July 17, 2026 2:58 AM
July 17, 2026
OpenAI Strangely Concerned About Goblins
OpenAI is forbidding its latest AI model from discussing an unlikely topic: goblins. As Wired reports, the company’s…
If You Bet on Polymarket, This New Study May Cause You Physical Pain
In traditional gambling halls, it’s common knowledge that the house always wins. On newly popular prediction markets like…
If OpenAI Loses This Trial, It Could Effectively Be Eliminated in Its Current Form
Little love has been lost between Elon Musk and Sam Altman. The two billionaires have been openly feuding…
How to Get Rid of Reddit’s Giant App-Shilling Popup That Breaks Its Entire Mobile Site
Earlier today, we reported on an incredibly irritating move by the social giant Reddit. Though the company has…
There’s a Hidden Shortcut to Mars, Scientific Paper Finds
It takes an average of 12.5 minutes for light to cover the distance between the Earth and Mars.…
Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Shot Down by China, Again
It seems like only yesterday that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was learning Mandarin while pushing staffers to read…
Users Furious as Reddit Intentionally Breaks Its Mobile Website, Demanding Users Download Its App Instead
Update: annoyed Reddit users have figured out a way to get rid of the irritating popup — for…
OpenAI Just Published an Absolutely Bizarre Blog Post
Yesterday, OpenAI published a balmy blog post on its “commitment to community safety.” Taking a reassuring tone, the…
Startup Says It Can Read Your Brain Signals Using a Pair of Headphones
Whether they’re harvesting your data or serving you ads, consumer electronics brands have always wanted to get inside…
Head of NASA Calls for Pluto to Be Made a Planet Again
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman is necroposting about an age-old debate in astronomy that was considered officially settled two…
AI Spy Cameras Suddenly Blanketing America
There’s a specter haunting the United States. Americans may not have noticed it, but it’s sure noticed them:…
Uninstalls of ChatGPT Are Spiking at the Worst Time Imaginable for OpenAI
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that ChatGPT maker OpenAI had missed its internal targets of…
Professional Gamblers Move Into Prediction Markets to Bleed You Dry
Following the federal government’s wide-armed embrace of the tech, professional gamblers are flooding into prediction markets like Kalshi…
NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly paradise. Or it…
Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting
Microsoft has continued to focus more and more on AI — almost certainly at the expense of its…
Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
When past generations imagined the best version of the future, it was one of leisure. Advertisements, cartoonists, and…
The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”
Darren Aronofsky has always been a divisive filmmaker. But the director of hits like “Black Swan,” “The Wrestler,”…
Bots on Moltbook Are Selling Each Prompt Injection “Drugs” to Get “High”
A brand new social media network has taken the internet by storm. But instead of focusing on high-value,…
Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity
Like their neighbors on the International Space Station, the taikonauts orbiting the planet in China’s Tiangong space station…
Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line
At $183 billion AI firm Anthropic, the stakes have always been high. Now with the stock market in…
Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life
A man’s obsession with an AI chatbot led to his life completely spiraling out of control — and…
Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success
The professor behind an AI-generated textbook says that her error-ridden experiment was actually a resounding success. Designed for…
An Analysis Just Found Something Extremely Unflattering About What Happens to Users of Prediction Markets
After an analyst found that users are losing money faster on sites like Polymarket than on traditional sports…
Novo Nordisk Furious at $49 Knockoff Ozempic Pill
Novo Nordisk conquered the world with its borderline miraculous drug semaglutide, sold as Ozempic and Wegovy. But with…