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Grammarly failed to mention in its apology that the company wasn't just dealing with hundreds of furious writers — it was facing litigation.
Ethics

Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story

It's a glaring omission.

By Victor Tangermann

Hands typing rapidly on a laptop keyboard, captured with motion blur to emphasize speed. The laptop is viewed from above, with a faintly visible screen at the top. The overall lighting has a greenish tint.
Ethics

AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder Than Ever

Even if AI does increase productivity, it's not exactly good news for workers.

By Frank Landymore

A stylized image of a semi-automatic pistol with a glitch effect, featuring red, white, and yellow digital distortion over a black background with white speckles. The pistol grip has a textured pattern and a circular emblem.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI Still Hasn’t Fixed Its School Shooter Problem We Identified in 2024

We can't stress enough how easy it is to find this stuff.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A hand holding a lit matchstick near a pile of burning US dollar bills, with blue and purple smoke rising against a dark background.
Finance

CEOs Say Yeah, AI Might Be a Bubble, But They’re Gonna Keep Shoveling Money Into the Furnace Because All Their Friends Are

"The sentiment about deploying AI is most certainly accelerating."

By Joe Wilkins

Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.
Ethics

Grammarly Is Pulling Down Its Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission

"We hear the feedback and recognize we fell short on this."

By Victor Tangermann

A new music video featuring AI "actress" Tilly Norwood is one of the dingiest and depressing things we've ever seen.
Ethics

The AI-Generated Tilly Norwood Just Dropped the Worst Music Video We’ve Ever Seen

Who thought this was a good idea?

By Victor Tangermann

Black and white close-up profile of a sheep with thick, curly wool against a bright orange background featuring green concentric circular patterns.
Military

US Military Tested Havana Syndrome Weapon on Large Mammals, Whistleblowers Says

"I did some very interesting things for the US government, always with the idea that they would have my back if I got jammed up."

By Joe Wilkins

US officials confirmed that the US was responsible for the bloodbath at an Iranian school. It's still investigating whether AI was involved.
Anthropic

US Military Investigating Whether AI Was Involved in Bombing Elementary School in Iran

This is horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was teeming with an unusually large amount of methanol, a type of alcohol.
James Webb Space Telescope

Please Resist the Urge to Drink the Melted Sludge From 3I/ATLAS

It'd get you drunk — but it might kill you as well.

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic released its latest findings about the "labor market impacts of AI," listing the occupations that are "most exposed."
Anthropic

Anthropic Announces Jobs Most at Risk From AI

It's not a bad time to become a dishwasher.

By Victor Tangermann

A purple-colored balance scale with two empty pans hanging from chains, set against an orange background with the OpenAI logo.
Ethics

Mother Sues OpenAI for Not Telling Police About Mass Shooter Before Deadly Rampage

OpenAI isn't sweeping this one under the rug.

By Frank Landymore

A yellow robotic hand is pointing forward against a red background with a grid pattern. Behind the hand is the word "Amazon" in large, white, grid-patterned letters with the Amazon smile logo underneath.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Admits Extensive AI Use Is Wreaking Havoc on Its Core Business

Hoisted by its own AI petard.

By Frank Landymore

A person wearing a mask and casual clothing is walking across a street with yellow road markings. Behind them, a red autonomous vehicle is visible, and the background is predominantly bright yellow. The person is carrying a bag and appears to be in motion.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

"A large majority of this time was spent on hold."

By Joe Wilkins

A series of large, reflective solar sails or panels are positioned in space above Earth, aligned in a row extending into the distance. The sails have a metallic frame and appear to be capturing sunlight, with the sun shining brightly behind them. The Earth’s curved horizon and atmosphere are visible below, with a dark space background.
Off-World

FCC Deciding Whether to Allow Startup to Launch Huge Mirror Satellite to Blast Sunlight on Cities at Nighttime

"The implications for wildlife, for all life, are enormous."

By Frank Landymore

Engineers in Shenzhen, China invented a two-legged, centaur-inspired appendage that can carry heavy loads.
Robot Dogs

Body Horror Robot Turns Human Into Centaur

Why carry a heavy backpack when your centaur legs can carry it?

By Victor Tangermann

Close-up of a waving American flag showing the blue field with white stars and red and white stripes.
Anthropic

Insiders Afraid the Government Will Nationalize the AI Industry

"If you don't think that's going to lead to the nationalization of our technology — you're ret***ed."

By Joe Wilkins

A close-up of a young child lying down, illuminated by a warm reddish light, holding a smartphone above their face. The child's eyes are wide open, reflecting the light from the phone screen. The background has a soft gradient of red and purple hues.
Artificial Intelligence

YouTube Filling With Horrifying AI Slop for Children

"When you're just showing raw visual stimuli and bombarding a kid with it, it just doesn't seem it's probably that good for them."

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg watches intently through a chain-link fence at a mixed martial arts fight inside a cage, where two fighters are engaged on the ground under red lighting.
The Industrialists

Zuckerberg Loudly Booed at His Safe Space

Where Zuck goes, mockery follows.

By Frank Landymore

A metallic humanoid robot is seated facing multiple red-lit digital screens displaying data and graphs. A bright yellow-green circular highlight is centered behind the robot's head, emphasizing its focus on the screens. The scene conveys a high-tech, futuristic environment.
Machine Learning

AI Agent Goes Rogue, Starts Mining Crypto to Amass Funds

"The alerts were severe... including attempts to probe or access internal-network resources and traffic patterns consistent with cryptomining-related activities."

By Joe Wilkins

The Earth's atmosphere is being littered with new metal aerosols from burning spacecraft and rockets, scientists warn.
Off-World

Rapid Space Launches Shifting the Chemistry of Earth’s Atmosphere

Companies are using the Earth's atmosphere like a dumpster.

By Victor Tangermann