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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly setting aside AGI in an effort to stop the company from succumbing to its steep competition.
OpenAI

Details Emerge on Sam Altman’s Panic Sweats

"We should be at the top of things like LM arena."

By Victor Tangermann

Grok declared that it would be okay with genociding close to half of all children in the world to save Elon Musl.
xAI

Grok, Now Built Into Teslas for Navigation, Says It Would Run Over a Billion Children to Avoid Hitting Elon Musk

Correction: 999,999,999 children.

By Frank Landymore

Palantir's X account shared a new tweet that embedded a controversial video of its CEO Alex Karp, using a very particular choice of words.
Future Society

Wait, Did Palantir Just Make a Joke About Its CEO Doing Cocaine?

"Hate to break it to y'all but using the word 'skiing' was very much intentional."

By Victor Tangermann

Two Waymo robotaxis crashed into each other in a dead-end street, blocking traffic while a third Waymo watches on.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Two Self-Driving Waymos Just Crashed Into Each Other, Trapping a Third Waymo

"It's like a Waymo standoff."

By Frank Landymore

McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
Ethics

McDonald’s Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery

"The future is here, and it's not looking good."

By Joe Wilkins

A new tool showed off by xAI dreams up AI-generated product placement that "weaves" into existing TV shows and movies.
Future Society

Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Any Scene of Your Favorite Movie

Characters from old movies can now show off all-new products.

By Frank Landymore

As economic discontent grows, tech billionaires are pouring money into some 120 "startup societies" where they can reign supreme.
The Industrialists

Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States

"Can you imagine being that rich and that miserable?"

By Joe Wilkins

The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a drone strike.
Energy

Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation

It "lost its primary safety functions."

By Victor Tangermann

With a new update, Tesla drivers can now ask Grok add and edit destinations, and plan out their route for them.
xAI

Grok Will Now Give Tesla Drivers Directions

We can only imagine what witty navigation advice it'll cook up next.

By Frank Landymore

A first-of-its-kind study in Australia found that giving men a common antidepressant helped reduce domestic violence rates.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence

"I used to sleep with a hammer under my bed. Since he started this medication, I can sleep more easily, and I don't need to sleep with the hammer anymore."

By Joe Wilkins

Researchers have found a significant link between screen time and diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Mental Health

Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

"Our study suggests that it is specifically social media that affects children’s ability to concentrate."

By Victor Tangermann

Trains as far as Scotland were halted or delayed due to a viral AI hoax spreading misinformation in the aftermath of an earthquake.
Future Society

Officials Halt Dozens of Trains Due to AI Hoax

"The disruption caused by the creation and sharing of hoax images and videos like this creates a completely unnecessary delay to passengers at a cost to the taxpayer."

By Joe Wilkins

The Chinese robotics firm EngineAI lets its humanoid robot loose on its CEO, whom it promptly proceeds to lay out.
Robotics

Video Shows Robot Attacking CEO

"Too violent. Too brutal!"

By Frank Landymore

A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.
Robotics

Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse

"Absolutely hilarious."

By Victor Tangermann

As AI researchers churning out papers with AI models rise to the top, the entire field is becoming a rapid race to the bottom.
Ethics

AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say

The field of AI is being destroyed by AI.

By Frank Landymore

An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
Anthropic

King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs

"I find this absolutely deplorable and am now quitting my account."

By Victor Tangermann

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen cyanide in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
Astronomy

3I/ATLAS Is Carrying Ingredients for Life, NASA Finds

"In this alien comet they’re very abundant."

By Victor Tangermann

Sensationalist travel vlogger Kurt Caz was caught using AI to doctor a thumbnail to look like immigrants are taking over London.
Ethics

Travel Influencer Caught Using AI to Make It Seem Like Minorities Are Terrorizing London

"Just surrounded by hostiles. Goodness, gracious me."

By Joe Wilkins

The powerful surveillance startup Flock was caught using workers in the Philippines to collate data on US residents.
Ethics

AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents

Who's watching the watchers?

By Joe Wilkins

A modern American Election Day
Ethics

AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat

"The more info you give people, the more they change their minds."

By Joe Wilkins