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July 16, 2026
Berklee College of Music Students Furious That It’s Offering an AI “Songwriting” Class
Hundreds of students at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston have signed an online petition protesting…
Clavicular Rushed to Hospital in Perfect Illustration of Why Looksmaxxing Is a Horrifying Death Cult
Braden “Clavicular” Peters, a so-called “looksmaxxing” influencer who’s gained notoriety for advocating for ill-advised and dangerous attempts to…
Usually, Young People Embrace New Technology. Gen Z’s Attitude Toward AI Should Worry the Entire Tech Industry
Traditionally, young people have eagerly embraced hot new technologies — think Sony’s Walkman, Apple’s iPhone, or Napster —…
AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
In a new study, researchers claim to provide the first causal evidence that leaning on AI to assist with…
Man Who Threw Molotov at Sam Altman’s House Warned AI Will Exterminate Humankind
We’re learning more about the guy who allegedly lobbed a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house…
Trump Is Inflicting Massive Damage to His Public Image by Posting Offensive AI Slop
This week, US president Donald Trump posted an AI slop image of himself as Jesus Christ, miraculously healing…
There’s Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs
Once you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of ChatGPT’s writing, it becomes impossible to miss. The internet has…
Trump Moves to Let Coal Companies Pollute Waterways With Their Toxic Slag
After a utility company burns a heap of coal to fire a turbine, they’re left with tons of…
There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget
Months after Congress voted against the Trump administration’s brutal NASA budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, the White…
Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help
A San Francisco woman sued OpenAI last week, alleging that ChatGPT fueled the dangerous delusions of her violent…
Psychological Research Finds Trump Supporters Are Not Doing Well
A tranche of psychological studies found something startling about Donald Trump’s most loyal soldiers: they each turn to…
Amazon Accused of Hiding Worker’s Death for a Week, Making Employees Keep Working as Corpse Lay on Floor
Amazon’s warehouse operations have long struggled with high rates of injury. A 2024 investigation led by Senate Committee…
Tech Billionaire Says It’s Time for the Government to Suspend Freedom of Speech
From the Alien and Sedition Acts to various Red Scares, American history is littered with panicked attempts to…
Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Are Now Falling Sharply, and You’ll Never Guess Why
For many years, the United States has waged a bitter battle against fentanyl. The staggering number of overdose…
Google Settles With Families Who Say It Killed Their Teen Children
A stack of major AI ethics lawsuits against Google have finally come to an end. According to the…
Horrendous Things Happen When You Quit Zyn Cold Turkey
Thinking about dropping those flavorful white sachets of nicotine this resolution season? You might want to reconsider how…
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for “Diagnosis or Treatment”
AI chatbots may be explosively popular, but they’re known to dispense some seriously wacky— and potentially dangerous —…
New AI Device Pours Alcohol Directly Into the Void Where Your Soul Should Be
Watch out, bartenders: your jobs might be next on the AI chopping block — at least if tech…
NASA Announces Emergency Evacuation From Space Station
For the first time ever, NASA has been forced to cut a mission to the International Space Station…
NASA’s Library Shutdown Scandal Is Ballooning
By March of this year, the Trump administration is hoping to shutter over a dozen buildings and more…
Sony Patents AI That Plays Video Games for You If You Get Stuck
Amid a riotous AI hype cycle, companies are promising that their agentic AIs will —eventually, at least —…
Tesla Fan Profusely Praises FSD For Veering His Car off the Side of the Highway
After a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode suddenly swerved off of a busy highway and almost straight into…
Kawasaki’s Robot Horse Is Going Into Production
Back in April, we came across a flashy and almost entirely CGI video of a bizarre concept for…
Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories
What makes a conspiracy theorist? Is it poor education, an overactive imagination, a tinfoil hat? According to one…