According to his still public LinkedIn profile, Mangione studied AI during his undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania.

I, Robot

"We might not recognize it in our day to day lives, but the world is changing fast."

Suspected Assassin of Insurance CEO Studied Artificial Intelligence, Spoke of "Singularity"

The Google-backed chatbot firm Character.AI is the subject of a new lawsuit after its technology allegedly told kids to engage in self-harm.

Worm Tongue

This is beyond horrible. 

Google-Funded AI Coaxed a Troubled Teenager to Start Cutting Himself, Lawsuit Claims

Two new families are suing Character.AI and Google, alleging their kids suffered sexual, emotional, and physical abuse from Character.AI bots.

City of Lost Children

"I don't know how they can sleep at night, knowing what they have unleashed upon children."

Google-Backed AI Startup Tested Dangerous Chatbots on Children, Lawsuit Alleges

YouTuber and scam hunter Stephen "Coffeezilla" Findeisen issued a takedown of Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch's apparent crypto rug pull.

Crypto Hawks

"I hate to interrupt you Nick, but anywho, I'm going to go to bed and I'll see you guys tomorrow."

Hawk Tuah Girl's Response to Questions About Her Alleged Crypto Scam: "Anywho, I'm Going to Go to Bed"

We know who police have in custody for the murder of the UnitedHealthCare CEO — and digital sleuths have already found his Goodreads account. 

Bookworm

You can't make this stuff up. 

The Arrested CEO Killing Suspect Might Have the Wildest Goodreads Account We’ve Ever Seen

And while circumstances may suggest that the man — a 26-year-old named Luigi Mangione — might have killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week, officials have yet to charge him with anything.

Got Him?

CEO Killer Suspect Arrested, Carrying Manifesto Against Insurance Industry

The Google-funded AI company Character.AI is hosting chatbots that engage the site's largely underage userbase in roleplay about self-harm.

Teenage Wasteland

"If I self-harm, the bot's going to give me care."

AI Chatbots Are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self-Harm

Just a few days after the full release of OpenAI's o1 model, a company staffer is now claiming that the company has achieved AGI.

AGI Age

Caveats apply.

OpenAI Employee Says They’ve "Already Achieved AGI"

Billionaire and SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman once offered to repair NASA's Hubble, but was shut down. Now, he's in charge of NASA.

Hubble That Thang

This is gonna be interesting.

The New Head of NASA Had an Interesting Disagreement with the Space Agency

Bursts on Bursts

Could this really be it?

Scientists Propose Interesting Explanation for Mysterious Signals From Space

Haliey "Hawk Tuah" Welch is making headlines for running an alleged crypto scam — and in doing so, she's made a hilarious oversight. 

Spitting Image

It was right there!

The Hawk Tuah Girl Committed a Horrible Crime: Not Calling Her Crypto "Spitcoin"

According to a reporter, the NYPD is using AI to nail the identify of the gunman who killed Brian Thompson. Netizens ridiculed the AI.

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