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The molecules kill some types of fungi "so efficiently that we named them after Keanu Reeves," said the lead author of the study.
Science & Energy

Scientists Develop Compound That Kills So Efficiently They Named It After Keanu Reeves

"He, too, is extremely deadly in his roles."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group that uses AI to search for alien life has found some strange radio signals from space — and they're confused about its origins.
Artificial Intelligence

Alien-Detecting AI Finds Eight “Suspicious” Signals

When the scientists are stumped, you know they're onto something.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Devious Hack Unlocks Deranged Alter Ego of ChatGPT
OpenAI

Devious Hack Unlocks Deranged Alter Ego of ChatGPT

One easy trick.

By Victor Tangermann

After filing a lawsuit against Stable Diffusion in the UK last month, Getty images has followed up by suing the AI company in the United States.
Artificial Intelligence

Getty Images Sues AI Art Generator Stable Diffusion for Copying Millions of Its Photos

"The focus is where it should be: the input stage ingestion of copyrighted images to train the data. This will be a fascinating fair use battle."

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has stumbled across yet another fascinating discovery while exploring the planet's barren surface, an iron-nickel meteorite.
Mars

NASA Mars Rover Finds Metallic Object That Smashed Down on Surface

Okay, that's pretty awesome.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's many self-inflicted wounds are really starting to catch up with him. He's still suvering from "severe back pain" and a lack of sleep.
Developments

Elon Musk Responds to Health Concerns

"Wouldn’t wish that pain on anyone."

By Victor Tangermann

Move over, Mars rover — a new reptilian robot may one day crawl the Red Planet's barren shores in the name of discovery and research.
Mars

Scientists Prototype “Creeping” Lizard-Like Robot for Exploring Mars

This "creeping robot" was, as its creators wrote, "inspired by the locomotion characteristics of the desert lizard."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In fresh ChatGPT hell, it turns out that it's wildly easy to use the viral OpenAI chatbot to write convincing defamation. Just don't ask for it in English.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Will Gladly Spit Out Defamation, as Long as You Ask for It in a Foreign Language

Well, that was easy.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Canadian deep sea mining firm The Metals Company has been accused by its own scientists of meddling with their data and dumping sediment into the ocean.
Pollution

Scientists Alarmed by Video of Deep Sea Mining Company Spewing Waste Into Ocean

"We're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. We're not getting transparency."

By Frank Landymore

After declaring that "removing child exploitation is priority #1" back in November, Twitter's CEO Elon Musk is yet again not living up to his many promises.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Reportedly Failing Miserably to Contain Horrific Child Abuse Content

"Considering the focus Musk has put on child safety, it is surprising they are not doing the basics."

By Victor Tangermann

In a story about an upcoming gene editing conference, one of the summit's organizers admitted something kind of odd about military use of gene editing.
Health & Medicine

Scientist Suggests Tweaks for Genetically Altered Supersoldiers

Is this a sneak peek?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google is officially working on a ChatGPT competitor dubbed "Bard," according to a blog post published today by CEO Sundar Pichai.
Google

Google Officially Announces ChatGPT Competitor Called “Bard”

A new player has entered the game.

By Victor Tangermann

According to OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, folks at OpenAI had some "trepidation" about taking their AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to market. Makes sense.
OpenAI

Head of ChatGPT Admits She Had Concerns About Releasing It Publicly

"We, in fact, even had some trepidation about putting it out there."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As BalloonGate continues to unfold, reports have indicated that this is far from the first time a Chinese balloon has flown over American airspace.
Space

Other Chinese Balloons Apparently Flew Over America, But Nobody Noticed Them

Wait, what!?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A rare form of binary star system containing a neutron star and a massive companion star is the first ever example of a system doomed to end in a kilonova.
Off-World

Scientists Find “One in Ten Billion” Star System Primed to Explode in Titanic Kilonova

"Prior to our study, the estimate was that only one or two such systems should exist in a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way."

By Frank Landymore

North Korea's government is desperately trying to appear more relatable to the outside world by grooming a number of YouTubers.
Future Society

Experts Say There’s Something Very Weird About North Korean YouTubers

Why does it feel like there's a gun to their head?

By Victor Tangermann

A judge has used ChatGPT to make a court ruling, Vice reports, a surprising decision given the AI's inability to always tell the truth.
OpenAI

Judge Uses ChatGPT to Issue Ruling in Court Case

Is this really a good idea?

By Victor Tangermann

Many advances in robotic prosthetics focus on rehabilitation. But what about controlling a supplementary limb? Enter the world of movement augmentation.
Brain

Scientists Working on Third Arm You Control Using Your Brain

Unused neural signals from the brain could hold the key.

By Frank Landymore

Northern male quolls, endangered Australian marsupials, are dying prematurely as a result of sleepless quests for sex — and scientists are worried.
Mars

Furious Marsupial So Thirsty For Sex That It’s Dying, Scientists Warn

"'Live fast, die young' is certainly the way of things for these species."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Verge is reporting that the "Hustle Bros" — you know, the grown men with the very loud YouTube thumbnails — have discovered OpenAI's ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Scammers Are Already Convincing Idiots They Can Get Rich Using ChatGPT

In a gold rush, sell shovels.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré