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Without AI spending, the US economy would lose one of the last industries actually bringing in any healthy revenue.
Finance

The Entire Economy Now Depends on the AI Industry Not Fumbling

"AI better deliver."

Friend's 22-year-old CEO Avi Schiffmann posed for a photoshoot in front of his startup's defaced ads, relishing in the attention.
Artificial Intelligence

Cocky AI CEO Does Photoshoot in Front of His Subway Ads That Got Relentlessly Vandalized

"The picture of the billboard is the billboard."

The renowned tech critic's book "Enshittification" hasn't even been out for a full day, and Amazon is already selling AI-generated knockoffs.
Ethics

Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow That’s So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit

What level of meta is this?

How will OpenAI stop Sora 2 from burning through cash as users generate countless resource-intensive AI videos?
OpenAI

Sora 2 Has a Huge Financial Problem

"People are generating much more than we expected per user, and a lot of videos are being generated for very small audiences."

Robin Williams during "One Hour Photo" Press Conference with Robin Williams and Michael Vartan at Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City, California, United States. (Photo by Vera Anderson/WireImage)
Art

Robin Williams’ Daughter Disgusted by AI Slop of Her Father

"You are taking in the 'Human Centipede' of content."

People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.
OpenAI

People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized

Beyond poor taste.

As it turns out, corporate contractors like SpaceX aren't anymore efficient at building spacecraft than the government.
Future Society

A New Paper Studied Whether NASA Actually Saves Money by Hiring Corporations to Build New Spacecraft, and the Results Are Embarrassing

Ouch.

British conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall called for billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to be blasted into space.
Elon Musk

Jane Goodall Recorded a Message About Elon Musk Before Her Death

"Bruh, if Jane Goodall roasts you in her final farewell, you done goofed."

According to proponents, humanity should create AI lifeforms at all cost — and so be it if they surpass and eliminate us.
Ethics

Top AI Industry Figures Secretly Hoping AI Will Wipe Out Humankind

"It's not something one can ignore."

Deloitte was forced to reissue the Australian government $291,000 after getting caught including AI hallucinations in its report.
Future Society

Consultants Forced to Pay Money Back After Getting Caught Using AI for Expensive “Report”

"Deloitte has a human intelligence problem."

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.
Ethics

Stalker Already Using OpenAI’s Sora 2 to Harass Victim

"It is scary to think what AI is doing to feed my stalker's delusions."

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has seemingly managed to snap images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it made its flyby of the Red Planet.
Mars

NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars

Could it really be 3I/ATLAS?

Hot off the heels of the release of her new album, pop star Taylor Swift has been accused of using AI slop to promote the record.
Art

Taylor Swift Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album

"She’s far too rich to be this f***ing cheap."

OpenAI is gambling on a new AI device by former Apple designer Jony Ive -- but behind the scenes, it's beset by issues.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Huge New Project Is Running Into Trouble Behind the Scenes

Hardware is hard.

It's becoming clear that OpenAI put staggeringly little thought into the rollout of Sora 2, a "move fast and break things" approach.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Already Melting Down Into Outrageous Drama

How did they not see this coming from miles away?

A 13-year-old Florida teen was arrested for asking OpenAI's ChatGPT how to kill a friend during class in what he claimed to be a prank.
Future Society

13-Year-Old Arrested for Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend

He said he was "just trolling."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is once again forecasting what sounds awfully like the catastrophic burst of the AI bubble.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Warns That AI Industry Is Due for a Spectacular Implosion 

"There will be booms and busts."

New research suggests that microplastics are inhibiting the ability of yours bones to properly grow and regenerate.
Developments

Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones

This one hits bone-deep.

Astronomers have found that Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, signs of habitability.
Astronomy

Saturn’s Moon Shows Major Signs of Life

Amazing.

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties."
Exoplanets

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

Galaxies could contain "billions of inhabited worlds."