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If you go outside at night on a clear day, there's a decent chance you'll be able to spot a giant, green comet passing by our planet.
Off-World

If You Go Outside, You May Be Able to See an Awesome Green Comet

Now's the time.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubious online marketers at the notorious SEO forum BlackHatWorld see CNET's use of AI as a sign of Google opening the floodgates to AI written content.
Google

SEO Spammers Are Absolutely Thrilled Google Isn’t Cracking Down on CNET’s AI-Generated Articles

"Time to pump out content at ultra-high speed."

By Frank Landymore

Considering that the zombie fungus that infects human brains in The Last of Us is real, and currently zombifies insects, it's worth asking.
Neuroscience and Brain

Bad News: the Horrific Zombie Fungus in “The Last of Us” Is Real

Good thing it doesn't infect humans... yet.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One group of researchers is now so confident in the capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT that they've included it as a coauthor in a scientific paper.
OpenAI

A New Scientific Paper Credits ChatGPT AI as a Coauthor

It was "definitely an intentional move, and one that we did spend some time thinking through."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study that analyzed tens of thousands worth of observations made by the human eye found that stars are fading from view much faster than expected.
Pollution

Stars Are Disappearing From the Night Sky, Scientists Warn

"... Light pollution is increasing, notwithstanding the countermeasures purportedly put in operation to limit it."

By Frank Landymore

TikTok employees reporetdly have access to a secret "heating" button. Hit that button, and content gets boosted — unbeknownst to users.
Future Society

Employees at TikTok Apparently Have a Secret Button That Can Make Anything Go Viral

Are we surprised?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

CNET and Bankrate parent company Red Ventures says it's pausing its AI-generated content efforts -- until the negative press dies down, at least.
Artificial Intelligence

CNET and Bankrate Say They’re Pausing AI-Generated Articles Until Negative Headlines Stop

"It’s uncomfortable, we will get through it, the news cycle will move on."

By Jon Christian

After speculation from Davos-attendees, the owner of the mysterious Bitcoin-orange Mercedes at the elite Alpine gathering has come forward.
Bitcoin

Owner of Infamous Davos Bitcoin Car Gets Sensitive Over Crypto Criticism

"If someone made bad decisions and lost money, it's their fault and not my car's."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an auction this week, Elon Musk decided to sell a number of objects from Twitter's Bay Area HQ — including the building's iconic blue bird logo.
Future Society

Desperate Twitter Auctioning Off Its Used Office Supplies

That's... one way to do it.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An artificial intelligence dubbed Claude got a "marginal pass" on a recent blindly graded law and economics exam at George Mason University.
Artificial Intelligence

Dark Horse AI Gets Passing Grade in Law Exam

A new ChatGPT competitor has emerged.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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."

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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."

By Jon Christian

"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."

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Frank Landymore

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.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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."

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré