August 25, 2026 6:09 AM
August 25, 2026
Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Causes “Ghosts”
There are unseen forces behind why a house might feel haunted — but no, it’s not ghosts. New…
There’s Something Bizarre About the Offices of AI Startups
With questions swirling about whether hundreds of AI startups will ever translate the tech into real-world economic returns,…
You’ll Gasp When You Hear How Many Chinese EVs You Can Buy For the Price of a Single US Car
American automakers have some explaining to do. According to new reporting from Reuters, you could buy up to…
NASA’s Moon Landing Schedule Slipping Horrendously Under Trump
During his first term in late 2017, president Donald Trump announced that the United States would make its…
Bank CEO Brags He Used AI Clone of Himself to Host Conference Call
If you decided to blow off a Zoom meeting by sending an AI dummy instead, you might find…
New AI Trained Only on Pre-1930 Data Speaks Like the Most Old-Timey Guy Imaginable
Tired of your AI chatbot’s constantly-glazing therapy-speak? You could instead try striking up a conversation with “Talkie,” an…
NASA Fires Up Futuristic Plasma Thruster Designed to Take Us to Mars
Covering the well over 100 million miles to Mars is no easy feat. Even in the best case…
Wild Video Shows Ukrainian Troops Evacuate Babushka With a Military Robot
One granny has been safely plucked from the frontlines of the Russo-Ukrainian war by the unlikeliest of heroes:…
AV Companies Might be in Trouble Now As Cops Start Ticketing Driverless Cars
Autonomous vehicles have an accountability problem. Because there’s no driver, there’s nobody to hold liable when the car…
Toilet Maker Spikes in Value as It Flushes Money Into AI
Last month, failing tech bro shoe company Allbirds made the baffling announcement that it was pivoting to AI…
Japanese Airport Trialing Humanoid Robots as Baggage Handlers
The future is truly upon us — because the next time your check-in luggage gets battered, you could…
New England Journal of Medicine Retracts Paper Because Photo of Patient’s Insides Was Garbled by AI
Medical journals are being flooded with shoddy AI-generated work, a growing threat to the scientific community that could…
Woman Hacks “Tinder for Nazis,” Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots
Most mainstream dating sites promise to connect like-minded people of any race, gender, or sexual identity. A far…
That Video of Happy Crying Venezuelans After Maduro’s Kidnapping? It’s AI Slop
In the wake of the deadly attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro by the United…
The Hard Numbers Show That the Results of NYC Congestion Pricing Have Been Absolutely Incredible
Surprise! A public policy initiative panned by drivers and pro-car pundits turned out to instead be a roaring…
Google’s AI Overviews Caught Giving Dangerous “Health” Advice
In May 2024, Google threw caution to the wind by rolling out its controversial AI Overviews feature in…
There’s Compelling Evidence That Someone Connected to the Trump Administration Profited Off the Invasion of Venezuela by Placing Large Bets on Polymarket
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have long garnered a reputation for facilitating cheating and insider trading —…
Elon Musk After His Grok AI Did Disgusting Things to Literal Children: “Way Funnier”
Last week, Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok began fielding an influx of stunningly inappropriate requests. Though the AI has…
Tech Giants Pushing AI Into Schools Is a Huge, Ethically Bankrupt Experiment on Innocent Children That Will Likely End in Disaster
The tech industry is making sure kids will be hooked on AI for generations — by proactively sinking…
The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an AI Construct
Amidst mostly unfounded fears that artificial intelligence is coming for our jobs, it turns out there’s one gig…
Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It “Slop”
In mid-December 2025, the editors of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary chose “slop” as their word of the year. Their definition:…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Former Top AI Scientist Reveals Exactly Why He Quit
In a new interview with The Financial Times, Yann LeCun, one of the so-called godfathers of AI, finally…
AI Godfather Warns That It’s Starting to Show Signs of Self-Preservation
If we’re to believe Yoshua Bengio, one of the so-called “godfathers” of AI, some advanced models are showing…
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
Before Stein-Erik Soelberg savagely killed his 83-year-old mother and then himself last year, the former tech executive had…