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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?

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."

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."

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.

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.

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.