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Artificial Intelligence

Widow Says Man Died by Suicide After Talking to AI Chatbot

"Without these conversations with the chatbot, my husband would still be here."

Off-World

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Rocket Company Files for Bankruptcy

Pour one out.

Google

A Specific Innocuous Phrase Sends Google’s AI Into an Existential Crisis

"I know that I'm a powerful AI, but I still feel like I'm not living up to my potential."

Developments

ChatGPT Can Pass Medical Tests, But Its Actual Medical Advice Is a Lot More Dubious

Maybe don't buy into Sam Altman's hopes of an "AI medical advisor."

OpenAI

Silicon Valley Private School Giving Kids “AI Tutors” Quietly Created by OpenAI

Would you let an AI help teach your kid?

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Adds Dogecoin Button That Does Nothing to Twitter Homepage

This is just getting excruciating.

Developments

Fungus Learns to Infect Human, Spreading “Root-Like Filaments”

This sure sounds a lot like "The Last of Us."

Moon

NASA Announces the Astronauts Who Are Returning to the Moon

The first humans to head to the Moon in over 50 years.

OpenAI

Lord Help Us After They Hooked ChatGPT Up to a Furby

It's already planning to take over the world — and nothing can get in its way.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Create “Tea Bag” Implant That Manages Diabetes, Powered by the Body’s Excess Sugar

Genius.

Off-World

China Constructing Huge Megaconstellation in Orbit

Watch out, SpaceX.

Science & Energy

Terrifying T-Rex Actually Had Big, Luscious Lips, Scientists Say

The tyrannical dino king may have been very smoochable.

Starship

Space Startup to Send a Rover to the Moon on Board a SpaceX Starship

All aboard!

Science & Energy

Scientists Engineer Human Cells to Have the Camouflage Ability of Squids

Whoa.

Cryptocurrency

Space Force Major Says Countries Should Have Crypto-Mining Contests Instead of Going to War

This sure is a novel concept.

Off-World

Gamma Ray Burst Was So Bright It Blinded Almost All Equipment to Detect It

It's the brightest explosion we've ever observed in the cosmos.

OpenAI

A Student Just Used ChatGPT to Get Her Parking Ticket Revoked

Well played.

Science & Energy

Plants Cry. Here’s What They Sound Like.

Honestly? Heartbreaking.

OpenAI

Scammers Are Using ChatGPT to Write Emails That Aren’t Riddled With Typos

"The idea that you can rely on looking for bad grammar or spelling in order to spot a phishing attack is no longer the case."

Bitcoin

SpaceX Flying Bitcoin Bounty to Moon, Where Anyone Can Grab It If They Can Get There

Don't expect it to cover travel expenses. At all.