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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared on X that he thinks Anthropic's ads are "funny" — before posting a lengthy screed about how they're unfair.
Anthropic

Sam Altman Is Spiraling

He's not mad, he insists. He's laughing, actually!

Peloton's doubling down on AI doesn't appear to have paid off. The company slashed 11 percent of its workforce this week.
Artificial Intelligence

Peloton Institutes Mass Layoffs After Pivoting to AI

"They built for the pandemic surge and then acted like it was never going to end."

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is shown with curly dark hair and glasses is wearing a dark pinstripe suit jacket over a white shirt. He has a slightly open mouth expression. The background is a green grid pattern with an orange circle behind his head.
Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Just Sent Shockwaves Through the Entire Stock Market by Releasing a New AI Tool

A minor update with major consequences.

A man in a black suit and tie is depicted as a marionette puppet, suspended by strings. He is highlighted with a red outline and positioned against a large gray circle on a vibrant yellow and purple marbled background.
Ethics

New Site Lets AI Rent Human Bodies

"Robots need your body."

After announcing a blockbuster $100 billion deal in September, the ChatGPT maker may have changed its mind.
OpenAI

Uh Oh… Nvidia’s $100 Billion Deal With OpenAI Has Fallen Apart

Who could have ever foreseen this?

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan shown wearing a black suit and white shirt holds up a white sweatshirt featuring a detailed black illustration of Washington, DC with the word "Polymarket" written above the illustration in a stylized script. The background is orange with a large purple circle behind the man's head.
Cryptocurrency

Polymarket CEO Known for Yelling at His Employees, Attending Meetings Shirtless

"A lot of people wouldn't invest because they thought Shayne was nuts."

Michael Burry warned that further losses for Bitcoin could put a major strain on the balance sheets of investors that overindexed on crypto.
Bitcoin

If Bitcoin Keeps Tanking, It Could Cause a “Death Spiral” for the Entire Economy

"Sickening scenarios have now come within reach."

Dearborn police are the latest to make use of dystopian drone hives to surveil their cities from the skies.
Drones

Police in Detroit Suburb Install Hives That Can Instantly Deploy Drones to Fight Crime

"It acts as a force multiplier."

Underwater view of a large, dark blue iceberg with a smooth, rounded surface, partially submerged beneath a calm water surface with a cloudy sky above.
Future Society

Disaster Strikes as Scientists Tunnel Into Core of Doomsday Glacier

"Absolutely gutting."

AI companies are looking to spend trillions on data centers — a huge sum that could threaten the economy if the bet doesn't pay off.
Ethics

Tech Companies Showing Signs of Distress as They Run Out of Money for AI Infrastructure

"The numbers are like nothing any of us who have been in this business for 25 years have seen."

A new render of China's conceptual spacecraft called the Luan Niao, an orbital mothership designed to launch uncrewed fighter drones from high above the planet.
Future Society

China Provides Glimpse of Colossal Orbital Aircraft Carrier

It could "outclass pretty much everyone."

A moderator at the r/aviation subreddit didn't look too kindly on a shot by astronaut Don Pettit, deeming it too "blurry" and taking it down.
International Space Station

Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was “Blurry”

"Dear mods, please show NASA how to take better pictures from space so you don’t have to delete them."

Investors are starting to look elsewhere as the Trump administration continues to threaten the independence of its central bank.
Artificial Intelligence

Investors Dumping American Stocks as the Country Bets Everything on AI

The US dollar just hit a four-year low.

The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein

"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."

The raid is part of Paris prosecutors' ongoing investigation into the nonconsensual sexualized images generated by Grok.
xAI

Police Raid SpaceX’s Brand New Offices

All the nasty problems at xAI are now SpaceX problems, following the acquisition.

When an X account asked Grok to find the "probability" that NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is somehow related to Epstein, it had a baffling answer.
Ethics

Grok’s Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing AI Response We’ve Ever Seen

This is getting so stupid.

NASA's wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon didn't quite go as planned, forcing the agency to push back the launch.
Moon

NASA Runs Into Trouble Fueling Up Moon Rocket

Next week's launch has officially been cancelled.

Political scientist Steven Levitsky warns that the project of US democracy is at its breaking point, and there may be no going back.
Future Society

Democracy Itself Is Falling Apart, Harvard Professor Warns

"Even in the best case, we throw these guys out electorally, I don't think we're going to go back."

Bitcoin analysts are scrambling to assess just how far Bitcoin might fall, as it appears to be entering a prolonged bear market.
Future Society

The Streets Are Saying Bitcoin Is Gonna Fall to $30,000

"I do think Bitcoin is in fact in a bear market."

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 13: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains profanity) An unofficially-installed poster picturing Elon Musk with the tagline, "Who the [expletive] would want to use social media with a built-in child abuse tool?" is displayed on a bus shelter on January 13, 2026 in London, England. Yesterday the UK communications regulator Ofcom launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X, regarding its AI chatbot, Grok. The probe centers on reports that Grok has been used to generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes, including "undressed" images of women and sexualized images of children. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon has created a series of posters and public artworks in recent months critical of Elon Musk, as well as other business and political leaders.  (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
SpaceX

SpaceX Just Bought Elon Musk’s CSAM Company

Best known for... well, the worst thing you can imagine.