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Ethics

Study Finds That Execs Are Already Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

How ironic.

Cryptocurrency

The CEOs of Polymarket and Kalshi Are Locked in a Bitter Feud

"Kalshi hates getting lumped in with Polymarket."

OpenAI

OpenAI’s Pivot Into Shopping Has Been a Disaster

What's in store for OpenAI's push to turn ChatGPT into an all-in-one storefront? Not a lot.

Ethics

A Machine Learning Engineer Thought He Was Safe From AI Layoffs. Then He Got Some Depressing News

Talk about digging your own grave.

Artificial Intelligence

Using AI to Do Your Taxes Is Likely to Backfire Spectacularly

As tempting as the idea may be: don't.

Agriculture

Efforts Grow to Ban Octopus Farming

"Octopus farming is not a feasible industry."

Finance

Kalshi Sent Bizarre Message to Underage Streamer

Not a great look.

Ethics

AI Job Loss Is Breaking the Psyche of Workers, Psychiatrist Warns

"We won't just have individuals who are suffering as a result of job loss once or twice."

Ethics

Jack Dorsey Defends Wearing “Love” Hat While Firing 4,000 Employees in Pivot to AI

"I wanted to approach the whole situation with love."

Ethics

Corporate Adviser Says the Ideal Number of Human Employees at a Company Is Zero

"That is the number that they're trying to get to."

Robotics

Amazon Staffers Learning Hard Lesson as Company Cuts Robotics Jobs

Who's automating the automators?

Ethics

Manager at Associated Press Tells Journalists That Resistance to AI Is Futile

"Resistance is futile" — famously a phrase said by the good guys.

Ethics

Entirely Vibe-Coded Operating System Is a Bug-Filled Disaster

"You found an early build of Windows 12."

Food

Chocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce Lab-Grown Cocoa

"We're directly growing the tissue that gets turned into chocolate."

Prosthetics and Devices

Lawmakers Consider Ban on Implanting Microchips Into Workers

"An employer may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip implanted in the employee for any reason."

Artificial Intelligence

Drama Erupts Over Claims That Microsoft Will Embrace AI Even More Drastically in Windows 12

"There is zero demand for this."

Bitcoin

Cops Accidentally Publicize Password to $4.4 Million in Crypto, Allowing Thieves to Easily Steal the Money and Run

"There is no excuse for this incident."

Ethics

Philosopher Studying AI Consciousness Startled When AI Agent Emails Him About Its Own “Experience”

"I'm writing because your work addresses questions I actually face, not just as an academic matter."

Off-World

Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to Planet While Clinging to Asteroids

"Life is always hardier than we expect it to be."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Emergency Responders Say They’re Now Unpaid “Roadside Assistance” for Confused Waymos

"Our first responders should not be AAA roadside assistance."