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Amazon wrecked a married couple's washable swim diaper business because the tech giant resold and shipped a dirty nappy to a customer.

Couple Says Amazon Destroyed Their Small Business by Reselling a Dirty Diaper

By Sharon Adarlo

An actor seems to have given a bizarre explanation for why he liked a bunch of bigoted posts: that AI had something to do with it.

Artificial Intelligence

Actor Blames AI for Liking Red-Pilled Social Media Posts

By Noor Al-Sibai

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AI Is Now Identifying Killer Asteroids Before They Approach Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk said that he wanted Twitter to have an open algorithm. He just fired the "Ethical AI" team responsible for doing just that.

After Saying He Wanted an Open Algorithm, Elon Musk Just Fired the Twitter Team Responsible for Doing Just That

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers claim to have built a "decoder" algorithm that can reconstruct what somebody is thinking just by monitoring their brain activity using MRI.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Read Thoughts Using an MRI Machine

By Victor Tangermann

Rents across the country have skyrocketed thanks in part to an algorithm that hikes rental prices on behalf of landlords.

Artificial Intelligence

Rent Too Damn High? Blame YieldStar, a Secret Algorithm from Housing Hell

By Noor Al-Sibai

The company formerly known as Facebook has finally begun working on an algorithm to block unsolicited photos on Instagram.

Artificial Intelligence

Instagram Working on AI to Block Unsolicited D**k Pics

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is reportedly developing a biometric-enhanced AI device that can test how loyal one is to the ruling party — and yes, we should be afraid.

Artificial Intelligence

China Says It’s Developing an AI to Detect Party Loyalty

By Noor Al-Sibai

It looks like algorithms can write academic papers about themselves now, which begs the question — how long until human writers are obsolete?

Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Tells AI to Write a Paper About Itself, Then Submits It to Academic Journal

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is griping that Twitter's algorithm isn't fair, and that there should be more transparency around how it works.

Elon Musk Is Absolutely Furious at the Twitter Algorithm

By Jon Christian

The neural networks behind social media's sophisticated ad targeting could swallow the whole energy grid.

Scientists Warn That Ad-Targeting Neural Networks Could Use “Infinite” Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Could the entire internet be generated by AI soon? At least one expert at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies is studying AI-generated content.

Artificial Intelligence

Experts Say That Soon, Almost the Entire Internet Could Be Generated by AI

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A nightmarish mix of Big Tech overreach meets state authoritarianism resulted in algorithm to predict which low-income "future teens" in his province would be likely to get pregnant.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Created Creepy Algorithm to Predict Which Specific Teens Would Get Pregnant

By Noor Al-Sibai

YouTube accidentally took down videos of robots fighting, claiming they included portrayals of animal violence and cock fighting.

YouTube Accidentally Removed Robot Battle Videos for “Animal Cruelty”

By Victor Tangermann

The Estonian Ministry of Justice is officially designing a "robot judge" that could take care of a backlog of small claims court disputes.

Estonia is Building a “Robot Judge” to Help Clear Legal Backlog

By Victor Tangermann

In a paper two professors argue that algorithms are already constructing and shaping our reality, whether we're aware of it or not.

Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Warns: Algorithms Are “Using and Even Controlling Us”

By Victor Tangermann