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OpenAI

The Rage at OpenAI Has Grown So Immense That There Are Entire Protests Against It

"What OpenAI is doing in terms of building legal mass surveillance technology for the government... is frankly, insane."

By Frank Landymore

Trump's war in Iran has cut much of the world off from a viral supply of oil and gas from the Middle East, causing oil prices to spike.
Fossil Fuels

Gas Prices Spiking After Trump’s War in Iran

"He promised to bring prices down, but he never did."

By Victor Tangermann

Jack Dorsey's claim that the latest Block layoffs were due to AI failed to convince everybody, with many arguing the company was bloated.
Ethics

Jack Dorsey Isn’t Telling the Real Story About Block’s AI Layoffs, Insider Says

"This isn’t an AI story. It's organizational bloat wearing an AI costume."

By Victor Tangermann

In a leaked memo, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called out the president for taking "dictator-style" praise from other AI leaders.
Anthropic

Dario Amodei Says Trump Is Mad That He Hasn’t Given Him “Dictator-Style Praise”

Knives out.

By Victor Tangermann

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Blockchain

Polymarket Gets Major Prediction Completely Wrong After Loudly Boasting About It

Cool.

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

Even Tech Investors Are Getting Sick of All These AI Startups With Weak Ideas

"The barrier to entry has dropped, which makes building a real moat much harder."

By Joe Wilkins

Robert Kennedy Jr. took aim at popular coffee chain Dunkin' for stuffing an immense amount of sugar into their drinks.
Developments

America Does Not Run on Dunkin, RFK Jr. Rages

"Come and take it."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors

"I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the most cursed."

By Frank Landymore

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Energy

Polymarket Quietly Takes Down Bet On Nuclear Detonation

How was this even allowed?

By Frank Landymore

The US military is extensively using Palantir's Maven Smart System in its attacks on Iran, which uses Anthropic's Claude, despite the ban.
Anthropic

After Banning Anthropic From Military Use, Pentagon Still Relying Heavily on It in Iran War

So much for banning it "effective immediately."

By Victor Tangermann

A man lies on a bed, covering his ears and grimacing in discomfort. Behind him, there is a dark blue grid background with two framed images: one of Elon Musk's face with a contemplative expression, and the other of a fiery, orange Eye of Sauron from "The Lord of the Rings." The overall color tone of the man and bed is bluish, contrasting with the warm colors in the framed images.
xAI

Residents Say Elon Musk’s AI Facility Is Like Living Next Door to Mordor

"I just haven't really internalized that this is here and this is what's happening."

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

To Lloyd Blankfein, who led Goldman Sachs through the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, it's reasonable to prepare for a "reckoning."
Artificial Intelligence

Goldman Sachs Head During Financial Crisis Says He “Smells” a Similar Crash Coming

"I don’t feel the storm, but the horses are starting to whinny in the corral."

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos is sitting in a with piles of US currency stacked around him and on his lap, set against a bright yellow background.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Gathering Money to Buy Companies Gutted by AI

"Figuring out how to reinvent the physical world is a big challenge."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

The AI Jobs Apocalypse Is Starting to Feel Real

Hunker down.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI

Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling ChatGPT as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges

Yikes.

By Frank Landymore

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RX and Medicine

Government Handing Out Cash Bonuses to Drug Researchers Who Rush Through Regulatory Approvals

"If you don't like it, we can get rid of it, but usually everybody loves money."

By Joe Wilkins

A lead investor of the AI music app Suno appears to have undermined the company's legal defense in light of copyright infringement lawsuits.
Future Society

Lead Investor in Music Generation App Suno Deletes Tweet That Contradicts Its Argument in High Stakes Court Cases

"This tweet, from Suno’s lead investor, will surely be used in court one day."

By Victor Tangermann

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Machine Learning

Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities

"Regarding AI as similar to the beauty of the human mind is just like putting lipstick on a pig."

By Joe Wilkins