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Staffers at major video game developer Electronic Arts told Business Insider, their employer's attempts to use AI are backfiring.
Ethics

EA’s Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly

"It's a problem when the dogs won't eat the dog food."

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman has reportedly tapped a Caltech engineer known for researching ultrasound to read the brain to lead his Neuralink competitor.
Brain Implants

Sam Altman Funding Biomedical Startup to Read Human Brain Using Sound Waves

Altman previously said that he'd "like to be able to think something and have ChatGPT respond to it."

By Frank Landymore

AI investor Matt Shumer posted AI-generated, first-person-shooter video game footage, claiming it's the future of video games.
Ethics

We’re Laugh-Crying at This Footage of an AI-Generated Video Game

If this is the future of AI video games, we're screwed.

By Victor Tangermann

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, was spotted releasing intriguing radio signals last year.
Astronomy

Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet

Fascinating.

By Victor Tangermann

Los Angeles-based startup Apex wants to launch "space-based interceptors" that can destroy missiles from orbit for the Space Force.
Robots and Machines

Startup Says It’s Launching a Test Weapon Into Orbit

"We are developing this Orbital Magazine technology on our own dime and moving incredibly fast."

By Victor Tangermann

Nike has shown off an intriguing new pair of shoes, dubbed Project Amplify, that it claims to be the "world’s first powered footwear system."
Devices

Nike’s New Sneaker Contains an Exoskeleton to Boost Your Leg Performance

It's like an e-bike for your feet.

By Victor Tangermann

Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro told NPR that he's not a fan of generative AI, saying he'd "rather die" than use it.
Ethics

Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: “I’d Rather Die”

"I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested."

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial intelligence isn't just coming for human actors' jobs — even our furry companions are struggling to find work in Hollywood.
Ethics

AI Is Even Putting Animal Actors Out of Work

"I don’t think I’ve had a call for a woodpecker in probably three or four years, maybe five years."

By Victor Tangermann

A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto Earth."
Chemistry

Scientists Discover Remnants of Cataclysmically Destroyed Planet That Became Earth

"This is maybe the first direct evidence that we've preserved the proto Earth materials."

By Frank Landymore

In an internal memo, Meta informed its risk management workers their jobs were being automated thanks to advances in AI.
Ethics

Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated

"We don't need as many roles in some areas as we once did."

By Joe Wilkins

Geoengineering startup Stardust Solutions says it has raised $60 million to lay the groundwork for tech that could be used to dim the Sun.
Climate Change

Startup Raises $60 Million to Artificially Cool the Planet

Not everybody's convinced of its plans.

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Mehmet Oz babbled complete nonsense while trying to explain the impossible arithmetic behind Trump's drug price claims.
Future Society

Dr. Oz Crashes Out Trying to Explain How Trump Cut Drug Prices by by “1,500 Percent,” Which Would Mean People Were Being Paid to Take Drugs

Doing alright there, man?

By Frank Landymore

One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
Internet Of Things

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House

"That's when I made my first mistake: I decided to stop it."

By Joe Wilkins

A Chinese firm has just unveiled the world's first underwater data center, cooled by the ocean and powered by wind.
Wind

Chinese Company Launches Wind-Powered Data Center at the Bottom of the Sea

Captain Nemo is that you?

By Joe Wilkins

The company has brought on a defacto consultant to oversee the company's transition to AI-based script writing.
Ethics

The WWE Says It’ll Use AI to Write Storylines, in the Latest Case of Forcing AI Into Everybody’s Lives

"The feeling is once bugs are worked out that AI will begin to have major impact on storyline direction."

By Joe Wilkins

3I-ATLAS could be an alien craft slamming on its breaks to orbit Mars, noted astrophysicist Ari Loeb argues.
Future Society

The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Slamming on the Brakes, Scientist Says

It's out of this world!

By Joe Wilkins

After a relentless Wikipedia vandal filled the "brain rot" page with brain rot, it's protected until next year.
Computing

The Wikipedia Page on “Brain Rot” Is Protected Until 2026 Due to Extensive Vandalism

Editing privileges have been revoked.

By Rae Witte

Russia and China are allegedly deploying their finest babes to seduce tech industry professionals, a tactic known as "sex warfare."
Hacking

If You’re a Tech Worker With an Attractive Girlfriend, We Have Extremely Bad News

Coming to bed dear?

By Joe Wilkins

An AI-powered gun detection system mistook a bag of Doritos chips as a weapon — and called the cops on a 16-year-old student.G
Future Society

An AI Mistook a Doritos Bag for a Gun and Called the Cops on a Teenager

"If I eat another bag of chips or drink something, I feel like they’re going to come again."

By Victor Tangermann

Yet another huge chunk of space debris survived re-entry intact, landing in the middle of a road in Australia.
SpaceX

Space Junk Now Almost Constantly Crashing Down to Earth

Mind your head.

By Frank Landymore