October 5, 2026 5:32 AM
October 5, 2026
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…
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…
Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don’t Exist
Librarians, and the books they cherish, are already fight a losing battle for our attention spans with all…
Brace for Disaster as the Washington Post Launches an AI-Generated Podcast
The podcast format has largely remained the same since its inception in the early 2000s: short shows recorded…
Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft
Last month, Chinese astronauts on board the country’s Tiangong space station discovered cracks in the window of their…
Sam Altman Says Caring for a Baby Is Now Impossible Without ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted he needs extensive assistance from his company’s AI chatbot to get through…
You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into
Getting tired of dusting off Grandpa’s stuffy old urn? One startup has the solution for you. It’s called…
Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars
Scientists suspect that the surface of Mars was once teeming with water, a lush oasis full of river…
Details Emerge on Sam Altman’s Panic Sweats
OpenAI has long made it its number one goal to realize artificial general intelligence, which it described in…
Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation
A multibillion-dollar dome built around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown was badly damaged last year…
Grok Will Now Give Tesla Drivers Directions
Tesla drivers can now ask Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok for directions. This weekend, Tesla unveiled a new software update…
Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence
Gender-based violence is a grim problem around the globe. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 840…
Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds
A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops…
Officials Halt Dozens of Trains Due to AI Hoax
AI slop is going off the rails over on the British Isles. In England, racist influencers are using…