NASA has turned its giant 6.2 million-gallon Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) into a replica of the surface of the Moon to train astronauts.

Poolwalker

They even put down sand and boulders.

NASA Building Huge Underwater Moon Replica

In a bombastic interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk made a bold claim about Google co-founder Larry Page that, unfortunately, is kind of believable.

He Said, He Said

"And, um, then he called me a speciesist."

Elon Musk Claims Google Co-Founder Is Building a “Digital God”

Major record label Universal Music Group has forced a song that uses the AI-generated vocals of Drake and The Weeknd to be taken offline.

Drake Clone

AI's most fearsome opponent yet? The lawyer-powered music industry.

Furious Record Label Gets AI-Generated Drake Song Deleted

In a quiet new rule change, Twitter has rolled back protections for trans users amid an international anti-trans movement on both sides of the pond.

Shameful

The decline of Twitter continues.

Twitter Says It’s Okay to Harass Trans People Now

German artist Boris Eldagsen, who recently won a prestigious photography competition with a stunning black and white portrait, is now refusing the award after admitting the image was generated using an AI image generator, The Guardian reports.

Cheeky Monkey

"AI is not photography. Therefore I will not accept the award."

Guy Admits That His Prize-Winning "Photo" Was Actually Generated Using AI

Google CEO Sundar Pichai warned audiences in a 60 Minutes interview on CBS that AI will drastically disrupt society as we know it.

Society Just Ain't Ready

"It can be very harmful if deployed wrongly... So does that keep me up at night? Absolutely."

Google CEO Warns Earthlings to Brace for AI Impact

EV maker Polestar just showed off its fourth passenger vehicle called the Polestar 4, a compact SUV that literally has no rear windshield.

Paging Alfred Hitchcock

"It creates a cocoon."

New Car Has No Rear Window, Just a Camera

A Japanese astronomer spotted green streaks of light passing over a cloudy sky, which, as it turns out, were shot out by NASA's ICESat-2 satellite.

Space Lasers

It's the first time anybody's caught them on camera from the ground.

NASA's Mighty Sky Lasers Spotted by Japanese Astronomer

Facebook is sending users money in a class action lawsuit settlement — and if you used the site at any point in the last 15 years, you can get some, too.

Facebookie

Here's how to get in on the action.

Facebook Is Giving Away Free Money, Y'all

Hawaii's Big Island was treated to a light show of space lasers — but luckily, it wasn't aliens that put on the stunning spectacle.

Light Me Up

This is lit. 

Satellite Shoots Wall of Green Lasers Down to Earth

Each iteration of OpenAI's GPT has been way bigger than the last. But the era of simply scaling up AIs may already be at an end, according to Sam Altman.

Bigger, Not Always Better

"We are not here to jerk ourselves off about parameter count."

CEO of OpenAI Says Making Models Bigger Is Already Played Out

Ever wanted to know what the Moon smells like? According to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it smells like spent gunpowder.

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