April 7, 2026 10:08 AM
April 7, 2026
Broken Nvidia CEO Says He Can’t Stand AI Slop Either
The overwhelming backlash against Nvidia’s new DLSS 5 feature that uses AI to yassify video games has clearly…
As Mass Layoffs Loom, OpenAI Looks to Double Headcount in Desperate Bid to Catch Up With Anthropic
The tech industry is roiling from sweeping layoffs affecting tens of thousands of workers. Executives are citing AI…
OpenAI Is Reportedly Killing Its Disastrous Video AI Slop App
It didn’t take long for OpenAI’s text-to-video AI app, Sora, to melt down into outrageous drama. Almost immediately…
There’s a $10 Billion Problem With Elon Musk’s New Chip Factory
If Elon Musk ever cuts the ribbon on his massive chip factory “Terafab,” it could be among the…
NASA Announces Gigantic Armada of Moon Launches to “Build President Trump’s Moon Base,” Starting Next Year
In a flashy “Ignition” event today, NASA firmly recommitted itself to returning astronauts to the Moon, while fleshing…
Trump Administration Would Rather Pay a Billion Dollars Than Build a Single Wind Farm
Donald Trump’s Quixotic hatred of wind power is breezing up once again. On Monday, the administration said it…
New York Times Accused of Running AI-Generated Article
The New York Times faced scrutiny online this week after netizens speculated that a personal essay featured in…
NASA Announces Nuclear Mission to Mars by 2028
NASA’s plans for a Moon base have been capturing headlines lately — but today it’s putting Mars back…
CEO Confronted Over Using AI to Clone Real People Without Their Consent
What would you do if you found out a for-profit AI assistant had been trained on your work…
Delivery Robot Allegedly Smashes Through Bus Stop Window, Keeps Driving Covered in Broken Glass
Delivery robots had already proved to be a controversial fixture in Chicago, but are now shaping up to…
Sketchy Polymarket Accounts Making Suspicious Bets on Imminent Iran Ceasefire
Earlier this year, highly suspicious accounts on crypto-based prediction platform Polymarket collected a hefty $400,000 after correctly predicting…
Man Pleads Guilty to Making $8 Million by Creating Music With AI and Using Bots to Drive Zillions of Fake Streams
For quite some time now, human musicians have watched in horror as AI-generated slop has started drowning out…
Meta Lied About Its Smart Glasses Protecting User Privacy, New Class Action Lawsuit Claims
Meta may have sold seven million of its Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2025 alone — but likely didn’t…
Hubble Spots Bizarre Galaxy That Appears to Be 99.9 Percent Dark Matter
The universe is overrun with dark matter, outweighing the ordinary stuff that stars and planets are made of…
The Rage at OpenAI Has Grown So Immense That There Are Entire Protests Against It
OpenAI has faced protests on and off for years. But after its CEO Sam Altman announced a new…
Gas Prices Spiking After Trump’s War in Iran
The Trump administration’s war with Iran has forced oil and gas tankers and cargo ships to a standstill…
America Does Not Run on Dunkin, RFK Jr. Rages
Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted immense controversy, cancelling potentially life-saving research, giving…
Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors
Grammarly is being accused of “necromancy” after users discovered a feature for reviewing manuscripts with AI versions of…
Polymarket Quietly Takes Down Bet On Nuclear Detonation
The crypto-based prediction sensation Polymarket has quietly taken down a bet on whether a nuclear weapon would be…
After Banning Anthropic From Military Use, Pentagon Still Relying Heavily on It in Iran War
Last week, Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei publicly drew a line in the sand with the US military, insisting…
Residents Say Elon Musk’s AI Facility Is Like Living Next Door to Mordor
Elon Musk’s new AI data center has turned a formerly quiet Mississippi town into a noisy nightmare. The…
OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT
As it fights a growing stack of user safety and wrongful death lawsuits, OpenAI says it will introduce…
Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling ChatGPT as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges
This is one PR hit that’ll be hard to come back from. After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced…
Government Handing Out Cash Bonuses to Drug Researchers Who Rush Through Regulatory Approvals
Not even a year after the US Food and Drug Administration announced it was using generative AI to…