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Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Press Pause on AI Therapy Bot After Reports of AI Psychosis in Similar Products

"Empathy without accountability isn’t therapy."

OpenAI provided a rare update regarding reports of AI psychosis, vowing that ChatGPT will get "better" at detecting signs of mental distress.
OpenAI

OpenAI Admits ChatGPT Missed Signs of Delusions in Users Struggling With Mental Health

"We don't always get it right."

Ozzy Osbourne's body is barely cold, but already, he's been subjected to AI resurrection by fellow musician and contemporary Rod Stewart. 
Artificial Intelligence

Rod Stewart Revives Selfie Stick-Wielding Ozzy Osbourne In Disgusting AI Slop Video

Wake up Ozzy, I think I've got something to say to you.

Tens of thousands of ChatGPT conversations were mistakenly shared by users who used a feature that OpenAI has swiftly removed.
OpenAI

Leaked ChatGPT Conversation Shows User Identified as Lawyer Asking How to “Displace a Small Amazonian Indigenous Community From Their Territories in Order to Build a Dam and a Hydroelectric Plant”

Such empowering tech.

Job seekers are getting increasingly frustrated with encountering AI interviewers during their search for employment.
Artificial Intelligence

Job Seekers Disgusted When They Show Up to Job Interviews and the “Interviewer” Isn’t Even Human

"I don’t want to work for a company if the HR person can’t even spend the time to talk to me."

Funeral companies and grieving families are turning to AI chatbots to cough up obituaries for the recently deceased.
OpenAI

Funeral Homes Are Using ChatGPT to Churn Out Lazy Obituaries

"Wouldn't it still mean something, even if it was written by a machine?"

The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
NASA

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite

"This is illegal."

The world's "oldest baby" has been born to a couple who are, technically, just a few years older than the newborn himself.
Developments

Baby Born Already 30 Years Old

"We thought it was wild."

A new book that covers 5,000 years and the collapse of more than 400 societies argues that we're in for a rude awakening.
Future Society

Expert Says Collapse of Human Civilization Looks Like the Most Likely Scenario

"Self-termination is most likely."

Tesla has awarded its controversial CEO Elon Musk a whopping $29 billion worth of its shares in a desperate bid to keep him at the firm
Tesla

In Desperate Bid to Get Elon Musk to Stay, Tesla Awards Him $29 Billion

"The war for AI talent is intensifying."

Scientists were caught by surprise after discovering a massive flood of subglacial lakewater had burst through Greenland's ice sheet.
Climate Change

Scientists Alarmed as Floodwater Punches Through Greenland’s Ice Sheet

Scientists have never seen anything like this.

As Elon Musk confidently boasts about his outrageous robotaxi ambitions, his company is privately begging regulators to not clip their wings.
Tesla

These Behind-the-Scenes Emails From Tesla Meekly Begging the State of California to Allow Its Horrible Robotaxis Are Unintentionally Hilarious

Please, sir, don't punish our humble trillion dollar company!

One of the actual, original cofounders of Tesla is apparently not a big fan of the Cybertruck's bold styling.
Tesla

Original Tesla Cofounder Roasts Cybertruck for Looking “Like a Dumpster”

That's a little mean to dumpsters.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, has been repeatedly stiffing small businesses, causing some of them to file bankruptcy.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Accused of Stiffing Small Businesses for Millions of Dollars, Causing Some to File for Bankruptcy

Shameful.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making some very grandiose statements amid his ludicrously expensive quest to build artificial superintelligence.
Meta

Zuckerberg Says Meta Is Now Seeing Signs of Advanced AI Improving Itself

Extraordinary claims call for extraordinary evidence.

A theoretical system known as "WhoFi" can identify individual people through walls with a 95.5 percent accuracy rate.
Future Society

Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal

"Wi-Fi signals interact with internal structures, such as bones, organs, and body composition."

Musk's latest hot take goes beyond his typically edgy, middle-school contrarianism into full-throated chauvinism.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shares Shockingly Sexist Tweet About Woman Being Property

This one's disgraceful, even for Musk.

Two pint-sized robots were seen boxing at an AI conference in Shanghai, and we've gotta say, they're pretty cool.
Robotics

We Must Admit That This Video of Two Small Robots Punching Each Other With Boxing Gloves Is Pretty Awesome

Let them fight!

Skechers is selling shoes that come with a hidden AirTag compartment, allowing for easy, inconspicuous tracking.
Future Society

Surveillance-Minded Parents Can Now Hide AirTags In Kids Shoes

"Sync it to your drone for literal helicopter parenting."

Google has used its Android smartphones to detect earthquakes for years — and now, the company is admitting to a massive misstep.
Environment

Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years

This early warning system can save lives — as long as it gets the algorithm right.