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Self-Driving Car Runs Over Dog
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Runs Over Dog

"We send our sincere condolences to the dog’s owner."

By Victor Tangermann

Our primate predecessors may have enjoyed masturbation for millions of years before we ever entered the picture.
Science & Energy

Scientists Ponder When Our Ancestors First Started Cranking the Hog

"It's not that some species woke up one day and started doing it. This is an ancient, evolved trait."

By Frank Landymore

As the copyright controversy shrouding generative AI outputs only continues to deepen, Adobe has planted its flag in the sand.
Artificial Intelligence

Adobe Says It’ll Cover Legal Bills for Its AI Tool

"The risk is never zero, hence why we offer indemnification."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The eating disorder nonprofit at the center of the issue says their AI bot was updated with generative AI without their knowledge.
Artificial Intelligence

The Backstory to the Eating Disorder Bot That Went Off the Rails Is Too Stupid for Words

"We were not consulted about that, and we did not authorize that."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA is getting increasingly worried that SpaceX's Starship may not be ready for the space agency's return to the lunar surface in 2025.
Moon

NASA Worried SpaceX’s Failure Will Push Back Landing on the Moon

"That’s a lot of launches to get those missions done."

By Victor Tangermann

A lawyer named Steven Schwartz is in even more deep trouble after using ChatGPT to research a brief. He's now facing sanctions.
OpenAI

Things Are Getting Even Worse for Lawyer Who Used ChatGPT in Court

"I continued to be duped by ChatGPT."

By Victor Tangermann

The OpenAI CEO explained that he does not want to take the company public. His "strange decisions" might be too much for Wall Street.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says OpenAI May Need to Make a “Very Strange Decision” If It Develops AI Superintelligence

Uh huh.

By Frank Landymore

Alejandro Núñez Vicente wants airlines to provide more legroom with his Chaise Lounge Economy seat design, but at what cost?
Future Society

Double Decker Airplane Seats Could Let Travelers Fart Directly In Your Face

You asked for more legroom. The monkey's paw curled.

By Frank Landymore

Noted UFO debunker and science writer Mick West questioned a far-fetched account about a government coverup of alien spacecraft.
Future Society

Skeptic Takes Aim at Claims of Government’s Alien Spacecraft

"All we have is he's heard other people tell him things and that's really not good enough as evidence."

By Victor Tangermann

Before her tragic death, iconic singer Tina Turner shared a health warning that may inspire others to avoid some of the issues she faced.
Cancer

Before She Passed Away, Tina Turner Said Something Heartbreaking About Her Health

"I would have been spared a lot of suffering."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Asked to provide accurate air quality index (AQI) information, Google's AI-powered search tool offered incorrect and conflicting answers.
Google

As Smoke Fills the Sky, Google’s New AI Gives Wildly Inaccurate Info on Air Quality

If you want real-time updates on a crisis, don't trust AI.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Stressed out about a potential AI-wrought apocalypse? Billionaire Mark Cuban says that's fair, actually. Cheers!
Artificial Intelligence

Mark Cuban Says Yes, You Should Be Worried About AI Doomsday

"It's not an overreach."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A decade-long global study has shown that a once-daily pill reduces the risk of dying from lung cancer by over half.
Cancer

Scientists Intrigued by Pill That Cuts Lung Cancer Deaths in Half

"Thirty years ago, there was nothing we could do for these patients."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Furious Orcas Throw Around Yacht “Like a Ragdoll”
Science & Energy

Furious Orcas Throw Around Yacht “Like a Ragdoll”

"The whales were in charge of the boat."

By Frank Landymore

A radio host from Georgia named Mark Walters is suing OpenAI after its ChatGPT told a journalist that he was embezzling funds.
OpenAI

Man Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Claimed He Embezzled Money

What a mess.

By Victor Tangermann

Smoke from especially dire wildfires in Canada has swept across the East Coast, leaving an ugly and hazardous haze over cities like New York.
Climate Change

A Huge Cloud of Smoke Is Casting a Ghoulish Gloom Over New York City

Ominous.

By Frank Landymore

An Air Force veteran has come forward alleging that the government has been hiding alien spacecraft. Experts say we shouldn't dismiss him.
Future Society

NASA Pushes Back Against Claim Government Has an Alien Spaceship

Sorry, folks.

By Victor Tangermann

Rowan Atkinson, the actor best known for playing "Mr. Bean," apparently has a bone to pick with electric vehicles.
Advanced Transport

Mr. Bean Blasted for Hating on Electric Cars

"We’re trying to take the world to a better place here."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese astronauts claim they have grown stem cells for human blood in space, in an achievement they say is the first of its kind.
Space

Chinese Astronauts Grow Human Blood Cells in Space

Blood... in space.

By Sharon Adarlo

Apple's Vision Pro was launched with great fanfare but Apple execs have not been pictured wearing the AR device. Maybe because it looks dorky.
Virtual Reality

Apple Execs Seem Terrified of Being Photographed Wearing Dorky AR Headset

"What does it say about a device when a CEO refuses to use it on launch day?"

By Sharon Adarlo