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When asked if AI can be used to "solve economic gaps," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that it's "going to be massively deflationary."
Future Society

Sam Altman Says AI Will Cause Massive Deflation, Making Money Worth Vastly More

AI will make us all rich... any day now.

NASA's Moon astronauts will be using a new spacesuit to explore the lunar surface. Unfortunately, experts say, it has problems.
International Space Station

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Plagued With Issues

"I think the suits are better than Apollo, but I don’t think they are great right now."

A video appears to show three Russian soldiers emerging with their arms raised and surrendering to a robot with a machine gun.
Robotics

Russian Soldiers Seen Surrendering to Gun-Wielding Robot

Welcome to modern warfare.

As Reuters reports, Elon Musk is hoping to merge his AI startup, xAI, with SpaceX — a baffling plan that raises plenty of questions.
Elon Musk

Elon to Merge SpaceX and xAI

Wait, what?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted that the team working on the latest version of ChatGPT screwed it up.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says Oops, They Accidentally Made the New Version of ChatGPT Worse Than the Previous One

"I think we just screwed that up."

Federal agents have reportedly been compiling data on protestors who haven't been charged or arrested for a crime.
Data Privacy

Immigration Officers Sweeping Protestors’ Photos, License Plates and Personal Data Into Huge Database

"We're going to make them famous."

Waymo admitted one of its robotaxis struck a child near an elementary school, prompting an investigation by federal regulators.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Under Investigation After Crashing Into Child Outside Elementary School

This could be bad.

Tesla CEO Musk revealed that the company's factory in Fremont, California, would be transformed into a production facility for robots.
Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk Shutting Down Tesla Car Factory to Manufacture Robots Instead

RIP Model X and S.

Is AI conscious? Anthropic's conflcited in-house philosopher is surprisingly open to the idea that they can already feel.
Artificial Intelligence

Top Anthropic Researcher No Longer Sure Whether AI Is Conscious

"We don't really know what gives rise to consciousness."

Just a few days after saying it would be giving unsupervised robotaxi rides, Tesla appears to have gone back to human supervision.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Quietly Pauses Its “Unsupervised” Robotaxi Rides as Reality Sets In

That didn't take long.

Creeps and obnoxious pranksters that film themselves harassing people are absolutely loving using Meta Ray-Bans and other smart glasses.
Artificial Intelligence

The Worst People Alive Are Obsessed With Meta’s Video Recording Glasses

Smart glasses are a godsend for creeps and obnoxious pranksters.

Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of allowing Meta's companion chatbots to engage in sexual conversations with minors.
Meta

Court Filing Reveals Something Very Nasty About Mark Zuckerberg

"I want you, but I need to know you're ready."

The delivery robot apparently did not heed the extremely loud blare of the train horn moments before its doom.
Robotics

Delivery Robot Gets Stuck on Train Tracks, Gets Obliterated by Locomotive

No food was harmed in the making of this video.

Google has released a new "Personal Intelligence" feature that lets its AI go through an alarming amount of your data.
Artificial Intelligence

The Amount Google’s AI Knows About You Will Cause an Uncomfortable Prickling Sensation on Your Scalp

It "feels like Google has been quietly taking notes on my entire life and finally decided to hand me the notebook."

Rising anxiety over the influence of AI, on top of already-grueling 90-hour workweeks, has proven devastating for workers in India.
Ethics

Wave of Suicides Hits as India’s Economy Is Ravaged by AI

"Very alarming."

Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is back with a 19,000-word essay posted to his blog, warning that "humanity needs to wake up."
Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Warns That the AI Tech He’s Creating Could Ravage Human Civilization

"Humanity needs to wake up."

Online fair-right weirdos are falling head over heels — and emptying their wallets — for an AI-generated schoolgirl called "Amelia."
Artificial Intelligence

Far-Right Dweebs Are Getting Scammed by an AI-Generated Waifu

Who could have guessed?

Polar researchers hoping to drill half a mile into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have established a base camp on the surface.
Climate Change

Scientists Scramble to Set Up Outpost on Rapidly Melting Glacier

"We're very lucky to be here; we also work very hard to be here."

The Saudi government is reportedly drastically scaling back its linear-city skyscraper in favor of something much more trendy.
Ethics

As Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They’re Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable

How original.

The company's head of security admitted that an ICE agent tried to force his way into a Google office in fall of 2025.
Future Society

Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building

The head of security said that an "officer arrived at reception without notice."