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OpenAI's latest AI GPT-4 was capable of saying some deeply racist things before being constrained by the company's "red team," Insider reports.
OpenAI

GPT-4 Was Deeply Racist Before OpenAI Muzzled It

Yikes.

Dimorphos' much larger companion asteroid Didymos is spinning so fast that it's capable of ejecting pieces of rubble into deep space.
NASA

NASA Intrigued by Asteroid That Seems to Be Shooting Rocks Into Space

It's spinning extremely fast.

A group of astronomers argues fast radio bursts may be the result of two neutron stars merging, an event that releases a huge electromagnetic charge.
Off-World

Astronomers May Have Just Found the Smoking Gun Behind Mysterious Radio Signals

Could this really be it?

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the 2022 firebombing of an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin via DNA he left on a burrito.
DNA

Wisconsin Firebombing Suspect Arrested From DNA Left on Burrito

If you're doing crimes, maybe finish your burrito.

An unhinged new AI chatbot dubbed FreedomGPT just dropped — and it was trained to have absolutely no inhibitions whatsoever.
Artificial Intelligence

Deranged New AI Has No Guardrails Whatsoever, Proudly Praises Hitler

Is this what Elon Musk meant by an "anti-woke" AI?

To what we presume is Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dismay, Microsoft and Disney have both begun to wind down metaverse efforts.
Metaverse

The Metaverse Is Completely Falling Apart

Mickey Mouse and Clippy are both abandoning the metaverse ship.

BuzzFeed pledged to do a good job with its AI content. But then it quietly started posting entire articles written by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes

These read like a proof of concept for replacing human writers.

The Colorado checkered whiptail — a rare asexual lizard — overeats to cope with the stress of noisy military flyovers, scientists say. In a word: relatable.
Military

Asexual Lizards Stressed by Military Overeating to Cope, Scientists Say

Asexual lizards? They're just like us.

The ever-nostalgic Gen Z is resurrecting a bygone ghost of technology's past: flip phones. Or "dumb phones," as they're often called.
Future Society

Gen Z Is Embracing a Hot New Technology: Flip Phones

"I think you can see it with certain Gen Z populations — they're tired of the screens."

China's space program is finalizinga recovery system that will allow discarded rocket boosters to gently and accurately descend to earth via parachutes.
Off-World

China Plans to Make Its Space Debris Hit the Ground a Little Slower

It's a far more sensible approach.

While the rest of the world is concerned about ChatGPT coming to take their jobs, some companies are paying six figures to people who are really good at it.
OpenAI

Companies Are Paying Bonkers Salaries for People Good at ChatGPT

"Expert prompt engineers can name their price."

Goldman Sachs wants you to replace your costly human labor force with generative AI. Look on the bright side, though: huge savings.
Artificial Intelligence

Goldman Sachs Salivates at AI’s Potential to Mass Fire Workers

They estimate that AI could automate "300 million" full-time jobs — and they're thrilled!

The CEO of OpenAI has admitted that he's afraid of the artificial intelligence his company is ushering in — but he doesn't think you should laugh about it.
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO: It’s Not Funny That I’m Afraid of the AI We’re Creating

You heard the man! It's not funny!

A new study mapped how high blood pressure affects regions of the brain from over 30,000 patients, showing changes also linked to dementia.
Neuroscience and Brain

High Blood Pressure May Cause Dementia, Scientists Say

It's a seriously worrying conclusion.

As a result of newly-tightened bail restrictions, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is no longer allowed to play his favorite videogame. Brutal.
Blockchain

FTX Founder Suffers Personal Nightmare as Courts Cut Him Off From League of Legends

It's game over for SBF — literally.

An open letter, signed by over 1,100 AI experts andCEOs, including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, is calling for a six-month moratorium on "AI experiments."
Artificial Intelligence

Huge Group Calls for Temporary Pause on AI More Advanced Than GPT-4

Even Elon joined them.

A guy says he's growing a startup through ChatGPT's wisdom alone. But the company's website is seriously off — concerning, as he's accepting cash donations.
OpenAI

That Startup Run by ChatGPT Doesn’t Seem to Be Doing So Great

ChatGPT doesn't seem to be doing a very good job running this company.

An amazing video recorded by Thoams Farley shows a couple of skiers watching as a giant avalanche thunders through a snowy mountain valley.
Science & Energy

Amazing Video Shows Avalanche Coming Straight Toward Cameraperson

"Here it comes, bro."

Look West to the horizon around sunset, and you should be able to witness five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, and Mars — lined up near the Moon.
Off-World

Five Planets Are Aligning in the Sky Right Now

Grab your binoculars!

Whitehat hackers chained together several vulnerabilities to prove they could remotely take over a host of a Tesla's systems.
Tesla

Hackers Say They Can Access Teslas and Make Them Honk Wildly

That's not good.