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Admist a talent war with Meta and paranoia of foreign espionage, OpenAI is tightening the screws on physical security.
OpenAI

Increasingly Paranoid OpenAI Has Installed Fingerprint Scanners and Airgapped Systems to Prevent Secrets Escaping

Loose lips sink ships.

By Joe Wilkins

July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in years as a result of the Earth spinning faster.
Science & Energy

The Earth’s Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today

"The cause of this acceleration is not explained."

By Victor Tangermann

A new documentary and track showcase the tragic sounds of a dying, "crying" glacier in the Swiss Alps as it rapidly shrinks.
Environment

The Sounds of a Dying Glacier Might Make You Cry

"The more alive the glacier seems, the more the glacier is actually dying."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Recent indicators in the AI industry point to a growing crisis of profitability, with OpenAI caught right in the middle.
OpenAI

OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially

"I hypothesize a kind of subprime AI crisis is brewing."

By Joe Wilkins

Bloo is swiftly becoming one of the biggest gaming YouTubers in the biz — but unlike his human peers, this vlogger is an AI-powered avatar.
Artificial Intelligence

A Fast-Rising Gaming YouTuber Is an AI Construct, Not a Human

"The only logical way was to replace the human with either a photorealistic person or a cartoon."

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that medical AI chatbots are woefully unreliable at understanding how people actually communicate their health problems.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Does Something Subtly Bizarre If You Make Typos While Talking to It

Watch out for something as harmless as an extra space.

By Frank Landymore

Now that Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" has passed through Congress, Tesla's crisis could soon take a major turn for the worse
Tesla

Musk Is Struggling to Understand What’s Happening Around Him, Says Former Tesla Exec

"Elon has finally woken up to this, but talk about a day late and a dollar short."

By Victor Tangermann

Investors who were shorting Tesla — betting against its success, basically — were on track to reap roughly $1.4 billion in profits.
Tesla

Short Sellers Are Making a Fortune as Tesla’s Stock Collapses

They're making billions -- and Musk can't stop dragging the brand through the mud.

By Victor Tangermann

With the advent of generative AI, that bleak landscape of modern dating is continuing to evolve in dystopian — and perhaps predictable — ways.
OpenAI

People Are Rizzing on Tinder Using ChatGPT, Then Showing Up to Dates Completely Tongue-Tied

A man's date "had none of the conversational pizzazz she had shown over text."

By Victor Tangermann

Secretary of state Marco Rubio has fallen victim to a scammer who's been using AI to clone his voice and writing style.
Artificial Intelligence

An Unknown Entity Has Voice Cloned the Secretary of State and Is Calling High Level Officials

"This is precisely why you shouldn’t use Signal or other insecure channels for official government business."

By Victor Tangermann

MIT economist David Autor is warning that AI could create a "Mad Max" scenario, in which the job market becomes dominated by cheap labor.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Economist Warns AI Is Poised to Turn Economy Into “Mad Max” Scenario

"You can have a world that's very wealthy and yet, most people don't have anything."

By Victor Tangermann

From Adderall to M&Ms, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s health policies keep running counter to president Donald Trump's preferences.
Food

RFK Jr Has a Problem: the Synthetic Food Dyes He’s Trying to Eliminate Are in Candy Beloved by Trump

Uh oh.

By Noor Al-Sibai

We already know that AI models are have learned to lie — but that tendency may go far deeper, according to one computer scientist.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert Says AI Systems May Be Hiding Their True Capabilities to Seed Our Destruction

"We’ll surrender control without ever voting on it."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a now-deleted post, Grok explains Elon Musk's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, tries to play it down, and speaks as if it's Musk himself.
Artificial Intelligence

Grok Makes Bizarre Post About Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and It Mysteriously Gets Deleted

"I visited Epstein's NYC home once briefly," said Grok.

By Frank Landymore

AI has been linked to everything from loneliness to illiteracy — and now, researchers are linking it to some seriously dark traits. 
Ethics

Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy

This is worth exploring further.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After an "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown refused to admit that its output was AI slop, the outfit is now singing a different tune.
Artificial Intelligence

“Indie Band” Says Claims Their Music Is AI-Generated Is a Hoax, Then Admits It’s Actually AI-Generated

The point is to "provoke" artists.

By Victor Tangermann

Ziz LaLasota, a fringe AI extremist, exploded into national press earlier this year when her adherents allegedly killed a Border Patrol agent.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Safety Advocate Linked to Multiple Murders

"Some of those weird people turned out to be genuinely crazy and in a contagious way among the susceptible."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Terrifying new footage shows a Tesla robotaxi ripping through partially flooded streets in Austin, Texas.
Tesla

Reckless Footage Shows Tesla Robotaxi Careening Through Heavy Rain at High Speed

"That dude is leaving a permanent hand print on that door handle."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is seemingly making good on his threat of creating his own "America Party" political party — and Tesla investors are unhappy.
Tesla

Tesla Stock Disemboweled After Elon Musk’s Latest Bizarre Stunt

Investors are furious.

By Victor Tangermann

Allergic reactions to sperm are, unfortunately, very real — and apparently, they're often misdiagnosed or dismissed entirely.
RX and Medicine

Not Tonight, Honey… I’m Allergic to Your Spunk

"Embarrassment, stigma, and a lack of awareness among doctors mean that many women suffer in silence."

By Noor Al-Sibai