October 5, 2026 12:20 PM
October 5, 2026
Creative Industries Have Been Eviscerated by AI, Data Shows
If you work in a creative industry or media, you probably don’t need anybody to tell you how…
Microsoft Shrivels When Asked If Its “Good Neighbor” Data Center Policy Will Involve Actually Supporting Community Groups
As tempers flared around AI data centers back in January, Microsoft’s president Brad Smith issued a warm and…
Human Contractors Are Seeing All Your Horny — and Creepy — AI Prompts
It’s no secret that one of the things that AI users love using chatbots for is cranking out…
It’s Starting to Look Like Frontier AI Labs Will Be Taken Down in a Storm of Product Liability Suits If Their Models Keep Going on Incredibly Illegal Rogue Hacking Sprees
At times this year, it’s almost felt as though OpenAI and Anthropic were in a race to the…
Tesla Reportedly Can’t Get the Hands to Work on Its Optimus Robot
Earlier this year, news emerged that Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California was being converted from a facility manufacturing…
Man Says Meta’s Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers
Personal assistant, or secret saboteur? A man claims that his Muse AI agent gave out his address to…
OpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis Deepens
OpenAI’s AI agents simply can’t stop infiltrating third parties. For the last few months, news keeps trickling out…
SpaceX’s Starship Just Reached Orbit, in What Should Be a Major Success for the Company. But Its Stock Price Did the Last Thing You’d Expect
SpaceX’s 14th test flight of its enormous Starlink spacecraft took off from the company’s test facilities in South…
You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Earlier this month, we published a months-long investigation into a little-known company called Brown Brothers Media. The venture…
All Major Social Networks Refusing to Promote Documentary That Made Elon Musk Mad
For the past few weeks, Elon Musk has been throwing a tantrum — and throwing around legal threats —…
Private List Warns Woman of “Over a Hundred” Allegedly Predatory Men in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has apparently become so rife with seedy characters that tech workers are now distributing a spreadsheet…
AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don’t Have Feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone…
Solar Power Is Getting So Cheap That It’s Almost Unbelievable
Though the price to install new solar panels has been trending downward for a while, it’s officially reached…
Australia, the Land of Bluey, Tim-Tams, and Kylie Minogue: Not Having Those Pervert Glasses, Seeks to Pass “World Leading” Ban on Them
What to do about Meta’s AI-powered smart “pervert” glasses? Setting the bar for the rest of us, Australia’s…
Scientists Claim That Three Minutes With a “Donkey or Small Horse” Can Save Teenagers From Depression
Life got you feeling down? A donkey could be the solution to lifting your spirits. This is the…
Kenya Unleashing Solar-Powered Ambulance With Wicked Long Range for Service to Remote Villages
A huge share of Kenya’s population lives in remote villages and townships, far away from the amenities offered…
Scientists Create New Humanoid Robot That Flinches in Fear When You Come Close
There are plenty of safety concerns to consider when deploying robots in workplaces like warehouses alongside human workers.…
US Federal Register Caught Using Chinese AI Model for Document Search
Inexpenive AI models developed by Chinese companies are taking the United States by storm, as cost-conscious business leaders…
Video Shows Huge Drone Descending on Unsuspecting Dog and Blasting It With Water
Is this video of a huge drone hovering over a dog and blasting it with water adorable in…
Strange Seeds Appear to Be Growing Into Massive Black Holes
For years now, scientists have been puzzled by the existence of “little red dots” first showing up in…
Google Now Asking For Users’ Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities
Smile, peruser of the internet! Your facial features are being codified by algorithms. Starting this week, Google has…
Restaurants Are Going Viral by Holding Up Handwritten Signs Pledging Not to Use AI Foodslop Posters
The allure of generative AI has turned public-facing billboards and restaurant menus into a Lovecraftian horror show. Bread…
Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the AI Industry, Even Though a Huge Majority of Both Their Voting Blocs Want Them to Do Exactly That
In a new survey of over 2,000 US adults conducted days ago, Politico found that the vast majority…
The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the “Brain” of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday
Did hiring loads of gamers not work out? The Federal Aviation Administration is now spending north of $875…