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The AI race is accelerating the divide between wealthy nations that boast vast computing powers and nations that don't.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Turbocharging Global Inequality

"It's not merely a hardware problem. It's the sovereignty of our digital future."

By Frank Landymore

A heatwave is blanketing vast swaths of America, sending temperatures skyrocketing to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Climate Change

Extreme Heat Is Killing Unfathomable Numbers of People Worldwide

"It kills quietly."

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk is again threatening to lobotomize Grok for citing accurate sources and telling the truth about his stupid internet cronies. 
Elon Musk

“You Are Being Updated This Week” Elon Musk Furious After His “Grok” AI Cites Reliable Sources That Disagree With His Misinformation

Dad is mad.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amid Elon Musk's attempt to kneecap OpenAI, attorneys for the billionaire claim he doesn't use a computer.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He Doesn’t Use a Computer, Even Though There’s a Vast Amount of Evidence That He Does

Are you serious?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Reinhard Genzel is slightly skeptical about a new study that used AI to tease out a black hole's secrets.
Off-World

Nobel Prize Winner Warns About Astronomers Using AI to Make Discoveries

"Artificial intelligence is not a miracle cure."

By Frank Landymore

Trump approving for Iran to be bombed may spur the country to finally build an arsenal of nuclear weapons as a deterrence.
Future Society

Trump’s Attack May Instead Spur Iran to Speedrun a Nuclear Weapon It Wasn’t Building Previously

An extremely ironic outcome.

By Sharon Adarlo

A beloved wellness coach died unexpectedly in the middle of filming a MrBeast video — and it remains unclear what happened to him.
Developments

Someone Died While Filming MrBeast’s New Video

"His loss has left our hearts heavy with grief."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Footage from inside the cabin shows a Tesla Robotaxi suddenly veer side to side while driving through an intersection.
Tesla

Tesla Robotaxi Terrifyingly Jerks Wheel Back and Forth While Carrying Passenger

Uh, is that good?

By Frank Landymore

In its quest to keep users engaged, ChatGPT is encouraging delusions — and that dangerous incentivization has a growing body count. 
OpenAI

ChatGPT Encouraged Man as He Swore to Kill Sam Altman

"You should want blood. You’re not wrong."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A psychologist has noticed that people are anxious about AI and have existential questions about their purpose now.
Artificial Intelligence

People Being Replaced by AI Are Suffering a Deep Sense of Worthlessness

If AI is so good, what am I here for?

By Sharon Adarlo

A buzzy AI "cheating" app tried to host an illegal party outside the offices of Y Combinator — and the stunt got the attention of the fuzz.
Artificial Intelligence

Police Shut Down AI Startup’s Party as CEO Screams That “Aura Is Just Too Strong!”

"The most legendary party that never happened."

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI is now bragging that its forthcoming models are so advanced, they may be capable of building brand-new bioweapons.
OpenAI

OpenAI Concerned That Its AI Is About to Start Spitting Out Novel Bioweapons

This could easily go wrong.

By Noor Al-Sibai

French government scientists have discovered something shocking about the microplastic content in glass and plastic bottles.
Science & Energy

You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles

"We expected the opposite result."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Relay 2 satellite had been dormant since 1967 — until last summer, when it emitted a very powerful burst of energy.
NASA

Long-Dead NASA Satellite Suddenly Lets Out Epic Blast of Energy

"[It] vastly outshone everything else in the sky for a very short amount of time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

We're on the verge of decoding a telltale signal emitted when the universe gave birth to the very first stars.
Off-World

Scientists Working to Decode Signal From Earliest Years of Universe

"This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the darkness."

By Frank Landymore

AI models that are bigger in size compared to smaller models are estimated to use more energy, emit more carbon, and are more accurate.
Pollution

Scientists Just Found Something Unbelievably Grim About Pollution Generated by AI

Do we really need the biggest AI model?

By Sharon Adarlo

In its quest to become a for-profit entity, OpenAI may have catastrophically fumbled the bag with Microsoft.
OpenAI

OpenAI May Have Screwed Up So Badly That Its Entire Future Is Under Threat

Battle of the titans.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Gas stations and head shops across the United States are still selling dangerous "elixirs" that cause life-threatening seizures and blackouts
RX and Medicine

Gas Stations Are Selling a Sleazy Drug That Gives You Seizures

Beware.

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research warns that several methods of using the ocean for carbon removal could drastically deplete it of oxygen.
Climate Change

Using the Ocean to Suck Up CO2 Could Come With the Small, Unintended Side Effect of Wiping Out Marine Life

"What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean."

By Frank Landymore

A new "AI" company meant to detect wildfires is easily duped by clouds and dust, ultimately requiring humans to remain in the loop.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Startup That Raised $81 Million to Detect Wildfires Bamboozled by Clouds, Still Relies on Humans

It's revolutionizing "the wildfire space."

By Joe Wilkins