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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Has Utterly Failed to Connect With Teens

They're just not interested.

Artificial Intelligence

Daft Punk Says They Broke Up Partially Over Fear of AI

"The last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot."

Artificial Intelligence

AI Company Scraped 30 Billion Facebook Photos So Cops Can Facial ID Anyone

"Clearview is a total affront to peoples' rights, full stop, and police should not be able to use this tool."

Artificial Intelligence

Hollywood Panicking Over the Rise of Generative AI

Film studios are really starting to feel the heat.

Advanced Transport

Company Working on Rocket-Powered Passenger Plane That Goes Mach 9

"How much does the world change if you can get anywhere in an hour?"

Starship

Get Ready to Soil Your Pantaloons! SpaceX About to Test the Mighty Starship

We could literally be days away from an orbital launch attempt.

Artificial Intelligence

Swifties Are Using AI to Make Taylor Swift Say Nice Things to Them

We have some concerns.

Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Seems to Be in Quite a Bit of Trouble

The company is facing major headwinds.

Future Society

US Military Caught Figuring Out How to Use Deepfakes for Psy-Op Campaigns

"When it comes to disinformation, the Pentagon should not be fighting fire with fire."

Exoplanets

Scientists Intrigued by Repeating Signal From Earth-Sized Exoplanet

"I'm seeing this thing that no one has seen happen before."

Artificial Intelligence

President Biden Meeting With Advisers to Discuss Explosion in AI

The President will discuss AI "risks and opportunities."

Artificial Intelligence

Software Schools Use to Detect Cheating Is Flagging Real Essays as AI Generated

It's a huge problem that's only going to get worse.

OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Predicted AI Would Either End the World as We Know It, or Make Tons of Money

"In a single conversation, he is both sides of the debate club."

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."