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We heard you like the gig economy.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Woman Using Waymo Robotaxi to Deliver Doordash

We heard you like the gig economy.

By Joe Wilkins

Out of the 80 analysts covering Nvidia stock for Bloomberg's enterprise terminals, only one of them is saying "sell."
Finance

Wall Street Analyst Warns That Nvidia Is Facing Serious Trouble

"This is not my first bubble."

By Joe Wilkins

Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an alien artefact.
Astronomy

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft

"The implication of alien technology would be huge and therefore we must take this possibility seriously."

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is spending untold billions on infrastructure and top talent for its AI ambitions. Investors are rattled.
Meta

Meta Stock Plummets as Investors Horrified at How Much Zuckerberg Is Spending on Misfired AI

"The total dollar spend is just kind of what hangs us up a little bit."

By Victor Tangermann

A beloved neighborhood cat in San Francisco allegedly lost its life in a hit-and-run accident after a driverless Waymo failed to stop.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Beloved Bodega Cat Reportedly Killed by Driverless Waymo

Rest in peace, little one.

By Rae Witte

Days after announcing its conversion into a for-profit corporation, OpenAI is reportedly preparing for a mammoth initial public offering.
OpenAI

Immediately After Ditching Its Nonprofit Roots, OpenAI Is Already Preparing to Go Public

That was fast.

By Frank Landymore

Many NASA contractors and federal civil servants are not being paid during the ongoing government shutdown, which could lead to delays.
Moon

NASA Not Paying Moon Astronauts as They Prepare to Risk Their Lives

They're putting their lives on the line — and not even getting paychecks for it.

By Victor Tangermann

Federal immigration officers are busting out their phones to scan people's faces and confirm their residency.
Ethics

ICE Is Now Wandering the Streets, Scanning People’s Faces to Check If They’re Citizens

"I'm an American citizen so just leave me alone."

By Joe Wilkins

A new benchmark shows that AI agents are embarrassingly terrible at doing remote work tasks -- which is bad news for the AI economy.
Anthropic

A New Paper Tested AI’s Ability to Do Actual Online Freelance Work, and the Results Are Damning

"I should hope this gives much more accurate impressions as to what's going on with AI capabilities."

By Frank Landymore

Americans are getting slimmer; Gallup says the obesity rate has decreased along with increased use of weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.
RX and Medicine

American Obesity Rates Are Now Falling, and It’s Almost Certainly Because of Ozempic

This is going to have unforeseen consequences for Americans if this trend continues.

By Sharon Adarlo

Amazon is accused of controlling workers through a surveillance dragnet, while skirting responsibility for their wellbeing.
Jeff Bezos

Amazon Tells Driver to Keep Delivering Packages Amid Raging Wildfire

"Amazon would get rid of drivers altogether if they could."

By Joe Wilkins

New research shows how AI tools is making a Dunning-Kruger specimen out of everyone that uses them, no matter how smart.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Causing a Grim New Twist on the Dunning-Kruger Effect, Research Finds

AI users are lacking in self-awareness.

By Frank Landymore

Astronomer Avi Loeb suggests that a quasi-satellite may be the "relic of an interplanetary mission by humanity from the 1960s."
Future Society

Object Spotted Near Earth May Be Ancient Spacecraft

It's not as far-fetched as it sounds.

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier today, another AWS outage in tandem with a major Microsoft Azure blackout was reported by users across the globe.
Future Society

Amazon Denies That AWS Just Went Down Again After Mass Layoffs

"There are no issues with AWS services, and all AWS services are operating normally."

By Joe Wilkins

According to astronomer Avi Loeb, it's the perfect day to test whether interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is the remnant of an alien civilization.
Astronomy

Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Reaches Perihelion Today

It's never been closer to the Sun.

By Victor Tangermann

A bipartisan bill wants to keep kids under 18 away from AI companion bots, seeking penalties for AI companies that don't comply.
Ethics

New Law Would Prevent Minors From Using AI Chatbots

"We in Congress have a moral duty to enact bright-line rules to prevent further harm from this new technology."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As Hurricane Melissa made landfall, a daring team of aviators flew straight into the eye of the monstrous Category 5 storm.
Environment

Awe-Inspiring Airplane Footage Shows Inside Hurricane Melissa

This is unreal.

By Frank Landymore

Waymo CEO thinks it's matter of time when a Waymo driverless autonomous robotaxi accidentally kills somebody in a fatal crash.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone

Waymo CEO: "You know, we don’t say 'whether.' We say 'when.'"

By Sharon Adarlo

Chatbot maker Character.AI, accused of driving teens to suicide, says it will move to largely ban minors from talking with its chatbots.
Ethics

Character.AI, Accused of Driving Teens to Suicide, Says It Will Ban Minors From Using Its Chatbots

"A classic move in the tech industry's playbook: move fast, launch a product globally, break minds, and then make minimal product changes after harming scores of young people."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Former OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler argued that OpenAI isn't doing enough to mitigate users' severe mental health issues.
Ethics

Former OpenAI Insider Says It’s Failed Its Users

"People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues."

By Victor Tangermann