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Luxury cruise ship passengers were exposed to a grizzly sight after docking at the Faroe Islands capital: the slaughtering of pilot whales.
Science & Energy

A Cruise Ship Pulled Up for a Beautiful View. Then Blood Started Turning the Water Red

It's not the kind of view they'd paid for.

Hollywood studios reportedly want to replace background actors with AI after paying them only for a single day of work.
Artificial Intelligence

Studios Want to Replace Background Actors With AI After Paying Them for Only One Day

"So if you think that's a groundbreaking proposal, I suggest you think again."

Gizmodo's AI-generated "Star Wars" article — a messy first foray into AI content on behalf of owner G/O media — is on Google's first page.
Google

Gizmodo’s AI-Generated Star Wars Article Still Has Errors, and Now It’s Ranking on Google

They had one job!

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered "diverse" traces of "preserved organic matter" in a Martian crater.
Mars

NASA Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars

It's another big piece of the puzzle.

Astronomer Rajendra Gupta has devised a new theory about the expansion of the universe, concluding that it's 26.7 billion years old.
Off-World

Scientist Claims Universe Is Twice as Old as We Thought

Could the universe really be 26.7 billion years old?

A new look at a protoplanetary disk surrounding a star revealed a massive exoplanet forming spiral arms, the first detection of its kind,
Off-World

Scientists Attempt to Explain Star With Tentacle-Like Arms

Whoa.

The FTC has started an extensive investigation into OpenAI to figure out whether its products harmed consumer reputations.
OpenAI

FTC Investigating ChatGPT for Saying Harmful Things About People

OpenAI may have broken consumer protection laws.

A study that tracked the ocean surface over two decades found that it's slowly getting greener, likely due to climate change.
Climate Change

Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That the Ocean Is Changing Color

Feeling blue?

Bill Gates is worried about the role that AI and AI-generated content will play in elections and democracy. And, well, the guy's got a point.
Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates Says AI Could “Undermine Elections and Democracy”

He's got a point.

Scientists have created a breathtaking, three-dimensional visualization of a recent James Webb Space Telescope survey of ancient galaxies.
James Webb Space Telescope

Amazing Video Soars Through James Webb’s Dazzling 3D View of Universe

Soaring through space -- at 200 million light-years per second.

Elon Musk has launched a new AI company. Called xAI, Musk says it was formed "to understand reality" — whatever that may mean.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Launches AI Company, Promises to Unlock Secrets of Reality

It's giving intro-level philosophy course.

A notorious female sea otter has garnered a reputation for harassing surfers in Santa Cruz, California — and even jacking their surfboards.
Science & Energy

Mischievous Sea Otter Keeps Stealing Surfboards

"The otter was shredding, caught a couple of nice waves."

Training AI models with AI-generated synthetic content causes the quality of the models' outputs to disintegrate, a new paper shows.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Loses Its Mind After Being Trained on AI-Generated Data

"As the use of generative models continues to grow rapidly, this situation will only accelerate."

Yuga Labs' Bored Ape NFTs have absolutely plummeted in value, dropping to multi-year lows earlier this month.
Blockchain

Remember Bored Apes? They’re Almost Worthless Now

RIP.

A yacht broker has been trying to sell a sub owned by the same outfit that had another vessel implode, killing five.
Advanced Transport

Yacht Broker Attempting to Sell Leftover OceanGate Submersible

Any takers for $795,000?

Nicki Minaj flipped her lid on Twitter after she saw a clip of herself in a deepfake where she and Tom Holland dispute with Mark Zuckerberg.
Artificial Intelligence

Nicki Minaj Enraged by Deepfake Video

"I hope the whole internet get deleted!!!”

A 31-year-old CEO of an e-commerce platform fired 90 percent of the company's support staff after arguing an AI chatbot outperformed them.
Artificial Intelligence

CEO Fires 90 Percent of Support Staff, Saying AI Outperforms Them

He's getting absolutely roasted.

Elon Musk may be building a massive glass house for himself nearby Tesla's Texas Gigafactory — and he might be using Tesla funds to do it.
Tesla

Tesla Working on Strange, Transparent Structure

Is Elon Musk building himself a literal glass house?

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who passed away earlier this month, used meritless lawsuits to threaten and silence his many critics.
Future Society

OceanGate CEO Used Legal Threats to Silence His Critics Before Dying in Sub

It's a common tactic.

China is preparing to deliver zebrafish to its Tiangong space station to study how they interact with other microorganisms and bone loss.
Off-World

China Is Sending Fish to Its Space Station

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