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Cryptocurrency

Nvidia Wishes People Would Stop Using Its GPUs to Mine Worthless Crypto

"They bought a lot of stuff, and then eventually it collapsed, because it doesn’t bring anything useful for society."

Artificial Intelligence

AI Seems to Do Better on Tasks When Asked to Reflect on Its Mistakes

If at first you don't succeed...

Artificial Intelligence

Replika Users Rejoice! Erotic Roleplay Is Back in AI-Powered App

The company is giving users "their partners back exactly the way they were."

Off-World

Low Key Hole Opens Up in Sun

Natural phenomenon, or portal to hell?

Artificial Intelligence

AI Bro Drops Freakishly Real-Sounding Kanye West Apology Track

"This is the worst that AI will ever be."

Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Says There’s a Minor Risk It’ll Eliminate Humanity

"It's not inconceivable."

Dark Matter

Physicists Say There May Be Entire Planets Made of Dark Matter

This could be so awesome.

OpenAI

CEO of OpenAI Says Elon Musk’s Mean Comments Have Hurt Him

"I wish he would do more to look at the hard work we're doing to get this stuff right, a little bit more love."

Artificial Intelligence

That Viral Image of the Swagged Out Pope Is an AI Fake, Dummies

Ironically, the Pope commented on ethical AI usage this weekend, too.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Bragged He Was Going to Open Source Twitter’s Code, Now Furious That Someone Leaked It Online

So which is it?

Off-World

Boring Scientists Say Strange “Oumuamua” Space Object Wasn’t Alien, Just Gassy

"It’s just the most generic explanation."

Robotics

Researchers Pleasantly Surprised That Only One New Yorker Attacked Their Cute Trash-Collecting Robots

Nice job, New York!

Artificial Intelligence

FTC Warns That Scammers Are Cloning Your Relatives’ Voice To Steal Your Money

"When the scammer calls you, he'll sound just like your loved one."

Off-World

We’re in Awe of This Massive Tornado of Plasma on the Surface of the Sun

Good God, it's 14 times taller than Earth!

Developments

Tiny Amounts of Plastic Cause Horrifying Problems in Chicken Embryos

"We see malformations in the nervous system, heart, eyes and other parts of the face."

Artificial Intelligence

AI Company With Zero Revenue Raises $150 Million

It's a gold rush!

OpenAI

Elon Musk Reportedly Tried to Take Over OpenAI Several Years Ago, But Failed

There might be more than meets the eye here.

Virtual Reality

VR Pioneer Warns That AI Could Drive Us All Insane

"And we die through insanity, essentially."

Science & Energy

Harvard Physicist Preparing Expedition to Recover Possible Alien Artifact

Alien probe or interstellar meteorite, finding it won't be easy.

Artificial Intelligence

Ubisoft Develops Tool to Crank Out Video Game Dialogue Using AI

A generic dialogue machine, or a tedium saver?