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Google is depending on thousands of contractors to train the AI behind its flagship chatbot Gemini.
Google

It Turns Out That Google’s AI Is Being Trained by an Army of Poorly Treated Human Grunts

"AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Scientist Disputes Claim That Mysterious Object Headed Into Solar System Was Sent by Aliens
Exobiology

NASA Scientist Disputes Claim That Mysterious Object Headed Into Solar System Was Sent by Aliens

"It looks like a comet. It does comet things... It's a comet."

By Victor Tangermann

Novo Nordisk, the drugmaker behind Ozempic, is laying off thousands of workers as it struggles against competition from other pharma firms.
RX and Medicine

The Inventor of Ozempic Is Suddenly Sacking Huge Numbers of Employees

"Our company must evolve."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that an OpenAI whistleblower named Suchir Balaji, who passed away last year, was actually killed.
OpenAI

Elon Musk Says an OpenAI Whistleblower Was Murdered

"He was murdered."

By Victor Tangermann

Users of AI chatbots are being driven into spirals of delusion, a wave of "AI psychosis." Financial experts are increasingly concerned.
Artificial Intelligence

Financial Experts Concerned That Driving Users Into Psychosis Will Be Bad for AI Investments

"There is still more work that needs to be done."

By Victor Tangermann

RFK Jr. said there was a possible connection between video games and a rise in gun violence without providing evidence.
Mental Health

RFK Junior Says Mass Shootings Are Being Caused by Video Games

It's all the fault of gamers.

By Frank Landymore

A new AI wearable that continuously records everything you do isn't just an enormous privacy violation in the making — it's also a jerk.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Necklace Listens Constantly and Uses All That Data to Complain About You

"It is an incredibly antisocial device to wear."

By Victor Tangermann

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is sprouting a separate, "anti-tail," as Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests.
Mars

The Mysterious Object Cruising Toward Mars Is Doing Something Very Peculiar

It's growing a second tail.

By Victor Tangermann

After the shooting of right wing influencer Charlie Kirk, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot spread ludicrous misinformation about the event.
xAI

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Spread Ludicrous Misinformation After Charlie Kirk’s Shooting, Saying Kirk Survived and Video Was Fake

"Yes, he survives this one easily."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The body was so horrifically decomposed that investigators couldn't initially determine the gender of the deceased.
Tesla

Chopped Up Human Body Found in Tesla Registered to Pop Singer

Horrific.

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI executives are reeling as activist groups and tech rivals organize to stimy their for-profit aspirations.
OpenAI

OpenAI Execs Are Extremely Upset

You good, guys?

By Joe Wilkins

Exactly six months ago, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claimed that in six months, AI would be "writing 90 percent of code."
Anthropic

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code

Not even close.

By Joe Wilkins

Instead of lauding its scientists, NASA's acting leader praised Trump during an announcement about the potential discovery of life on Mars.
Mars

NASA Announces Possible Discovery of Life on Mars by Comically Sucking Up to Trump

This is just sad.

By Victor Tangermann

In a major change in tune, Google has admitted that the "open web is already in rapid decline" — despite arguing that the "web is thriving."
Future Society

Google Says the Open Web Is Now in “Rapid Decline”

It's falling apart.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced that its Perseverance Mars rover spotted "potential biosignatures" in an ancient dry riverbed last year.
Exobiology

NASA Says Its Mars Rover Has Detected Possible Signs of Life on the Red Planet

“This finding... is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars."

By Victor Tangermann

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, the mysterious visitor continues to fascinate.
Astronomy

Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Star System Is Now Changing Color

The plot thickens.

By Victor Tangermann

An activist speaks out on his goals as he enters day nine of a grueling hunger strike in front of Anthropic's San Fran headquarters.
Anthropic

Anti-AGI Protester Now on Day Nine of Hunger Strike in Front of Anthropic Headquarters

"None of these companies have a right to do what they're doing, which is consciously endangering my life, my family's life, all of our lives."

By Joe Wilkins

If current trends continue, corporate leaders could drag the economy into a self-imposed productivity slowdown to make AI look good.
Artificial Intelligence

If the AI Industry Fails, It Could Take the Rest of Us Down With It

Oh.

By Joe Wilkins

New data shows Tesla's EV sales have fallen below 2017 levels, when it was struggling to sell even 30,000 vehicles.
Tesla

Tesla’s Market Share Has Fallen So Badly That It’s Back to 2017 Levels

"When you're a car company, when you don't have new products, your share will start to decline."

By Joe Wilkins

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb argued interstellar object 3I/ATLAS "could either visit us or release some mini-probes that arrive to Earth."
Astronomy

Scientist Watching to See If Mysterious Object Visiting Our Solar System Releases Any Probes

"It could either visit us or release some mini-probes that arrive to Earth and appear as [unidentified aerial phenomena]."

By Victor Tangermann