August 29, 2026 3:19 PM
August 29, 2026
United Nations Issues Grave Warning About El Niño
The United Nations has officially confirmed what months of forecasts have been pointing to: there are overwhelming odds…
College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science
As rampant AI use accelerates a crisis in education, University of California professors are pleading with leadership to…
SpaceX Is Massively Overvalued Ahead of Its IPO, Analysts Find
SpaceX is expected to go public in just over two weeks, and is looking to raise a whopping…
In Leaked Document, Microsoft Plots How to Get People “Addicted” to Its AI
Some copywriter at Microsoft is getting a real stern talking to. In an internal document obtained by 404…
State of Florida Sues OpenAI, Saying Sam Altman Showed “Utter Disregard for the Risk to Human Life”
Florida has become the first state in the union to sue ChatGPT producer OpenAI and its CEO, Sam…
Amazon’s AI-Generated Animated Series Canceled After Relentless Derision
At first, it felt a bit like Emmy-winning writer director Jorge Gutierrez had been living under a rock.…
Anthropic and DeepMind Now Actively Investigating AI Consciousness
Are AI models conscious, and if not, could they be in the near future? The possibility is far-fetched,…
All These Galaxy-Scale IPOs Are Piling on Risk of an Economic Crisis
The United States is facing what’s shaping up to be the largest series of initial public offerings in…
Film Community Aghast as Martin Scorsese Extolls AI Startup, Says He Now Uses AI for Storyboards
The film community is in meltdown after acclaimed director Martin Scorsese promoted a new AI startup called Black…
World Cup Will Be Patrolled by Security Robodogs
The Trump administration’s violent deportations and crackdown on protestors against Immigration and Customs Enforcement have set an ominous…
There’s Something Living Inside Fog, Scientists Find
There’s something living in the fog. Repeat: there’s something living in the fog. It may sound like a…
Bernie Sanders Announces Plan to Seize Half of AI Industry for the Public Good
The hype surrounding generative AI has generated astronomical amounts of value, with tech companies raising tens of billions…
OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT
As it fights a growing stack of user safety and wrongful death lawsuits, OpenAI says it will introduce…
Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling ChatGPT as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges
This is one PR hit that’ll be hard to come back from. After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced…
Government Handing Out Cash Bonuses to Drug Researchers Who Rush Through Regulatory Approvals
Not even a year after the US Food and Drug Administration announced it was using generative AI to…
Lead Investor in Music Generation App Suno Deletes Tweet That Contradicts Its Argument in High Stakes Court Cases
As music streaming services continue to be overwhelmed by a tidal wave of AI slop, companies facilitating the…
Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is perhaps best known for raising eyebrows with public suggestions that various stellar phenomena…
Sam Altman Admits He’s Made a Huge Mistake
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went into full damage control mode over the weekend. A day before the United…
Waymo Says It Has Nothing to Say After Its Self-Driving Taxi Blocked an Ambulance Responding to a Mass Shooting
A Waymo robotaxi blocked an ambulance from responding to the scene of a mass shooting in Austin, Texas,…
Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes
The Condé Nast-owned Ars Technica has terminated senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following a controversy over his role…
Meta Workers Say They’re Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users’ Smart Glasses
Meta’s Ray Ban AI glasses have shot up in popularity in recent years, selling over seven million pairs…
AI Tools Are Supercharging Hackers
It’s no secret that AI models have come a long way, from tools that can complete high school…
Sam Altman in Damage Control Mode as ChatGPT Users Are Mass Cancelling Subscriptions Because OpenAI Is “Training a War Machine”
OpenAI just handed one of its biggest rivals a massive PR victory, in a blunder that even CEO…
US Military Using Claude to Select Targets in Iran Strikes
The ongoing attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched by a joint coalition of US and Israeli…