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Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll
Future Society

Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll

"The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord."

A pretrial hearing for two members of the militant vegan, AI-fearing cult known as the Zizians devolved into pandemonium on day one.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Murder Cult Hearing Devolves Into Courtroom Chaos

"Where have the good men gone? Where are the gods?"

Director James Gunn quipped in a Threads post that "it would be weird to cast an AI Batman with a 14 inch arm."
Artificial Intelligence

James Gunn Slams AI-Generated Batman

"That's some grade A premium snark."

The podcast grift economy is bringing tabloid-y, sensationalist drama to the world of theoretical physics.
Physics

Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong

"How dare you."

An elderly woman in Japan sent thousands of dollars to a trickster who claimed to be an astronaut trapped in space.
Future Society

Woman Sends Money to “Stranded Astronaut” So He Can “Buy Oxygen”

"In space on a spaceship right now."

In a world first, Albania's prime minister has appointed an AI to a government official position in hopes of rooting out corruption.
Artificial Intelligence

Albania Appoints an AI as Government Official

"This is not science fiction."

The gas station clerk heroically intervened to stop the old ladies from losing their money — but had to take drastic measures.
Bitcoin

Heroic Gas Station Clerk Realizes Elderly Women Are Being Scammed at the Bitcoin ATM, Unplugs It to Save Them

Bitcoin ATMs: a hive of scum and villainy.

Flowing water suggests that water ice may have survived in the asteroid for longer than what was thought possible.
Astronomy

Scientists Find Evidence of Flowing Water on Giant Asteroid

"This changes how we think about the long-term fate of water in asteroids."

A video leaked to Congress shows a strange, orb-like UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from a Reaper drone — and the object keeps going.
Off-World

Leaked Video Shows US Military Shooting UFO With Hellfire Missile

"What the hell is that?"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seemingly just noticing that the internet feels fake and is being overrun with bots and AI.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Concerned That the Whole Internet Now Feels Fake as AI Takes Over

"I assume it's all fake/bots."

The signal, a gamma ray burst, kept repeating — which has never been seen before, and, according to astronomers, should be impossible.
Off-World

Scientists Say They Can’t Explain the Signal They Just Detected From Beyond Our Galaxy

This shouldn't be possible.

Scientists in South Korea have modified a glue gun to generate bone grafts and print them directly onto fractures in animals.
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Modify Hot Glue Gun to Stick Broken Bones Back Together

Glue guns can be used for a lot more than just arts and crafts.

Some of AI's most devoted acolytes are growing increasingly frustrated as the tech fails to deliver as expected.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster

"They recognize it's less about the technology, and more about the willingness to truly reinvent the work, the workforce."

Asking OpenAI's ChatGPT if there's a seahorse emoji causes the AI chatbot to suffer an epic, existential meltdown.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Goes Completely Haywire If You Ask It to Show You a Seahorse Emoji

Wait, there's no seahorse emoji, right? Right?

Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space, activating the "dark genome."
Genetics

When Astronauts Enter Space, a “Dark Genome” Activates in Their DNA

Their cells are sent into a "death spiral."

It appears that Elon Musk is firing the people tasked with training Grok, his "maximum truth-seeking" chatbot.
xAI

Elon Musk Appears to Now Be Firing the People Behind Grok

Something fishy is going on at xAI.

Donald Trump is our planet's number one obstacle to following up on NASA's blockbuster findings about life on Mars.
Mars

Now That NASA Found Signs of Life on Mars, It’s Clear Trump Made a Massive Error

Seriously, Trump?

Elon Musk's tunnel-digging firm The Boring Company's operations in Las Vegas were suspended after a worker sustained a "crushing injury."
Advanced Transport

Boring Company Pauses Work After Worker Gets Crushed

"The patient is reported to be stable."

Google is depending on thousands of contractors to train the AI behind its flagship chatbot Gemini.
Google

It Turns Out That Google’s AI Is Being Trained by an Army of Poorly Treated Human Grunts

"AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor."

NASA Scientist Disputes Claim That Mysterious Object Headed Into Solar System Was Sent by Aliens
Exobiology

NASA Scientist Disputes Claim That Mysterious Object Headed Into Solar System Was Sent by Aliens

"It looks like a comet. It does comet things... It's a comet."