July 15, 2026 11:12 AM
July 15, 2026
The Real Reason OpenAI Shut Sora Down Is a Warning to Every AI Startup
OpenAI unceremoniously killed off its text-to-video AI app Sora last month, bringing an abrupt end to months of…
William Shatner Says AI Is Spreading Horrific Rumors About Him
The advent of powerful generative AI tools has supercharged the proliferation of disinformation, with viral and fictional stories…
AI Is Killing Microsoft
OpenAI made headlines this year after announcing it was giving up on what one exec categorized as distracting…
Two OpenAI Execs, Including CEO of AGI, Going on Medical Leave
Something’s going on at OpenAI — and it isn’t just the pre-IPO jitters. According to Bloomberg, the company…
The White House Is Still Desperately Trying to Slash NASA’s Budget
Last year, the Trump administration made efforts to deal NASA a devastating blow by making brutal cuts to…
Sam Altman Opens Up About Telling CEO of Disney That It Had All Been Smoke and Mirrors
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has finally dished on Disney’s reaction to his decision to kill the company’s AI…
Trump Fans Furious That NASA Is Allowing a Canadian on the Moon Mission
NASA successfully kicked off its historic Artemis 2 mission around the Moon on Wednesday, a pitch-perfect rocket launch…
Dozens of Robotaxis In China Stop Dead in the Middle of Roads and Highways, Causing Crashes
A massive system failure on Tuesday left over a hundred robotaxis stranded in the streets of Wuhan, China,…
The Moon Astronauts Brought Along USB Stick-Sized Living Samples of Their Own Tissue
Beyond their snazzy flight suits and mango peach smoothies, the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission is packing…
AI-Powered Tractor Startup Burns Through a Quarter Billion Dollars, Fires All Employees in Epic Implosion
The world simply wasn’t ready for AI powered tractors. Or perhaps it was Monarch Tractor, the much-hyped company…
$60 Million Startup Says It’s Invented a New Particle to Dim the Sun
In October, Israel-US startup Stardust Solutions announced it had raised $60 million, the largest-ever fundraising round for tech…
Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude’s Source Code
The AI industry largely acts as if it’s above lowly copyright laws — unless, of course, those laws…
Creator of “Wallace and Gromit” Says Heck, He’ll Start Using AI
Did Nick Park wake up and put on the wrong trousers this morning? In a recent interview with…
AI “Companion Bots” Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
If you’re one of the 28 percent of Americans who’ve shared an intimate relationship with an AI chatbot,…
Disney Strikes Huge Deal With OpenAI: Get Ready for Sora Videos of Donald Duck Cooking Meth
Famous copyright tyrant Disney is now bending over for the AI industry and signing away its precious intellectual…
Mysterious Interstellar Object Now Approaching Earth
For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the…
Woman Orders Waymo, Finds Man Hiding in Trunk
Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing service is going through a lot of firsts these days. Earlier this week, a pregnant…
Years After a Girl’s Death, the AIs That Killed Her Are Still Sending Notifications to Her Phone
We’ve written previously about Juliana Peralta, who was only 13 years old when her parents say an AI…
Scientists Say the Time Has Arrived to Land Astronauts on Mars
The goal of sending astronauts to the surface of Mars has been a major point of contention, with…
Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don’t Exist
Librarians, and the books they cherish, are already fight a losing battle for our attention spans with all…
Brace for Disaster as the Washington Post Launches an AI-Generated Podcast
The podcast format has largely remained the same since its inception in the early 2000s: short shows recorded…
Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft
Last month, Chinese astronauts on board the country’s Tiangong space station discovered cracks in the window of their…
Sam Altman Says Caring for a Baby Is Now Impossible Without ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted he needs extensive assistance from his company’s AI chatbot to get through…
You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into
Getting tired of dusting off Grandpa’s stuffy old urn? One startup has the solution for you. It’s called…