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Amid plumetting sales, Elon Musk has fired a top Tesla executive who was one of his closest confidants at the automaker.
Elon Musk

As Tesla Crumbles, Elon Musk Just Fired One of His Top Supporters at the Company

Ruthless.

Tesla's sales are still falling in Europe, while the alternative revenue stream promised by robotaxi fails to leave the starting line.
Tesla

While Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Crumbles, Its Sales Are Falling Apart

Glitchy robotaxis are the least of the company's worries.

Tesla's Robotaxi rollout in Austin has been a massive disaster, with dozens of videos of the glitchy tech flooding social media.
Future Society

The First Week of Tesla’s Robotaxis Has Been a Disaster

Who could've seen this coming?

This month's Starship explosion has caused an uproar due to the impact it had on the surrounding land and waters. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Latest Rocket Crash Allegedly Killed Innocent Dolphins and Sea Turtles

"We want to prevent an ecocide."

A woman whose teen son died by suicide after troubling interactions with AI chatbots is pushing back against a ten-year ban on AI regulation.
Artificial Intelligence

Mother of Teen Who Died By Suicide After Interacting with Chatbots Sends Urgent Warning About AI in Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”

"I am committed to fighting to ensure no other parent has to endure what I have suffered."

Career NASA officials were seen looking mighty freaked out during a recent town hall event about the agency's dicy future.
NASA

NASA Is in Full Meltdown

"NASA is f**ked."

WhatsApp is now offering AI summaries of text threads for those too lazy to read through their messages themselves.
Artificial Intelligence

WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family

We are once again asking: who asked for this?

OpenAI's ChatGPt recently suggested to a Reddit user to put vinegar and bleach together, which would make a poisonous gas.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Tells User to Mix Bleach and Vinegar

"ChatGPT tried to kill me today."

The UK's health regulator is investigating Ozempic and Mounjaro after linking the drugs to hundreds of severe illnesses and deaths.
RX and Medicine

Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked To Hundreds of Illnesses and Deaths

This is seriously worrying.

A Tesla "safety monitor" allegedly had to completely take over and drive a robotaxi after it got stuck in a parking lot.
Tesla

Tesla Robotaxi Safety Monitor Forced to Clamber Into Driver’s Seat and Take Over, Passenger Says

"I wouldn't even call this unsupervised."

Driving a AI wedge between OpenAI and Microsoft is the industry's favorite buzzword: artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
OpenAI

“Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI

OpenAI has a major problem with its biggest financial backer.

Despite investing tens of billions of dollars into OpenAI, Microsoft is still, apparently, competing with its business partner.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI

Well, that's extremely awkward.

Orlando Bloom is rumored to be attending Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding as a single man — and will be hitting the events "hard."
Jeff Bezos

Orlando Bloom Planning the Worst Possible Thing at Jeff Bezos’ Wedding

Orlando... don't....

Elon Musk’s Texas Starbase is still reeling from its latest Starship explosion. Now, it has a crane collapse to deal with too.
SpaceX

Video Shows Large Crane Collapsing at Safety-Plagued SpaceX Rocket Facility

That looked dangerous.

An eight-foot-across spacecraft flown by a European aerospace outfit came back to Earth and got lost at sea. 
Off-World

Alert: There’s a Lost Spaceship in the Ocean

It's lost forever?

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has some ideas on how to harness the revolutionary power of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence

Bernie Sanders: If AI Is Doing Such Amazing Work, Everyone Should Get a Four-Day Workweek

"Not a radical idea."

A Tesla "safety monitor" was forced to intervene to stop a robotaxi from rear ending a truck attempting to park.
Tesla

Video Shows Tesla “Safety Monitor” Hitting Panic Button as Robotaxi Becomes Confused on Public Road

That could've been a lot worse.

Low-quality AI slop is chewing up the internet as we know it. John Oliver makes some very good points explaining why that's not great!
Artificial Intelligence

John Oliver Aghast at How AI Slop Is Devouring the Web

"It seems extremely likely that we're gonna be drowning in this sh*t for the foreseeable future."

It's only been a month since OpenAI announced its new project with iPhone designer Jony Ive — and the partnership is already in hot water.
OpenAI

OpenAI Removes All Jony Ive Materials From Its Website

"This is silly, disappointing and wrong."

A CDC presentation on vaccines set to be given by an anti-vaxxer cited a study that, on review, didn't actually exist.
Artificial Intelligence

CDC Report on Vaccines and Autism Caught Citing Hallucinated Study That Does Not Exist

MAHA loves trusting AI slop, apparently.