August 29, 2026 2:33 PM
August 29, 2026
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…
Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
After successfully rendezvousing with near-Earth asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and sending a sampled cache of rocks back…
Elon Musk Says He Only Got Involved in Politics Because He Couldn’t Deal With Having a Transgender Child
Dismantling the federal government. Building a “MechaHitler” AI. Waging a war on Woke. Donating nearly $300 million to…
Now You Gotta Buy a Second Computer Just for Your AI Agent, Nvidia Declares
While gamers beg for cheaper GPUs, and consumers at large yearn for affordable devices amid constant chip shortages,…
AI Billionaires Are Starting to Get Scared
As it turns out, telling the world’s workers to prepare for a dystopia rife with poverty and alienation…
Jeffrey Epstein’s Biopreserved Sperm Is Missing
Today in news we regret having to deliver: Jeffrey Epstein’s missing sperm. According to documents in the Epstein…
Trump Shovels $4 Billion Directly to Elon Musk, Who Spent a Fortune Getting Him Elected
Elon Musk spent just shy of $300 million supporting Donald Trump’s reelection in late 2024 — a full-throated…
White House Responds as Scabby Mark Appears on Trump’s Neck
After kicking off major strikes in Iran on Saturday, president Donald Trump wasn’t in a hurry to return…
Microsoft Bans the Word “Microslop” on Copilot Discord, Gets So Humiliated That It Locks Down the Whole Server
Last year, the editors of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary anointed their word of the year as “slop,” a term denoting…
Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump’s Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets
It’s been less than eight weeks since an anonymous account on Polymarket netted over $400,000 after successfully predicting…
James Webb Takes Long, Hard Look Inside Uranus
Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, has only been visited once by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, which…
Former Delivery Drivers Are Getting Weird New Jobs as Delivery Robots Take Over
Gig delivery workers, already earning poverty wages, are now being undercut by robots that don’t need tips. These…
Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom
In 2022, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs made a big splash after announcing that it had taught “mini-brains”…
Evidence Grows That One of the Largest Known Stars Is Poised to Explode in a Spectacular Blast
One of the largest known stars in the cosmos is poised for catastrophe. After witnessing the massive object…
ChatGPT Health Is Staggeringly Bad at Recognizing Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies
Earlier this year, OpenAI launched a new tool called ChatGPT Health, which is designed to ingest your medical…
A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well
Who could’ve guessed that when you give millions of kids free access to a homework-writing chatbot, they’d stop…
AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
Moviegoers just took a stand against slop and won. Following a flurry of online backlash, AMC Theaters said…
NASA Spots Sun-like Star Inflating Massive Bubble
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have spotted a young star just 120 light years away engaging in…
MIT’s New 3D Printer Can Print a Working Motor, Complete With Moving Parts
The tech behind 3D printing has come an extremely long way. The additive manufacturing technique, which generally involves…