October 5, 2026 6:30 AM
October 5, 2026
Elon Musk Flees OpenAI Trial as Tide Turns Against Him
Elon Musk is locked in a heated trial in a lawsuit he lodged against his rival OpenAI and…
Sam Altman Faces Nightmare Questions in Cross-Examination
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced what sounds like a truly awful day on the stand this week during…
Microsoft AI Researchers Just Discovered Something That’s Going to Make Their Bosses Extremely Mad
AI automation is typically exactly what it sounds like: automating tasks — many of which were previously carried…
OpenAI Accused of Handing Over Your Intimate Personal Information to Meta and Google
A new class action lawsuit accuses OpenAI of sharing data including user chat queries and personal identifying information…
Electric Company Says It’s Cutting Off an Entire Town So It Can Sell All Its Power to Data Centers
The data center scramble feeding off the AI boom is no longer just raising utility prices for nearby…
Sam Altman Accuses Elon Musk of Laughing at Memes During Important OpenAI Meetings
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stand yesterday in Musk v. Altman, the chaotic, embarrassing, and yet deeply…
Elon Musk’s Attempts at AI Are Falling Apart
In the AI world, there are what the tech scholar Kate Crawford has called the “Great Houses of…
Last Time an El Niño Was This Bad, It Killed 50 Million People
As if oil shortages, perpetual wars, and the existential angst of AI weren’t stressful enough, there’s an El…
Waymo Admits Its Robotaxis Have a Small Issue With Driving Into Floodwaters
A Waymo took the plunge, and now its human developers are paying for it: the autonomous driving company…
New Wikipedia Clone Made Entirely of AI Hallucinations
A new Wikipedia-style site is purportedly made entirely of AI-hallucinations, treating visitors to preposterous insights beamed from a…
Four Financial Journalists Accused of Being Fake AI-Generated Puppets That Shill Crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and More
Four prolific financial journalists are facing serious questions over whether they’re actually real. Welcome to digital media in…
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…
Scientists Discover Strong Upside for Men Getting Castrated
Don’t tell Bryan Johnson, the tech CEO famously obsessed with not dying, but the key to living longer…
Bugs Fed Microplastics Grow to Ludicrous Size
Microplastics have infiltrated both our bodies — where they’re found in our organs, bodily fluids, and even brains…
Anthropic’s Chief Scientist Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Moment That Could Doom Us All
Anthropic’s chief scientist Jared Kaplan is making some grave predictions about humanity’s future with AI. The choice is…
Scientists Detect Huge Rotating Structure in Space
Astronomers have observed enormous filaments of galaxies tied together with dark matter — the stuff scientists believe makes…
Nvidia Chip on Satellite in Orbit Trains First AI Model in Space
Artificial intelligence companies are planning on investing unbelievable sums — more than a trillion dollars per year by…
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…