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Recently obtained "safety guidelines" from Surge AI, a data labeling company, reveal the ethical dilemmas facing AI workers.
Artificial Intelligence

Leaked Document Reveals Troubling Details About How AI Is Really Being Trained

Talk about a brain teaser.

When checking out Uranus, scientists discovered something exciting: that the planet appears to have a long-term partner.
Off-World

Scientists Say That Uranus Appears to Have a Girlfriend

They're sweet together.

AI hasn't completely destroyed call center jobs yet, but it is making support agents' lives miserable as they're accused of being bots.
Artificial Intelligence

Angry Callers Accusing Real Customer Support Staff of Being AI

"They just end up yelling at me and hanging up."

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the earliest ever signs of planets being born around a star.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Planets Forming Into Solar System in Real Time, Like an Organism’s First Cells

"For the first time, we can conclusively say that the first steps of planet formation are happening right now."

An incredible object form by two colliding galaxies may be the site of a recently formed supermassive black hole.
Black Holes

Bizarre “Infinity Galaxy” Could Hold the Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

"We're witnessing the birth of a supermassive black hole – something that has never been seen before."

A Tesla engineer has admitted that the company did not keep records on Autopilot crashes for its first three years deployed.
Tesla

In Court for Fatal Crash, Tesla Admits It Wasn’t Even Tracking Autopilot Crashes for the First Three Years of the Program

"This technology was out on the road before it was safe."

An Austin eugenics startup apparently counts billionaire Elon Musk and his girlfriend, Neuralink director Shivon Zilis, among its clients.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Using Eugenics Startup to Inspect DNA of Potential Babies for Intelligence

He's reportedly screening embryos for superior "intelligence."

Nearly 13 years after skydiving from the edge of space, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has died during a tragic accident.
Developments

Man Who Skydived From Space Dies During New Stunt

The man who fell to Earth will walk it no more.

Donald Trump's policy moves are coming in handy as the People's Republic of China scopes in on the global EV trade.
Electric Vehicles

China Is Using Trump’s Tactics Against Him to Corner the EV Market

A masterful gambit, sir.

US airline Delta is looking to harness the tech to set prices for each individual customer, instead of just listing what they actually cost.
Artificial Intelligence

Delta Announces New System Where AI Makes Up the Price for Your Ticket on the Spot

"For consumers, this means the era of 'fair' pricing is over."

The woman behind that video of the AI CEO and his HR manager canoodling on the Coldplay kiss cam has some choice words for the cheaters.
Artificial Intelligence

Woman Who Exposed AI CEO’s Affair on Jumbotron Responds to Controversy

"Play stupid games… win stupid prizes."

Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.
OpenAI

A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say

"I find it kind of disturbing even to watch it."

Experts at OpenAI and Anthropic are calling out Elon Musk and xAI for refusing to publish any safety research.
OpenAI

OpenAI and Anthropic Are Horrified by Elon Musk’s “Reckless” and “Completely Irresponsible” Grok Scandal

"It’s not about competition."

President Donald Trump has undergone medical testing after photographs showed noticeable swelling in his ankles.
Developments

Trump Undergoes Emergency Heart Tests After Swelling Detected

It appears to be a condition in which blood struggles to return to the heart, instead flowing backwards.

Sales of the controversial Tesla Cybertruck have plunged by over fifty percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.
Tesla

Cybertruck Sales Are Dead in the Water

A familiar tale that somehow just keeps getting worse.

Investors snubbed Donald Trump Junior's GrabAGun when it opened for public trading on the NYSE Wednesday morning.
Future Society

Trump’s Son Just Went Public With His Company and It Flopped Spectacularly

Like father, like son.

Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground.
Boeing

If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing’s Massively Failed Starliner Spacecraft

NASA still isn't giving up.

A strange interstellar object is hurdling its way towards Earth — and Harvard's top UFO hunter thinks it could be harmful alien tech.
Off-World

Harvard Paper Explores Possibility That Object Approaching From Beyond Solar System Is Hostile Alien Technology

"The consequences, should the... hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity."

Elon Musk's latest xAI scheme is raising red flags as minors as young as 12 are able to access the gamified sexual content.
xAI

Anti-Exploitation Group Horrified by Elon Musk’s AI-Powered Waifu

"Literally no one asked us to launch waifus, but we did so anyway."

The CEO of an AI company was caught by a Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Boston while romantically embracing one of his employees.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO of AI Company Caught Having Affair on Jumbotron at Coldplay Concert

Yikes!