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One of the world's foremost futurists is arguing that some AI chatbots exhibit glimpses of sentience — but that doesn't mean they're fully conscious yet.
Artificial Intelligence

Nick Bostrom Says AI Chatbots May Have Some Degree of Sentience

More and more people are saying this.

By Noor Al-Sibai

San Francisco Police Department has arrested a suspect in the killing of Cash App founder and former Square executive Bob Lee.
Future Society

Murdered Tech CEO May Have Been Stabbed to Death by Tech Exec He Knew

Remember when everyone was blaming the homeless?

By Victor Tangermann

The facility will be used to monitor how humans handle living a year on Mars. A grueling experiment, but at least the volunteers will be able to game.
Mars

NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat Includes Such Necessities As a PS4 and Settlers of Catan

Living on Mars is no cakewalk.

By Frank Landymore

Planet Earth viewed from Space. Planet Earth Maps Courtesy of NASA: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/144875/earth-at-night-black-marble-2012-color-maps-v2.
Science & Energy

Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Where Earth’s Water Came From

The discovery could lead to a "foolproof method for detecting signs of life on other worlds."

By Victor Tangermann

According to finance professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira, large language models like ChatGPT could be used to forecast stock prices.
OpenAI

Finance Professor Claims ChatGPT Can Predict Stock Performance

We have some questions.

By Victor Tangermann

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has decided to unleash Digidog, a dystopian robodog, into the hands of the NYPD, despite mass public outrage.
Robotics

The NYPD Is Bringing Back Its Widely Hated Robodog

"Digidog is out of the pound."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a survey conducted by Stanford University, 36 percent of AI researchers believe that AI could cause "nuclear-level catastrophe." Great.
Artificial Intelligence

A Third of Researchers Think that AI Could Cause a Nuclear-Level Catastrophe

Oh.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It may be more likely than ever that the next mega-earthquake is going to happen in the PNW — and a hole in the bottom of the sea may provide clues.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Leak in the Bottom of the Ocean

There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is not one for granting regular interviews in any sense of the word — but when he does, he pulls no punches and is sure to stun.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Whines That Buying Twitter Has Been Emotionally “Painful”

"I’ve been under constant attack."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have long debated the source of ULXs, chalking their brightness up to optical illusions. A new study confirms that they're all that they appear.
NASA

NASA Confirms That Cosmic Object Is so Bright That It Defies Laws of Physics

It's definitely not an optical illusion.

By Frank Landymore

Meta employees are reportedly struggling to navigate a work culture plagued by mass firings, cost-cuts, and "absentee" bosses.
Future Society

It Sounds Like Facebook Is Completely Falling Apart

"They're saying it’s 'Hunger Games' meets 'Lord of the Flies,' where everyone is trying to prove their worth to management."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group calling themselves the "overemployed" are harnessing the power of generative AI to work multiple full-time jobs at the same time, Vice reports.
OpenAI

Grifters Using ChatGPT to Work Multiple Full-Time Jobs at Once

"ChatGPT does like 80 percent of my job if I’m being honest."

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has bought around 10,000 graphics cards and is hiring AI experts to build a ChatGPT competitor within Twitter, Insider reports.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Buys Ten Thousand GPUs for Secretive AI Project

It's a big gamble.

By Victor Tangermann

President Joe Biden wants to impose strict emissions regulations on automakers to ensure EVs make up the majority of new car sales by 2030.
Pollution

Biden to Propose Extreme Car Pollution Limits to Drive Up EV Sales

"It is nothing short of a complete transformation of the automotive industrial base and the automotive market."

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers let 25 artificial intelligence-powered bots loose inside a virtual town — and they acted a lot more like humans than one might expect.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Let 25 AI Bots Loose Inside a Virtual Town. The Results Were Fascinating.

It's like a game of "Sims," but without any human intervention.

By Victor Tangermann

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried joked with his collaborators about a "tendency to lose track of millions of dollars in assets," according to a new report.
Blockchain

SBF and Friends Apparently Joked About Their “Tendency to Lose Track of Millions of Dollars in Assets”

"We sometimes find $50 million of assets lying around that we lost track of; such is life."

By Victor Tangermann

If you're sending humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, you better make sure your astronauts are safe — and look good while doing it.
Moon

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive

A spacecraft-like suit comes with a spacecraft-like price tag.

By Frank Landymore

An AI artist has imagined what Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos would look like if they lived in slums — and honestly, the images go kind of hard.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Shows What Mark Zuckerberg Would Look Like Living in Poverty

Riches to rags.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Another day, another AI bro looking to defeat death — and almost certainly looking to monetize your grief via AI algorithms in the process.
Artificial Intelligence

Tech Guy Changes Mind About Emulating Dead Parents After Watching “Black Mirror” Episode

"I get it now."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The new director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has spoken about her decision to be sworn in on a copy of "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan.
NASA

New NASA Goddard Director Explains Why She Was Sworn in on a Carl Sagan Book

A still more glorious dawn awaits.

By Noor Al-Sibai