to Resuscitate Dying Patients?

"You have to make a judgment about what really is futile, and what really is in somebody's best interest."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe they have developed a drug that can trick the body into thinking it has exercised — but as always, there are caveats. 
RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Mimics the Effects of Exercise in Mice

"This compound is basically telling skeletal muscle to make the same changes you see during endurance training."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Binance was left to clean up the mess last fall when FTX crashed — but now, the world's biggest crypto exchange is itself falling apart.
Cryptocurrency

The World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Appears to Be Melting Down

Who's going to be the adult in the room now?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists Crack Open Lid of Canister Holding Asteroid Sample
Off-World

Scientists Crack Open Lid of Canister Holding Asteroid Sample

"We opened up the canister today, and we did see that there is some black dust-like material..."

By Victor Tangermann

Alabama wants to use an experimental execution technique on one of its death row inmates — and the inmate in question is fighting back.
Future Society

Alabama Prisoner Protests Being Test Subject for New Execution Technique

This sounds like a nightmarish way to be put to death.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google's search AI thinks you can melt eggs. Its source? ChatGPT. Cheers to the end of the internet's usability!
Google

Google’s Search AI Says You Can Melt Eggs. Its Source Will Make You Facepalm

No, Google, you can't melt eggs.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Government officials in Iran are looking to modernize by using artificial intelligence to help clerics issue fatwas.
Artificial Intelligence

Iranian Authorities Say AI Could Help Issue Fatwas Faster Than Ever Before

You get a fatwa, and you get a fatwa, and you get a fatwa!

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to Gizmodo, Coca-Cola's new AI-inspired flavor called Y3000 is uninspired and downright terrible.
Artificial Intelligence

People Disgusted With Flavor of Coke’s AI-Generated Soda

It's "bad. Don’t drink it."

By Victor Tangermann

As Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial draws nearer, his mom, Barbara Fried, is holding the line that it's all just a government witch hunt.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mom Says the Government Is Being Super Mean to Her Beautiful Boy

According to Barbara Fried, it's all just a witch hunt.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Japanese company says it has developed a new antibody drug that stops proteins in the mouth responsible for suppressing tooth growth.
Health & Medicine

Japanese Company Testing Drug to Regrow Teeth in Humans

"The idea of growing new teeth is every dentist's dream."

By Victor Tangermann

India's Vikram lunar lander has yet to "re-awaken" from its prolonged night-time nap, worrying scientists.
Moon

India’s Moon Lander Appears to Have Died

Please wake up!

By Victor Tangermann

BuzzFeed's stock has been tumbling for months, and it appears that Buzzy the Robot may not be enough to save it from Nasdaq doom.
Artificial Intelligence

What Happened After BuzzFeed’s Pivot to AI: Catastrophic Stock Collapse

If "Buzzy the Robot" quizzes won't save BuzzFeed, what will?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Some people in Iowa are mad that Microsoft used a ton of water to train AI while Iowa has been in a drought caused by climate change.
Artificial Intelligence

Critics Furious Microsoft Is Training AI by Sucking Up Water During Drought

"ChatGPT is not a necessity for human life, and yet we are literally taking water to feed a computer."

By Sharon Adarlo

The "Hitler beetle," Anophthalmus hitleri, is close to extinction as neo-Nazis keep snatching specimens up as collectors' items.
Science & Energy

Beetle Named After Hitler Being Driven to Extinction by Neo-Nazis Collecting It

"Why not end this illegal trade by changing its name?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meta is marching forward with its solution for reviving declining user numbers: introducing an array of AI-powered chatbots to its services.
Meta

Losing Human Users, Facebook Releasing Chatbots for Lonely to Talk To

"Human, please! Share your experiences, thoughts, and emotions!"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An Australian woman has pleaded guilty after being caught flying a drone filled with contraband into a prison yard.
Drones

Woman Pleads Guilty for Flying Drug- and Porn-Laden Drone Into Prison

That's one way to sneak contraband inside.

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you get a message from someone you never matched with on Tinder, it's not a glitch — it's the app's expensive new subscription plan.
Future Society

Tinder Now Letting Rizzless Sad Sacks Pay $500/Month to Message People Without Even Matching

This is pathetic.

By Noor Al-Sibai