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Reddit's conversational AI Reddit Answers highlighted users' positive experiences managing their pain with heroin.
Ethics

Reddit’s AI Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids

A chatbot doesn't care if you live, die or become an addict.

By Rae Witte

Researchers have identified two theories explaining the mysterious gamma ray glow at the center of the Milky Way.
Dark Matter

Astronomers Ponder Strange Glow Coming From the Heart of Our Galaxy

"A clean signal would be a smoking gun, in my opinion."

By Victor Tangermann

The South Atlantic Anomaly, a strange dip in the Earth's magnetic field, has grown rapidly over the last eleven years, new data shows.
Environment

Mysterious Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Now Growing Rapidly

"There’s something special happening in this region that is causing the field to weaken in a more intense way."

By Victor Tangermann

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
The Industrialists

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

You good, bro?

By Joe Wilkins, Jon Christian

New footage from the British fusion firm Tokamak Energy shows unbelievably hot plasma imprisoned in a magnetic field.
Nuclear Fusion

We’re Only Slightly Exaggerating When We Say This Footage of a Fusion Experiment Will Melt Your Face Off

Holy.

By Frank Landymore

The government alleges the brothers exploited a software flaw to sucker crypto bots into dumping millions into their fraudulent currency.
Cryptocurrency

MIT Grads Allegedly Googled “Money Laundering” Before Pulling Off $25 Million Crypto Heist

"In 12 seconds, the defendants tricked their victims out of $25 million."

By Joe Wilkins

A West Texas woman found one of NASA’s missing unmanned scientific research balloons when it crashed in her neighbor's field.
Robots and Machines

Woman Surprised When Large Chunk of NASA Equipment Crashes Down From Sky

"It’s kind of surreal that it happened to us and that I was part of it."

By Rae Witte

The Milky Way contains a modest amount of alien civilizations, a new paper proposes — and there's a reason we aren't seeing them.
Exobiology

NASA Scientist Proposes Theory of Alien Civilizations Throughout Milky Way

But that's where the fun ends.

By Frank Landymore

A woman successfully used ChatGPT to overturn her eviction notice and avoid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties.
Ethics

Woman Wins Court Case by Using ChatGPT as a Lawyer

"I never, ever, ever, ever could have won this appeal without AI."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has brought back its "Mad Max" mode designed for "higher speeds," often leading to it blazing past the speed limit.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Deploys Self-Driving Mode That Ignores Speed Limits

"We're going 75 in a 50."

By Frank Landymore

The discovery is only one of a handful of enigmatic objects called ORCs that have ever been found. And their origins are mystery.
Future Society

Astronomers Astonished By Twin Cosmic Rings That Dwarf Entire Galaxies

What even forms these?

By Frank Landymore

The owner of a restaurant in South Wales potentially saved the lives of two swimmers, who ventured out after asking ChatGPT for tide times.
Ethics

Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was

"A lesson learned for me."

By Victor Tangermann

Among the worst offenders was meal-replacement company Huel, a long-time favorite among Bay Area builders.
Food

Tech Bros Have Been Accidentally Poisoning Themselves With Severe Brain Toxins for Years

Uh oh.

By Joe Wilkins

It's clearer than ever than OpenAI doesn't have anything close to a handle on its disastrous copyright situation.
Ethics

It’s Still Ludicrously Easy to Generate Copyrighted Characters on ChatGPT

This is embarrassing.

By Frank Landymore

The latest hoax involves kids sending their parents AI-manipulated pictures of them welcoming homeless men into their houses.
Ethics

Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank

"We want to be clear: this behavior is not a 'prank' — it is a crime."

By Victor Tangermann

Ads are no longer merely interrupting games; they're delaying live broadcasts that consumers pay to watch.
Finance

Live Sports Are No Longer Live Thanks to Extremely Long Ads

"Regardless of whether it's ineptitude or purposeful, it definitely need to be fixed."

By Joe Wilkins

Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature but requires extreme levels of pressure.
Physics

Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice

Cut me a slice of that water?

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft wants you to ditch your old OS so you can try its new one stuffed with overbearing, if not invasive, AI features.
Artificial Intelligence

As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity

"Let's rewrite the entire operating system around AI."

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI announced that it was working with the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. to put an end to his likeness appearing in Sora videos.
Ethics

OpenAI Bans MLK Deepfakes After Disaster

It took his estate filing a complaint for OpenAI to do anything.

By Victor Tangermann

Deutsche Bank says "European spending on ChatGPT has stalled since May," suggesting its struggling to recruit new subscribers.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Is Already Stalling Out on New Subscribers

"The poster child for the AI boom may be struggling to recruit new subscribers to pay for it."

By Victor Tangermann