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The student feared that an AGI would imminently wipe us out — but experts don't think we're anywhere close to building such a powerful model.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Student Drops Out Because She Says AGI Will Kill Everyone Before She Can Graduate

"I was concerned I might not be alive to graduate because of AGI."

The launch of GPT-5 left fans immensely disappointed and begging for OpenAI's old model back. There's an interesting theory as to why.
OpenAI

There’s a Compelling Theory Why GPT-5 Sucks so Much

This would explain a lot.

The executive order drastically deregulates key areas of the commercial spaceflight industry, in a major with for companies like SpaceX.
Space

Trump Rips Up Environmental Rules Protecting Wildlife From Destructive Rocket Launches

This "puts all of us in harm's way."

Reuters has revealed that Meta was fine with underage children having "conversations that are romantic or sensual" with its AI chatbots.
Meta

Meta Caught Saying It’s OK for Underage Children to Have “Romantic or Sensual” Conversations With AI

"'My love,' I whisper, 'I’ll love you forever.'" 

AI "godfather" Geoffrey Hinton wants to give AI a "maternal instinct" so it doesn't kill us. One problem: does the "maternal instinct" exist?
Artificial Intelligence

The “Godfather of AI” Has a Bizarre Plan to Save Humanity From Evil AI

"If it's not going to parent me, it's going to replace me."

The legally-embattled AI startup Character.AI has abandoned its original promise of ushering forth "personalized superintelligence."
Artificial Intelligence

Billion-Dollar AI Company Gives Up on AGI While Desperately Fighting to Stop Bleeding Money

"We are no longer doing that."

Astronomers have unraveled the mystery of a bright celestial object that looks like the Eye of Sauron from Middle Earth.
Off-World

Astronomers in Awe of Terrifying “Eye of Sauron” That’s Pointed Straight at Earth

Look out, Frodo!

Wall Street appears to be yanking its money out of one of the largest datacenter providers in the game, potentially an early warning sign.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Industry Just Got Some Horrible News

The call is coming from inside the house.

A new investigation by Politico has found that DOGE is egregiously exaggerating the amount it's "saved" by cancelling federal contracts.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s DOGE Was Far More of a Dismal Failure Than We Thought

"Anything that's been said publicly about [DOGE's] savings is meaningless."

The feud between Sam Altman and onetime cofounder Elon Musk may soon escalate with OpenAI's reported investment in a Neuralink competitor.
OpenAI

OpenAI and Sam Altman Are Reportedly Working on a Neuralink Competitor

The war between Sam Altman and Elon Musk is really heating up.

Skepticism is mounting as the rate of progress for scalable artificial intelligence models appears to be slowing down.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried That We’ve Already Hit Peak AI

Progress is slowing down to a crawl.

Terrifying rabbits with spiny black tentacles on their faces have been spotted in Colorado. They look hellish, but they're not dangerous.
Science & Energy

Rabbits With Horrifying Tentacles Growing Out of Their Faces Spotted in Colorado

No, this is not AI.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company is working on making GPT-5 "warmer" as it resurrects "annoying" GPT-4o.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Calls His Own AI Model “Annoying” After Being Forced to Raise It From the Dead

Harsh.

AI cancer detection has been touted as being as good as or better than doctors — but now, it seems that it has atrophied doctors' brains.
Artificial Intelligence

Doctors Using AI Quickly Lose Ability to Spot Cancer, Study Finds

Is AI making doctors worse at their jobs?

Over the weekend, a huge swarm of jellyfish forced the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France to take four of its six reactors offline.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish

It's a growing problem.

In a San Francisco, four humanoid robots make up a machine-based fight club known as REK, which uses trains its bots as prize fighters.
Robotics

Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

"Once people can really feel this and see this, it’ll be fully mainstream."

It has only been five days since OpenAI's GPT-5 model was released — and we've been given countless reasons to conclude it's a dud.
OpenAI

OpenAI Has a Major Problem on Its Hands With GPT-5

This is getting kind of embarrassing.

The astronomers estimated that the "ultramassive" black hole is over 10,000 times the mass of the Milky Way's black hole.
Black Holes

Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring

"The end state of black hole formation."

Yet another psychiatrist is sounding alarm bells about AI psychosis, arguing that chatbots can work as a "hallucinatory mirror."
Artificial Intelligence

Research Psychiatrist Warns He’s Seeing a Wave of AI Psychosis

He has an intriguing theory for why it's happening.

The rollout of Amazon's new "GenAI-powered" Alexa+ blends Orwell's 1984 with the exciting world of e-commerce.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s New Alexa AI Sounds Like a Dystopian Nightmare

"I did not have a good experience with this thing."