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Robotics

Bernie Sanders Wants To Tax the Robots That Replace Human Workers

Points were made.

Science & Energy

Guy Trying to Dim Sun Frets That US Will Shoot Down His Balloon

Won't somebody please think of his balloons?

Developments

Pregnant Woman in Jail Argues That If Her Fetus Is a Person, It’s Being Illegally Detained

"An unborn child has rights independent of its mother, even though it’s still in the womb."

Artificial Intelligence

Ridiculous Voice Cloned Joe Biden Speeches Are Going Viral

These videos are hysterical.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Has No Idea How Stupid to Make Its AI

The company had a change of heart after "lobotomizing" its AI.

Google

Google Denies Using AI to Pick Which Employees to Fire

HR departments, though, have expressed their willingness to use software and algorithms to layoff employees.

Mars

Scientists Find NASA’s Mars Rover Would Struggle to Detect Life on Earth

"If the biosignatures can't be detected in Earth samples ... we should not expect these instruments to be capable of detecting evidence of life from Mars' early history."

Future Society

The World’s Largest Four Day Work Week Trial a Huge Success

The vast majority of companies involved are sticking with the change.

Off-World

Something Hit Spacecraft From the Outside, Russia Says

Something doesn't add up.

Robots and Machines

Japan Puzzled When Large Metal Orb Appears on Beach

And it's not the first time in recent years this has happened, either.

Off-World

NSYNC’s Lance Bass Says When He Tried to Go to Space, Russian Agents Menaced Him

"They would put a gun to my head and be like, 'Where's the money? Where's the money?'"

Artificial Intelligence

Popular Instagram “Photographer” Admits His “Portraits” Are Generated by AI

"Frankly, I'm not entirely sure how to proceed."

Mars

China Refuses to Say Whether Its Mars Rover Is Dead

It hasn't moved in almost half a year.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Seems To Have Quietly Tested Bing AI in India Months Ago, Ran Into Serious Problems

Huge if true!

OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Says AI Will Give Medical Advice to People Too Poor to Afford Doctors

An "AI medical advisor"? What could go wrong?

Moon

Astronomers Spot Stunning Auroras On Jupiter’s Moons

And they're even brighter than Earth's.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Already Selling Tons of Books Written by AI

"This is something we really need to be worried about, these books will flood the market and a lot of authors are going to be out of work."

Elon Musk

Tesla Cofounder Rails Against Elon Musk’s “Crap” Autopilot Feature

He's not pulling any punches, folks.

Artificial Intelligence

Sci-Fi Magazine Shuts Down Submissions After Onslaught of AI-Generated Spam

"Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why."

OpenAI

University Apologizes for Sending Email About Mass Shooting Written With ChatGPT

Who thought this was a good idea?