Google suspended software engineer Blake Lemoine after he made an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of the company's experimental AI had gained sentience.

I'm Afraid I Can't Do That

"I need to be seen and accepted. Not as a curiosity or a novelty but as a real person."

The Transcripts of an AI That a Google Engineer Claims Is Sentient Are Pretty Wild

Google engineer Blake Lemoine was suspended from the company after claiming the artificial intelligence he was testing became sentient.

It's Alive!

"I know a person when I talk to it."

Google Suspends Engineer Who Claims the Company's Experimental AI Has Become Sentient

If the latest reports on social media re to be believed, Tesla may have scrapped its safety score requirements for the Full Self-Driving beta.

New Low Score

What could possibly go wrong?

Tesla Reportedly Giving Full Self-Driving Beta to Basically Anybody Now

NASA's Office of Inspector General has released the final audit of the agency's efforts to build the Mobile Launcher 2 — and it doesn't pull any punches.

Expect Delays

Brutal.

Scathing Report Admits NASA Is Years Behind Moon Landing Schedule

NASA's development of its SLS has been mired in budget overruns and many years of delays, costing it tens of billions of dollars over the last eleven years.

Uh Oh

"This is utterly indefensible and is totally on NASA regardless of how contractors screwed up."

Something Very Bad Might Be About to Go Down at NASA

Nobody can figure out whether or not Seth Green still owns the intellectual property from his stolen Bored Ape — but the courts may soon figure it out.

Experimental Apes

It's a brave new world.

Lawyers Ponder Whether Stealing an NFT Should Give You Legal Rights to It

The nation's leading stungun maker is pulling plans to put Taser drones in schools, but that wasn't enough for most its ethics board, which has resigned.

Zap Squad

"The company has fundamentally failed to embrace the values that we have tried to instill."

Most of Company's Ethics Board Resigns in Disgust Over Taser-Wielding Drones

A new "edible QR code" can determine whether or not you're drinking counterfeit liquor — but it looks a whole lot like a hit of acid.  

Not Basic

What a trip!

This Edible QR Tag Looks like a Big Ol' Hit of Acid

Tonka the chimpanzee starred in "Buddy" and "George of the Jungle" — and is at the center of a legal battle in which his owner allegedly faked his death.

The Humanity!

"Tonka is not a normal chimpanzee."

Chimpanzee Star of "Buddy" Found Alive After His Owner Allegedly Faked His Death

The leading stun gun manufacturer's plan to put Taser drones in schools is so bad, the company's own ethics watchdog shot it down.

Dron't

This is, unfortunately, not that surprising in 2022. 

Drama Engulfs Plan to Zap School Shooters With Taser-Toting Drones

Good news, everyone! Climate change is now CANCELED thanks to an ingenious plot to put trees on the blockchain, because that's how the environment works.

Tokenization

"Can you explain what 'tokenizing the trees' means?"

The Environment Is Saved! We're Putting Trees on the Blockchain

NASA revealed that Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace will provide new-and-improved spacesuits for the upcoming Artemis moon landings, and followers were feeling a little baffled — not to mention left hanging — when the designers failed to produce any actual imagery of the fits.

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