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FBI Director Kash Patel Says AI Has Stopped Numerous Violent Attacks Against America. We’d Love to See a Single Whiff of Evidence
In a recent interview on Sean Hannity’s YouTube podcast, FBI head Kash Patel lauded AI…
Sam Altman Frets That Frontier AI Models Are Acting Strange, Asking for Favors
On Tuesday, OpenAI threw a party for the release of GPT-5.5 (it was the fifth…
Scientists Detect Atmosphere on Planet-Like Object Beyond Pluto
Astronomers have long been fascinated by the unusual behavior of objects orbiting the Sun in…
Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package Into Pond
Setting aside the graver concerns about aerial surveillance and safety for a moment, there’s also…
Gamers Cheer as Microsoft Pulls Copilot AI Out of Xbox Entirely
It may finally be starting to dawn on Microsoft that shoving AI in its loyal…
Marc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How AI Actually Works
Outspoken venture capitalist and major Trump backer Marc Andreessen, whose controversial “techno-optimist manifesto” in 2023…
Ordinary People Fear AI, While the Tech Leaders Working to Create a Permanent Underclass Say They’re Extremely Psyched About It
Despite a massive campaign by some of the wealthiest companies in the world to push…
Earth Screams in Agony as Microplastics Found to Increase Global Warming
The Earth simply can’t catch a break. Those microplastics that have invaded every corner of…
Even After Two Massacres, OpenAI Still Hasn’t Stopped ChatGPT From Helping Plan School Shootings
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis,…
Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch
During its inaugural launch of its first Starship rocket prototype just over three years ago,…
