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The launch of Sora 2 has mostly been a showcase of its ability to generate caricatures of Sam Altman in bizarre scenarios.
OpenAI

Sora 2 Is Generating Videos That Brutally Mock Sam Altman

Altman: "Not sure what to make of this."

Disgraced former Governor and mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo had his AI do various ostensibly New York jobs and everyone is laughing at him.
Artificial Intelligence

Cuomo’s AI-Generated Ad Roasted by Mamdani

Cuomo really can't take no for an answer.

Bay Area cops were on the look out for drunk drivers — and were probably disappointed to pull over a driverless Waymo instead.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Police Pull Over Waymo to Check for Drunk Driving

"No driver, no hands, no clue."

The "AI Actress" called Tilly Norwood was slammed by actors across the industry after its creator claimed it was being "signed" by agents.
Artificial Intelligence

Creator of “AI Actress” Responds to Near-Universal Backlash

"She is not a replacement for a human being."

A viral video made on OpenAI's Sora 2 that looks like a 1990s toy ad makes fun of financier Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump.
Ethics

Sora 2 Is Creating Ads for “Epstein Island” Children’s Toys

"As a parent this leaves such a bad taste. Terrible."

As Donald Trump held a meeting in the Oval Office to announce a Pfizer deal, his health secretary sneezed loudly.
Viruses

RFK Jr. Sneezes Loudly While Trump Is Speaking

Trump asked the Pfizer CEO if he had any Paxlovid on him.

California Gov. Newsom says the new law fills the gap left without any federal AI legislation and is a step in the right direction.
Ethics

Gavin Newsom Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry

The AI industry has been a Wild West. Is that starting to change?

Anthropic is still struggling to evaluate the AI's alignment, realizing it keeps becoming aware of being tested.
Future Society

Anthropic Safety Researchers Run Into Trouble When New Model Realizes It’s Being Tested

"I'd prefer if we were just honest about what’s happening."

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.
Future Society

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

Astronomers just made an "extremely puzzling" discovery.

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth's surface 18 years ago, as spotted by NASA satellites.
Environment

Scientists Say They Detected Something Huge Shifting Inside the Earth

"It has to come from very deep."

AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio says building machines smarter than us will ultimately lead to the end of humanity.
Ethics

Godfather of AI Says We’re Barreling Straight Toward Human Extinction

“It’s like creating a competitor to humanity that is smarter than us.”

The AI spending bubble could have an ominous effect on 401(k)s, given the massive concentration of tech stocks in the S&P500.
Finance

AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn

"Few would escape the pain."

Tesla is now recommending drivers that its cars detect falling asleep at the wheel to use its Full Self-Driving mode.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Tells Sleepy Drivers to Switch to Its Self-Driving Mode That Needs to Be Monitored Constantly So It Doesn’t Cause a Fatal Accident

"Drowsiness detected. Stay focused with FSD."

The billionaire YouTuber insists his latest stunt was only an illusion, and that his contestant was never in any real danger.
Future Society

MrBeast Refuses to Apologize After Tying Man Up Inside Burning House

"You're braver than me. This is crazy!"

There are dozens of variations on this theme, usually showing an elderly woman smashing a glass bridge with a large rock.
Meta

People Are Using Zuckerberg’s AI to Post Videos of Senior Citizens Falling to Their Death

"The AI slop has escaped containment."

OpenAI's new Sora 2-powered TikTok rival will generate a video of the company's CEO Sam Altman shoplifting.
Future Society

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting

"Every defense attorney now has a pre-written motion when it comes to video evidence, I see."

OpenAI introduced a new shopping feature in ChatGPT but it pissed off people online who think it's a shameless money grab.
Ethics

OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab

"What on earth are you doing?"

In an unsettling promotional clip, a synthesized version of OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, announces the company's answer to Meta's Vibes app.
Ethics

OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman

"Unsettling, empty, soulless filth."

OpenAI is said to be launching a TikTok-like app that recommends an endless stream of swipeable — and purely AI-generated — videos.
Google

OpenAI Launching TikTok Competitor for Short-Form AI Slop Videos

It's like TikTok — but with an extra heaping helpful of AI slop.

A faulty Samsung Galaxy Ring battery caused the smart ring to swell up, sending its wearer to the emergency room for removal.
Devices

Smart Ring Swells Up, Crushes Man’s Finger and Sends Him to the Hospital

New fear unlocked.