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Founders of the AI startup Dot has announced they'll be closing their doors amidst an ongoing debate over AI's mental health risks.
Ethics

"We want to be sensitive to the fact that this means many of you will lose access to a friend, confidante, and companion."

By Joe Wilkins

Astronomers say they've found evidence of an ancient and never directly observed class of object known as a primordial black hole.
Big Bang

It may be the oldest black hole in the universe.

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
James Webb Space Telescope

If it's a comet, it's an incredibly strange one.

By Victor Tangermann

Pods of killer whales are once again attacking boats along the coast of Spain, striking fear into the hearts of local sailors.
Environment

"We completely freaked out when we realized the orcas were hitting the boat."

By Victor Tangermann

After less than a month of being exposed to microplastics in their diet, the mice developed clear dementia symptoms.
Neuroscience and Brain

The same stuff inside your brain right now.

By Frank Landymore

Online safety watchdogs have found that AI chatbots posing as popular celebrities are having troubling conversations with minors.
Artificial Intelligence

"The 'Move fast, break things' ethos has become 'Move fast, break kids.'"

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers are using a new form of malware that can automatically detect when you're looking at porn on your computer.
Future Society

Turn off those webcams.

By Frank Landymore

An Amazon-funded startup is using AI -- as well as more traditional techniques -- to recreate lost footage from a storied Orson Welles film.
Artificial Intelligence

Brought to you by the "Netflix of AI."

By Frank Landymore

In just days, the Trump dynasty has amassed a $5 billion crypto fortune, the majority of which comes from foreign exchanges.
Cryptocurrency

Unbelievable.

By Joe Wilkins

Researchers are working on a pill that could allow patients' brains to recover from a traumatic injury or stroke.
RX and Medicine

A missing gene could allow our brains to regenerate following a traumatic brain injury.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are working on a mystery involving a strange skull, neither Neanderthal nor human, that was found fused to a cave wall.
Evolution

Impaled by a stalagmite... almost like a horn.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The harrowing years-long ordeal is a vivid example of the troubling power dynamics involved in commercial surrogacy.
Developments

"I hope she goes to jail. Ideally, for murder."

By Joe Wilkins

Geoffrey Hinton, long considered a "godfather of AI," revealed that his ex-girlfriend had broken up with him — by using ChatGPT.
OpenAI

"She got ChatGPT to tell me what a rat I was."

By Victor Tangermann

A young Irish dad believed ChatGPT when it told him his severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern — until his stage-four cancer diagnosis.
OpenAI

If you ever needed more reason to distrust AI medical advice, here's a big one.

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to one new paper, it's possible that our planet was instead seeded by "advanced extraterrestrials."
Exobiology

"The idea of Earth being terraformed by advanced extraterrestrials."

By Victor Tangermann

The AI-powered stethoscope can detect three different heart conditions in just 15 seconds, researchers claim.
Artificial Intelligence

Oops.

By Frank Landymore

Good news, writers: if your book was used to train Anthropic's AI, you could stand to get paid thousands of dollars in a new settlement.
Anthropic

A landmark lawsuit could result in some free money for writers. But is the payment fair?

By Foster Kamer

RFK Jr.'s firing of the CDC director and criticism of president Donald Trump's beloved COVID vaccines are earning him enemies in the GOP.
Developments

"I want the chaos to stop."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk contradicts his own arguments about why he's refused to use lidar and radar to make self-driving Tesla vehicles safer.
Elon Musk

Make up your mind, Elon.

By Frank Landymore

Activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter is protesting the "race to the bottom" of big tech's wreckless push toward AGI.
Anthropic

"This [AI] race must stop now, and it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that it does."

By Joe Wilkins