October 6, 2026 9:03 PM
October 6, 2026
World Braces for Nearly a Half Million El Niño Deaths
As climate change continues to rear its ugly head, this summer has been particularly brutal for much of…
New York Sues Polymarket, Accuses It of Running an “Illegal Gambling” Operation
Just over a month after suing prediction market Kalshi for running an “illegal gambling” operation, New York state…
Stanford Scientists Find That the Human Brain Is Actually Two Separate Organs
Despite centuries of scientific research, the human brain remains an enigma. It’s made up of tens of billions…
Google Has Its Hand Around the Throat of the Independent Media and It’s Squeezing Harder and Harder
The shift to digital platforms has not been kind to the independent media industry, which has had to…
Software Update Turns Samsung’s “AI Fridges” Into Useless Bricks
It’s become common knowledge among home owners to avoid Samsung home appliances like the plague. They’re notorious for…
It Turns Out That Meta’s Muse AI Has an Amazingly Dirty Secret
Meta brags that its new AI agent, Muse, can be an all-around “personal assistant” that takes care of…
Former Google Exec Warns That AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media
Never mind killer robots and sci-fi doomsday scenarios. A former Google executive says we need a slowdown in…
Stanford University Caught Using AI to Create Fake Black Student on Banners Hung Around Campus
Stanford University was caught using AI to swap out a student in a photo and replace him with…
AI Community Linked to Disturbing Culture of Sexual Assault
The tech world’s potential future founders are living out hedonistic existences in giant Silicon Valley mansions, where they…
Crowd of Angry Citizens Loses It After City Council Fast-Tracks Resolution on Flock AI Cameras
A crowd of anxious community members in Springfield, Missouri turned downright hostile on Monday, leaping to their feet…
Mathematicians Can’t Make Sense of How OpenAI’s Agents Solved One of the Toughest Math Problems Because the AI’s “Proof” Is Borderline Incomprehensible
Earlier this month, OpenAI announced that it had found a solution for one of the biggest unsolved problems…
Microsoft Patents Technique for Inserting Ads Into Videogames While You’re Playing Them
Trying to escape the increasingly dystopian real world with a jaunt into the virtual one? A new system…
CNN Just Ran One of the Worst AI Puff Pieces We’ve Ever Seen in Our Lives About That “AI Actor” Tilly Norwood
Last year, a so-called “AI actress,” dubbed Tilly Norwood sparked a near-universal backlash. The algorithmic brunette’s appearance couldn’t…
There’s a Huge Economic Problem With Tesla’s Cybercabs
Tesla’s flashy unveiling of its Cybercab robotaxi in 2024 left some glaring questions unanswered. The sleek, gold-colored coupé…
Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities
With opposition to AI continuing to grow, a top AI lab is building out a massive surveillance apparatus…
Mother Horrified When Meta’s AI Scours Instagram and Facebook for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters
Last week, a mother in Utah named Kalie Robins took to Instagram to post what she felt was…
Fire Marshal Uncovers House of Horrors Lurking Inside Bitcoin-Mining Data Center
Back in August, a massive leak in El Reno, Oklahoma spewed close to four million gallons of local…
Man Announces That He Has Synthesized a New Schizophrenia Treatment in His Garage, Based on a Formula Devised by ChatGPT
These days, large language models are pushing the line between schizophrenic break and reality closer than ever before.…
Tesla’s Glitchy Cybercab Accidentally Lets Passengers Access Controls to Manually Drive the Car Using Virtual Joystick on In-Vehicle Screen
One of the selling points of Tesla’s much-hyped Cybercab — its purpose-built robotaxi — is that it doesn’t…
Numerous Deaths Reported at Burning Man
Burning Man, the week-long festival that takes place in the middle of the Nevada desert and draws many…
Top NFL Receiver Insists There’s “Another Civilization” Living Deep Under Antarctica
After an ego-bruising stint with the New York Jets, it seems like seasoned quarterback and chief NFL conspiracy…
Wait, Did Zuckerberg Just Steal Muse the Band’s Instagram Handle For His New AI?
Muse, the popular English rock band that’s been selling out arenas for decades, is no longer @muse on…
Anthropic Was Meant to Be the More Responsible AI Lab. A Terrified Researcher Just Quit, Saying the Company Is Threatening the Survival of Humankind.
AI researchers are watching in terror as the product of their hard labor has started to take a…
Facebook Is Hosting Huge Numbers of Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Violent Child Abuse, and Meta Is Barely Even Pretending to Care About Taking Them Down
Content warning: this story contains descriptions of disturbing AI-generated videos that depict violent child abuse. As Meta has…