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Amid Business Insider's latest pivot to AI, the site's past brushes with the technology are coming back to haunt it.
Artificial Intelligence

Business Insider Did Something So Stupid With AI That We’re Reeling

Incredibly embarrassing.

One of Elon Musk's DOGE operatives discovered that the government has less glut than he'd banked on — and admitting so publicly got him fired. 
Future Society

DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient

"My DOGE days were over."

OpenAI's large language model GPT-4o told a user who identified themself to it as a former addict named Pedro to indulge in a little meth.
Artificial Intelligence

Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a Treat

"Pedro, it’s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week."

After getting caught tweeting out a lie, Elon Musk was interrogated by Tesla executives worried about government blowback. 
Elon Musk

Tesla Executives Grilled Elon Musk When His Story Wasn’t Adding Up

Someone needs to take his smartphone away.

This Smartphone Smuggled Out of North Korea Is Absolutely Wild
Future Society

This Smartphone Smuggled Out of North Korea Is Absolutely Wild

"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people."

Elon Musk finally seems to be realizing that his time in government is causing huge problems for his business interests.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Realizing He Made a Huge Mistake

"I think we should get rid of all credits."

Elon Musk tried to dodge questions about the Trump administration in a recent interview, before complaining about his political allies anyway.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Squirms When Asked Tough Questions

"I think we wanna stick to, you know, the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as opposed to, you know, presidential policy."

Edible enjoyers, beware: a new study has found that eating cannabis may be just as bad for you as smoking it.
Studies

New Study Finds Serious Risk to Eating Edibles

Well this sucks!

Elon Musk reportedly still owes president Donald Trump an eye-watering $100 million out of the $300 million he committed to get him elected.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Owes Donald Trump a Colossal Sum of Money

It's so over.

Jared Isaacman, NASA's candidate for administrator, handpicked by Elon Musk, has been thrown under the bus by the Trump administration.
Elon Musk

Trump Just Kicked Elon Musk’s Hand-Picked NASA Head to the Curb

The bromance is officially over.

After fleeing DC to go watch yet another SpaceX rocket blow up in Texas, Elon Musk is now whining about how everyone hates him.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Trying to Figure Out Who’s to Blame for His Massive Unpopularity

Whose fault could it be!?

A teen tech titan wants to retrofit robots to give them artificial bodily functions and feelings — and train AI models on their data.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Startup Giving Robots Virtual Heart Rate, Body Temperature, Sweating Response So They Can Better Emulate Human Emotions Like Fear and Anxiety

"I have a bunch of robots, and they run a bunch of emotions."

Having phone sex with an AI chatbot is, as it turns out, quite upsetting to one's unwitting human partner.
Artificial Intelligence

Hanky Panky With Naughty AI Still Counts as Cheating, Therapist Says

"I know he’s gonna say it’s not a big deal."

Speaking at a crypto conference, Drug Kingping Ross Ulbricht was astonished at VR and AI, and called for unity in the crypto community.
Blockchain

Suddenly Freed From Prison, Silk Road Founder Stunned by Advancements in World Since 2013

"You never forgot me. You gave me hope."

Pfizer's Depo-Provera shot has been linked to brain tumors — and hundreds of women are suing the pharmaceutical giant over it.
Brain

400 Women Are Suing Pfizer Over Birth Control Shot That Allegedly Gave Them Brain Tumors

The pharmaceutical giant allegedly knew about the risks... but didn't warn patients.

Carbon removal could help us stave off climate disaster. But if that's to happen, it's already billions of tons behind schedule.
Climate Change

The Carbon Removal Industry Is Already Lagging Behind Where It Needs to Be

"It's not scaling up as fast as it would need to."

Astronomers have spotted something strange: a mysterious object that keeps emitting dual X-ray and radio wave pulses every 44 minutes. 
Off-World

Scientists Spot Mysterious Object in Our Galaxy Pulsing Every 44 Minutes

"Unlike anything we have seen before."

A YouTuber flew a drone over Tesla's Fremont test track and saw what may be its new cheap model racing around.
Drones

Drone Footage Shows What Appears to Be a Cheap Tesla Prototype Zooming Around a Test Track

Are we on the cusp of truly affordable Teslas?

In an internal memo, OpenAI described its plans to make users rely on ChatGPT — and it seems to be working.
OpenAI

Secret OpenAI Memo Describes Plans to Make Users Rely on “Entity”

They want you hooked.

Researchers used gene-editing technique CRISPR to modify the DNA sequences of house spiders, causing them to produce red fluorescent silk.
Science & Energy

Scientists Gene-Hack Spider to Produce Bright-Red Silk

It doesn't just look cool.