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A new AI chatbot, Historical Figures, simulates conversations with famous leaders. Just one thing: every famous person in history is perfect. Noted.
Artificial Intelligence

AI of Andrew Jackson, Who Literally Owned Slaves, Insists That He Wasn’t Racist

Oh, okay.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold almost $3.6 billion of his Tesla shares — just before the company revealed disappointing fourth-quarter results to investors.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ditched Tesla Stock Right Before Bad News Dropped

"This should be of great interest to the SEC."

Any and all CNET stories about AI are marked with a very odd editor's note that lets readers know that elsewhere on the site, AI is writing articles.
Artificial Intelligence

After Scandal, CNET Adds Strange Disclaimer to Human-Written Articles About AI

Okay, that's weird.

CNET insiders are making a startling claim: that the tech site has been secretly publishing material that wasn't labeled as bot-written at all.
Artificial Intelligence

CNET Secretly Used AI on Articles That Didn’t Disclose That Fact, Staff Say

"They use AI to rewrite the intros every two weeks or so because Google likes updated content. Eventually it gets so mangled that about every four months a real editor has to look at it and rewrite it."

"Star Trek" actor George Takei has aimed his sights at co-star William Shatner yet again, saying he did not in fact go into outer space.
Off-World

George Takei Slams William Shatner, Says He Didn’t Really Go to Space

"I’ve also been in zero gravity but I did it for longer."

Make Sunsets had barely got two of its sulfur dioxide releasing balloons in the air before the Mexican government banned the experiments outright.
Solar Power

Mexico Bans Startup From Future Solar Geoengineering Experiments

"I expected and hoped for dialogue."

Content moderation is horrifying work, but Silicon Valley — this time, OpenAI — keeps taking advantage of cheap labor in the Global South to do it.
OpenAI

OpenAI Apparently Paid People in the Developing World $2/Hour to Look at the Most Disturbing Content Imaginable

Once again, Silicon Valley rips off content moderators.

Bank of America and the Zelle money exchange app apparently lost a bunch of peoples' funds yesterday in a strange error between the institutions.
Future Society

Furious Customers Trash Bank of America and Zelle For Somehow Losing Their Money

"Now I’m extremely in debt."

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is releasing a mysterious and seriously haunting howl. But there's a simple explanation.
Science & Energy

The Golden Gate Bridge Is Emitting a Horrible Howling Sound

It's not because of ghosts.

We regret to inform you that, sadly, AmazonSmile — which allowed Amazon customers to give a portion of purchase proceeds to charity — is coming to an end.
Future Society

Amazon Kills Off Feature That Let Customers Give Sales Proceeds to Charity

"The program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped."

An economist known for his doomsday predictions is going off on cryptocurrency at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Cryptocurrency

Influential Economist Tells Davos Elites That Crypto Is a Complete Scam

"Literally 99 percent of crypto is a scam."

NVIDIA has released a beta of a new feature called Eye Contact, software that makes you stare into the camera even if you're looking away.
Artificial Intelligence

Horrifying Algorithm Locks Your Gaze Into Your Webcam

Why does this need to exist?

OpenAI's CEO is warning that its long-rumored successor, GPT-4, could end up being a huge letdown, given the sheer volume of attention.
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Says Unfortunately, People Will Be Disappointed With GPT-4

Turns out those viral graphs about GPT-4 were completely made up.

Turns out, all you need is a million dollar laser that can shoot high energy pulses at an absurdly fast rate, and you can maybe divert lightning.
Science & Energy

Scientists Test System for Controlling Where Lightning Strikes Hit Using Lasers

"It's like drilling a hole through the air with the laser."

Sam Bankman-Fried's friend and colleagues turned on him to save themselves. So, his parents have apparently given him a dog — who doubles as security.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Reportedly Got Him a Dog So He Wouldn’t Be So Lonely

His name is Sandor, and he's a 75-pound German shepherd.

According to the people actually already working — or attempting to work — in the Meta's Horizon Worlds metaverse, there are a lot of issues.
Metaverse

People Forced to “Go to Work” in the Metaverse Say It’s a Complete Nightmare

"There's just a lot that can go wrong."

A team of researchers have come up with a machine learning-assisted way to detect and estimate the position of people only using WiFi.
Artificial Intelligence

New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi

It's eerily accurate.

Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot showed off its problem solving skills in a video titled "Atlas Gets a Grip," released by the robot maker today.
Boston Dynamics

Watch a Boston Dynamics Robot Deftly Toss a Bag of Tools to a Construction Worker

The flip at the end is seriously impressive.

Robots and Machines

The Best iPad Keyboards in 2023

The tablet accessory you didn’t know you needed.

Robots and Machines

The Best Studio Monitors in 2023

Every detail is worth hearing.