October 9, 2026 8:00 AM
October 9, 2026
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…
Signs of Crisis at Flock as It Offers Employees Buyouts to Quit and Get Off Payroll
As backlash against its surveillance network refuses to die down, Flock Safety is kicking off an employee buyout…
Bloomberg Finds That the AI Industry’s Finances Are a “Wobbly House of Cards”
While the majority of AI leaders seem to agree that we need to take the foot off the…
Nvidia CEO Promises Not to Kill Everybody Before 2030
Earlier this month, disillusioned Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon publicly announced he was quitting his job, accusing both his…
A Highly Trafficked Space News Site Invented a Fake NASA Engineer and Used Her Name to Publish to AI-Generated Slop
The space publication Space Daily, which has been operating for over three decades, has become an unrecognizable shell…
Solar Power Is Getting So Cheap That It’s Almost Unbelievable
Though the price to install new solar panels has been trending downward for a while, it’s officially reached…
Australia, the Land of Bluey, Tim-Tams, and Kylie Minogue: Not Having Those Pervert Glasses, Seeks to Pass “World Leading” Ban on Them
What to do about Meta’s AI-powered smart “pervert” glasses? Setting the bar for the rest of us, Australia’s…
US Military in Chaos as Trump Shares AI Video of Nonexistent Attack on Iran
President Donald Trump sowed a fair bit of confusion after posting not one but two AI-generated videos of…
Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says
An Oregon man falsely posing as a professional football player and his young accomplice scammed roughly $1.3 million…
Employees Absolutely Loath AI in the Workplace, Survey Finds
It’s no secret that AI is becoming increasingly unpopular around the world, as the tech’s garbled output has…
Gal Godot Starring in Heavily AI-Generated Movie About the Glories of Bitcoin
Capturing the zeitgeist has never been actor Gal Gadot’s strong suit. The Israeli performer’s most recent appearances on…
Nvidia’s “Slop Tracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games Leaked, and the Results Are Even More Horrifying Than Anyone Thought Possible
When Nvidia unveiled its new DLSS 5 feature, which uses AI to overhaul the visuals of video games,…
Airline Defends Decision to Fly Two Full Sized Passenger Jets So Close to a Packed Stadium That They Nearly Grazed the Roof
The South African airline Airlink is defending its dramatic flyover of two full sized passenger jets that passed…
FBI Now Allowing History of Bestiality Among New Recruits
The Federal Bureau of Investigation looks almost unrecognizable under director Kash Patel’s leadership. The agency’s head has been…
Marijuana Factory Explodes, Causing Two Deaths
Two are dead and over 25 buildings damaged after a cataclysmic explosion at a cannabis facility in Sand…
Billionaire Coinbase CEO Boasts That He Would Never Donate to Charity
There was a time in the United States when the richest moguls, regardless of their many personal shortcomings,…
The Music Industry’s New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear
Dario Amodei’s Anthropic is facing yet another massive legal challenge. Sony Music and Warner, both juggernauts in the…
Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario
When president Donald Trump, in his latest paroxysm, declared that he would be renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake…
Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic
Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there’s no doubt that they’re capable of imitating…