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Companies that rushed to replace human labor with AI are now shelling out to have IRL workers to fix the technology's screwups.
Artificial Intelligence

Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes

Oopsie.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A YouTuber got a strange call from Tesla mid-robotaxi-ride, asking her to leave the vehicle due to incoming weather.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Robotaxi Rider Gets Bizarre Call Saying She Has to Exit Vehicle Immediately

What the...

By Victor Tangermann

CEOs are increasingly declaring human workers will soon go extinct, but recent jobs data suggests a different story.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Say AI Is Poised to Wipe Out an Astonishing Number of Jobs

You gotta believe them.

By Joe Wilkins

In the city that built the blues, Elon Musk's xAI data center has been given permission to keep polluting the air with methane gas.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Obtains Permit to Spew Pollution

"I am horrified but not surprised."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have confirmed that a recently spotted object is an interstellar visitor, and appears to have come from the center of our galaxy.
Off-World

Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Coming From the Center of the Galaxy

"It definitely came from another solar system."

By Frank Landymore

A recent survey by a team of nutrition researchers is sounding the alarm on the harm of processed foods, like the beloved hot dog.
Studies

Scientists Find that Hosing Glizzies Is Basically a Death Sentence

Happy July 4.

By Joe Wilkins

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman got a taste of his own medicine when he went on the New York Times' turf and tried to outwit its writers.
OpenAI

Journalists Just Roasted Sam Altman To His Face

Y'all be easy!

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has shared an incredible image of a sprite, a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high above the clouds.
Space

Wildly Beautiful and Rare “Red Sprite” Flare Seen on Earth From Orbit

"Just. Wow."

By Victor Tangermann

A satellite designed monitor hidden methane emissions has been declared lost after mission operators lost contact.
Off-World

Major Satellite Suddenly Disappears

"It is likely not recoverable."

By Frank Landymore

A former SpaceX employee has sued the company and a senior employee for sexual harassment -- and she's not the first.
SpaceX

SpaceX Sued Yet Again for Sexual Harassment

Gross.

By Frank Landymore

AI chatbots overuse specific words — and now, scientists are using those words to catch their colleagues when they secretly use it.
Artificial Intelligence

Bombshell Research Finds a Staggering Number of Scientific Papers Were AI-Generated

Astonishing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the world's chief contributors to pollution, AI offers bold new possibilities for spewing corporate propaganda.
Artificial Intelligence

Pollution Industry Using AI to Make the Case for More Pollution

That's one use for AI.

By Joe Wilkins

Astronomers have taken the first ever image that shows what happens when a star explodes twice in a supernova.
Off-World

Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of Star That Exploded Twice

This is stunning.

By Frank Landymore

ChatGPT could perform surprisingly well when put in charge of navigating space inside a simulated spacecraft, researchers have found.
OpenAI

Rocket Scientists Hooked Up ChatGPT to the Controls of a Spaceship, and the Results Were Not What You Might Expect

It's like Autopilot for space.

By Victor Tangermann

Music genres once dominated by independent artists are becoming wastelands of unchecked beatspam thanks to the rise of generative AI bots.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Music Is Starting to Crowd Out the Real Stuff on Streaming Platforms

"Now, it feels so nameless."

By Joe Wilkins

A viral video making the rounds on social media shows beachgoers in Portugal encountering an enormous, tsunami-like cloud rolling in.
Environment

Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave

"They look scarier than they really are."

By Victor Tangermann

A cowboy hat-toting bipedal robot, dubbed "Jake the Rizzbot," is wandering the streets of Austin, Texas, flinging compliments.
Robotics

Community Confused by “Rizzbot” Walking Around With Cowboy Hat and Chain, Complimenting Their Outfits in Gen Alpha Slang

"Yo G, that sleeveless plaid shirt is straight bangin.'"

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, an AI model has seized the top spot on a white hat hacking leaderboard in the United States.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Seizes Top Spot on Leaderboard for White Hat Hackers

"We are now in the era of machines hacking machines."

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI has taken on a new role for some users: one of a psychedelic "trip-sitter" who guides them through their hallucinogenic journeys. 
Artificial Intelligence

People Are Taking Massive Doses of Psychedelic Drugs and Using AI as a Tripsitter

There are so many ways this could go wrong.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amazon will soon have as many robots as it does humans plugging away at its warehouses, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Robotics

Robots Are About to Outnumber Humans At Amazon Warehouses

"They're one step closer to that realization of the full integration of robotics."

By Frank Landymore