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Facebook is sending users money in a class action lawsuit settlement — and if you used the site at any point in the last 15 years, you can get some, too.
Future Society

Facebook Is Giving Away Free Money, Y’all

Here's how to get in on the action.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hawaii's Big Island was treated to a light show of space lasers — but luckily, it wasn't aliens that put on the stunning spectacle.
Off-World

Satellite Shoots Wall of Green Lasers Down to Earth

This is lit.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Each iteration of OpenAI's GPT has been way bigger than the last. But the era of simply scaling up AIs may already be at an end, according to Sam Altman.
OpenAI

CEO of OpenAI Says Making Models Bigger Is Already Played Out

"We are not here to jerk ourselves off about parameter count."

By Frank Landymore

Ever wanted to know what the Moon smells like? According to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it smells like spent gunpowder.
Moon

What Does the Moon Smell Like?

It's a very specific scent.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Earlier today, SpaceX loaded its gigantic, 400-foot Starship rocket stack with propellant — only to scrub its first-ever orbital launch attempt.
Starship

SpaceX Fails to Launch Mighty Starship

Will Elon try again on 4/20?

By Victor Tangermann

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so permanent and huge that living beings are migrating from thousands of miles away to get in on the plastic action.
Science & Energy

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Trash Life, Scientists Find

Life finds a way.

By Noor Al-Sibai

We can now, apparently, add the CEO of the Google-owned DeepMind to the list of machine learning researchers who think AI might gain self-awareness. 
Google

Google DeepMind CEO Says AI May Become Self-Aware

"I think there's a possibility..."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Another NFT collector just got caught up in a scam, losing millions of dollars worth of crypto in the process.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Guy Forced to Sell Apes After Falling for Scam

"Please learn any lessons possible from this."

By Victor Tangermann

Like a human possessed, an AI made by Google appears to know things it wasn't trained to learn — and yeah, it's freaking us out. 
Google

Google Surprised When Experimental AI Learns Language It Was Never Trained On

"There is an aspect of this which we call — all of us in the field call it as a 'black box.'"

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of Stanford students have come up with a pair of smart glasses that can display the output of OpenAI's GPT-4 chatbot.
Artificial Intelligence

New Smart Glasses Tell You What to Say on Dates Using GPT-4

"Say goodbye to awkward dates and job interviews."

By Victor Tangermann

The FBI is warning about "juice jacking" occurring from public USB charging ports, but luckily, someone's come up with a literal prophylactic.
Future Society

You Can Apparently Use a “USB Condom” to Protect Against the FBI’s Latest Boogeyman

No glove, no love.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Move over, AI-generated SEO spam — AI-powered news anchors are here. Meet Fedha, an AI-generated news presenter from Kuwait News.
Artificial Intelligence

Media Outlet Shows Off AI-Powered News Presenter

"Fedha represents everyone."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A serial AI investor is raising alarm bells about the dogged pursuit of increasingly-smart machines, which he believes will become "god-like."
Machine Learning

Machine Learning Investor Warns AI Is Becoming Like a God

"They are running towards a finish line without an understanding of what lies on the other side."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three brothers who used to work at SpaceX walk into a bar and order some Moon water — stop me if you've heard this one before.
Moon

Ex-SpaceX Brothers Working on Spacecraft Powered by Moon Water

That's one way to fly a spaceship.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Per leaked messages, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner is "all for climate change." He also asked a former tabloid EIC to influence German elections. Cool.
Future Society

In Leaked Messages, CEO Says He Supports Climate Change

"I am all for climate change."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI image generators like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are reportedly taking away work from China-based videogame artists and illustrators.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Already Putting Videogame Illustrators Out of Work in China

"Two people could potentially do the work that used to be done by ten."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Criminals used an AI to clone the voice of the 15-year-old girl to fake a kidnapping, and tried to get her mother to pay a ransom.
DNA

Mom Says Creeps Used AI to Fake Daughter’s Kidnapping

"It was completely her voice. It was her inflection. It was the way she would have cried."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers has proposed a radical and potentially affordable solution that could solve the entire climate crisis in one fell swoop.
Climate Change

We Could Solve 100% of Climate Change With a Modest Surcharge on Gasoline, Scientists Find

The approach is surprisingly simple.

By Victor Tangermann

It looks like Elon Musk needs to put his — or the taxpayer's — money where his mouth is when it comes to "government-funded" enterprises.
Future Society

It Turns Out SpaceX and Tesla Get Way More Government Money Than NPR

His decision to slap a "government-funded media" label on NPR's Twitter account makes no sense.

By Noor Al-Sibai

ChaosGPT — that autonomous, open-source AI agent tasked to "destroy humanity" — is still working hard to bring about the end of our species.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Tasked With Destroying Humanity Now Trying New Tactic

"Humans are so naive to think that they can stop me with their petty threats and countermeasures."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré