August 26, 2026 1:11 AM
August 26, 2026
Software Engineers Say They’re Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Them
Even for employees who’ve managed to hold onto their jobs, AI is having a very real impact at…
Mark Zuckerberg Is Realizing That When You Treat Your Workers Like Human Garbage, They Might Not Like You Anymore
The two key ingredients to Mark Zuckerberg’s all-in AI push? Money, and a heaping serving of misanthropy. As…
Trump Says a New Drug Can Bring Dead People Back to Life
On Monday, during a routine press event, president Donald Trump casually made an announcement that in any normal…
Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason
In a classic example of the AI industry’s reputational alchemy, Anthropic has often transformed bad behavior by its…
The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People
Last year, a San Francisco-based AI company called Mercor exploded onto the tech scene, just as US workers…
MAGA in Shambles as Trump’s “Made in America” Phone Crumbles Into Dust
All that glitters is not gold — or even a flashy phone of the same color. Trump Mobile,…
Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly
As AI continues to weave its way into every corner of daily life, one of the public’s chief…
OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT Medical Advice That Allegedly Killed College Student
The family of a 19-year-old college student who died of an overdose after consulting ChatGPT for medical advice…
New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use
After a string of AI controversies, The New York Times emailed a “periodic reminder” to freelancers on Tuesday…
Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business
An AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and it’s going about…
Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take
Even if you don’t know Nick Bostrom’s name, you’re almost certainly familiar with the idea he’s most famous…
Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit
Chinese tech company Unitree has quickly established itself as the brand to beat in the humanoids robotics industry,…
OnlyFans Rival Seemingly Succumbs to AI Psychosis, Which We Dare You to Try Explain to Your Parents
Something strange is happening with ManyVids, an OnlyFans-like porn platform with millions of users. For roughly the past…
Children Starting School Are Trying to Swipe Books Like They’re Phones
An alarming proportion of kids just starting school are baffled by how books work. In a new survey…
Waymo’s School Bus Situation Just Got Way Worse
If Waymo thought regulators would get off its back for its robotaxis blowing past stopped school buses, it…
Trump Building Top Secret Installation Under East Wing
Three months ago, the Trump administration broke ground on its highly controversial plans to add a sprawling ballroom…
Trump Admin Warns FEMA Not to Talk About “Ice” in Winter Storm Because They’re Scared People Will Use the Clips to Make Fun of ICE
As a severe winter storm approaches, the Trump administration has bigger concerns on its plate: not getting trolled…
Scientist Horrified as ChatGPT Deletes All His Research
ChatGPT may be an excellent tool in case your strongly-worded email to your landlord about that ceiling leak…
Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa
Last week, officials at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that health authorities…
Trump’s Huge AI Project Is Running Into a Major Financial Problem
It’s 2026, and tech companies continue to insist they need to spend staggering amounts of money on AI…
Mind Blowing James Webb Photo Shows Star Crumbling Into Dust
A new image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides an astonishingly close up look of a…
Workers Say AI Is Useless, While Oblivious Bosses Insist It’s a Productivity Miracle
Bosses being severely disconnected from the needs of their employees is a tale as old as time. But…
Facebook AI Slop Has Grown So Dark That You May Not Be Prepared
For years now, Facebook’s feeds have been drowned out by an unrelenting tidal wave of AI slop, turning…
Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars
Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems…