August 29, 2026 9:59 PM
August 29, 2026
Sam Altman’s Eyeball Scanning Company Now Laying Off Workers
Look, nobody roots for workers to lose their jobs. But some companies are built on such a ridiculous…
Investigators Questioning Bill Gates Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
During a Gates Foundation town hall in February, Microsoft founder Bill Gates apologized for having had extensive contact…
ChatGPT Caught Recommending “Products” That Are Just Scams That Steal Your Credit Card Info
ChatGPT is getting duped by fraudulent storefronts run by scammers — which means you might be getting duped,…
Local Brand Realizes Customers Hate Its AI Ads, Switches to Charming Homemade Ones Instead
In late 2024, the Coca-Cola Company released an unsettling, AI-generated remake of its beloved 1995 “Holidays Are Coming”…
Disaster Strikes When Meme Coin Pays Man to Tattoo Its Name on His Forehead, But They Misspelled It
Earlier this month, crypto marketplace Pump.fun launched an extremely dubious new bounty marketplace that feels like it was…
McDonald’s Deploying AI-Powered Drive-Thru System for Ordering Its Nauseating Foodslop
Coming (back) to a McDonald’s near you: AI-powered drive-thru lanes. That’s right. Those feeling déjà vu aren’t mistaken:…
Argentina Moves to Legalize “Non-Human Corporations” Run by AI
You could already make the case that corporations are faceless monoliths geared purely towards maximizing profits with only…
If You Think AI Companies Are Unethical Now, Wait Until They Go Public
In November 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was unceremoniously forced out of the company following a dramatic power…
You Can Now Get a Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work
In a strongly-worded rebuke last month, Pope Francis called for AI to be “disarmed.” The criticism comes amid…
Soccer Club Places Huge Kalshi Bet Against Itself
A top soccer club in Spain placed a “multimillion dollar bet against itself” on the prediction market Kalshi,…
Scientists Release Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals
In July 2025, astronomers spotted a mysterious object screaming through the solar system from interstellar space. The object,…
Zoo Officials Horrified by AI Data Center Menacing Their Endangered Animals
AI data center projects have become astonishingly unpopular. Their opposition has garnered strong bipartisan support, quickly turning the…
Teens Are Using AI to Create “Slander” Videos of Their Teachers
If teachers thought rampant cheating was the worst way AI would impact their livelihoods, we’ve got some bad…
Scientists Bring Mouse Brains Back to Life After “Cryosleep” Deep Freeze
The concept of “cryosleep” — spending prolonged periods of time in suspended animation in a deep freeze state…
Novel Pulled From Shelves After Author Is Accused of Using AI
A prominent publisher is pulling a horror novel after the author was widely accused of using AI to…
Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns
An analysis of hundreds of thousands of chats between AI chatbots and human users who experienced AI-tied delusional…
Blockchain Slumlord Startup Implodes in Real Time
If you’re not a renter in Detroit, you might not have heard about RealT, a startup that allows…
Self-Driving Cars Slated to Clog Roads With Horrendous Congestion
Self-driving cars might seem like the future, but they still share the same asphalt as your grandma’s ’98…
Man Caught Using Smart Glasses to Get Advice While Being Cross-Examined in Court
The emergence of smart glasses, which feature largely concealed cameras, microphones and speakers, has turned into a major…
A Grim Truth Is Emerging in Employers’ AI Experiments
The tremendous hype surrounding AI coding shows no signs of dying down. Last month, Anthropic released a suite…
Polymarket Announces New Bar For Degenerate War Profiteers
Any good bartender knows that talking heads on TVs are bad for business. In watering holes across the…
Encyclopedia Britannica Hits OpenAI With Scary Lawsuit
Writers are often cautioned not to hit readers over the head with the dictionary. But what if it’s…
Grab Your Betrayal-Themed Popcorn Buckets, Because Microsoft Is Threatening to Sue OpenAI
Mutual success has only heightened tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI, whose partnership helped kickstart the AI boom. Now,…
CEO of AI Company Says Gen Z Needs to Get Ready for 30 Percent Unemployment
If you think it’s hard to find a job now, ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott says just wait until…