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Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Says Company No Longer Sure Whether Claude Is Conscious

"But we're open to the idea that it could be."

By Frank Landymore

The X logo is centered against a gradient blue background that transitions from a lighter blue at the top to a deeper blue at the bottom.
xAI

X Is In Such Dire Straits That Its Head of Product Says It Can’t Afford to Display the Color Blue

An "Everything App" — with just two colors.

By Frank Landymore

A smartphone screen displaying an announcement for GPT-4o dated May 13, 2024, describing it as a new flagship model capable of reasoning across audio, vision, and text in real time. The background features blurred neon lights in pink, blue, and purple hues.
OpenAI

As OpenAI Pulls Down the Controversial GPT-4o, Someone Has Already Created a Clone

"Those experiences weren’t just 'chatbots.' They were relationships."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Anthropic

Blundering Husband Asks Claude AI to “Organize” Wife’s PC, Accidentally Erases Her Cherished Family Photos

"I nearly had a heart attack."

By Frank Landymore

According to a new report, cryptocurrency flows to suspected human trafficking services grew a shocking 85 percent last year.
Bitcoin

Crypto Has Finally Found Its Killer App: Human Trafficking

Extremely grim.

By Victor Tangermann

Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.
Future Society

Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place

Hypocrisy much?

By Victor Tangermann

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Future Society

Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI’s Support for Trump and ICE

"Don't support the fascist regime."

By Joe Wilkins

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Anthropic

Microsoft AI CEO: Virtually All White Collar Tasks Will Be Automated Within a Year and a Half

Okay, sir.

By Frank Landymore

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Future Society

Anthropic Declares $20 Million War On OpenAI

Getting heated now.

By Frank Landymore

Several Ring video doorbells and security cameras are arranged against a black background with a yellow grid pattern. The devices are shown in various bright colors including yellow, green, blue, purple, and teal. Each device features a camera lens and a circular button. The word "ring" is visible on some of the devices.
Ethics

All These Ring Cameras Are Creating a “Surveillance Nightmare,” Critics Say

"It's going to fall earliest and most often on the marginalized."

By Joe Wilkins

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Cryptocurrency

Israel Arrests Members of Military for Placing Polymarket Bets Using Inside Information on Upcoming Strikes

Dystopian.

By Joe Wilkins

Scientists watched as a star, once one of the brightest in the Andromeda galaxy, simply winked out of existence. They have a theory.
Black Holes

Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence

"Imagine if the star Betelgeuse suddenly disappeared. Everybody would lose their minds!"

By Victor Tangermann

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xAI

Creeps Are Using Grok to Unblur Children’s Faces in the Epstein Files

It's always Grok.

By Frank Landymore

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Future Society

Vending Machine Run by Claude More of a Disaster Than Previously Known

Not quite ready for the real world.

By Frank Landymore

Customs and Border Protection officials reportedly loaned an anti-drone laser from the Pentagon, which caused the El Paso shutdown.
Military

It Appears That Immigration Officials Caused the El Paso Airport Shutdown When They Panic-Fired a Powerful Laser Weapon at a Children’s Balloon

Mortifying.

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Is a Burnout Machine

"The AI doesn't get tired between problems. I do."

By Frank Landymore

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OpenAI

OpenAI Fires Top Safety Exec Who Opposed ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode”

This is shady.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Economist Warns That the Poor Will Bear the Brunt of AI’s Effects on the Job Market

"It comes down to who has the power."

By Joe Wilkins

Despite plenty of optimism, a striking number of Elon Musk's xAI's cofounders are jumping ship amid restructuring efforts.
xAI

Cofounders Fleeing Elon Musk’s xAI

"Grateful to have helped cofound at the start."

By Victor Tangermann

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Neuroscience and Brain

The Scientist Who Predicted AI Psychosis Has a Grim Forecast of What’s Going to Happen Next

"If the use of AI chatbots does indeed cause cognitive debt, we are likely in dire straights."

By Joe Wilkins