October 9, 2026 7:03 AM
October 9, 2026
Former Air Traffic Controller Terrified New AI System Will Hallucinate and Cause Catastrophe
As the US federal government rolls ahead with its controversial plans to deploy an AI air traffic control…
Tesla Instructs Firefighters to Call Two Separate Support Hotlines in the Event of a Robotaxi Accident
Firefighters and emergency responders already consider robotaxis a pain in their backsides. And Tesla’s gilded Cybercab, free of…
Robin Williams’ Daughter Horrified by People Creating AI Conspiracy Videos of Her Dad Long After His Death
Almost a decade after his tragic passing, iconic comedian Robin Williams is being remembered in the worst way…
DraftKings Is Using AI to Identify Problem Gamblers and Get Them Hooked
The gambling hub DraftKings could be using the mountains of user data it collects, and the analyst expertise…
Trump Addresses United Nations to Declare That the United States Is Now Calling Artificial Intelligence “Super Intelligence” in “All Official Documents”
President Donald Trump has waded into the AI debate with a lexical proclamation: AI shouldn’t be called AI.…
Is There a Secret Reason for the Industry-Wide AI Slowdown?
Plenty of eyebrows went up this summer when one by one, the leaders of frontier AI labs announced…
Meta’s New Muse AI Agent May Be the Creepiest Ever Released
Must an AI be useful? Isn’t being creepy sufficient testament to its utility? “Creepy” is the word being…
Wild New Website Lets You Shoot “Less Lethal” Ammunition From Gun Turrets in a Firing Range
I’ve never shot a gun before — and it’s not an activity I’d actively seek out, given the…
Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism
For years, human rights monitors have been outraged at the selective policing of content on Meta’s social media…
Hundreds of Flights Grounded Across the Eastern Seaboard as Government Rolls Out AI Air Traffic Control System
Hundreds of flights across New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston were delayed Monday afternoon after the…
It Turns Out the US Military Really Did Use AI to Blow Up a School Full of Iranian Children
Now over half a year into the United States’ war on Iran, it’s becoming abundantly clear that AI…
Behold: Video of “First-Ever” Human Versus Robot MMA Fight
The era of the robots is here. We’ve seen humanoid bots pull off impressive martial arts choreographies, run…
As the Rest of the Economy Crumbles, the Amount of Money Flooding Into Data Centers Is Simply Astounding
At this point, the AI economy is like a drunk guy who managed to mount a tiger. Though…
Tesla Driver Killed After Self-Driving Mode Stops in the Middle of a Highway
A Tesla running one of its self-driving modes was rear-ended after stopping in the middle of a Arizona…
Bosses Concerned That GTA 6 Release Will Cause Massive Drop in Productivity
When the long awaited role playing game “Fallout 4” dropped in 2015, it marked the first installation in…
“Nightmare”: Children’s Petting Zoo Horrified to Realize Its Adorable Animals Are Carrying Rabies
A traveling petting zoo has become the center of a mini health crisis in North Carolina. After recently…
Kalshi Just Issued Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban to the Funniest Person You Can Possibly Imagine
Former Republican congressman and ironic meme icon George Santos was just banned from Kalshi — for life. It’s…
An Entire Forested Island Appeared and Disappeared So Inexplicably That Officials Thought It Was AI
In a lake in northern British Columbia, an island suddenly appeared, almost out of thin air, thickly covered…
Anthropic Deliberately Trained an Extremely Misaligned, Reward-Seeking AI and It Did Some REALLY Bad Things
Earlier this year, Anthropic’s Mythos AI model made headlines when it was caught infiltrating third party systems, a…
Burning Man Has a Meta AI Glasses Problem
There’s a burning question on the minds of those about to attend one of the world’s most iconic…
Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims
Last month, Google updated its home page to replace its iconic “Search” button with various AI features. The…
Meta Hit With Sweeping New Claims That Its AI Glasses Violated the Consent of “Millions” of Bystanders in Searing Lawsuit
An ongoing class action lawsuit against Meta, which accuses the tech giant of misrepresenting its privacy practices regarding…
Researchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars
In November of last year, scientists warned of a “severe” solar storm, the strongest in over two decades,…
Flock Is in Major Trouble
As backlash against surveillance grows, governments overseeing cities, townships, and counties around the US are dropping their Flock…