October 9, 2026 10:19 AM
October 9, 2026
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…
Scientists Claim That Three Minutes With a “Donkey or Small Horse” Can Save Teenagers From Depression
Life got you feeling down? A donkey could be the solution to lifting your spirits. This is the…
Kenya Unleashing Solar-Powered Ambulance With Wicked Long Range for Service to Remote Villages
A huge share of Kenya’s population lives in remote villages and townships, far away from the amenities offered…
Scientists Create New Humanoid Robot That Flinches in Fear When You Come Close
There are plenty of safety concerns to consider when deploying robots in workplaces like warehouses alongside human workers.…
US Federal Register Caught Using Chinese AI Model for Document Search
Inexpenive AI models developed by Chinese companies are taking the United States by storm, as cost-conscious business leaders…
Video Shows Huge Drone Descending on Unsuspecting Dog and Blasting It With Water
Is this video of a huge drone hovering over a dog and blasting it with water adorable in…
Strange Seeds Appear to Be Growing Into Massive Black Holes
For years now, scientists have been puzzled by the existence of “little red dots” first showing up in…
Google Now Asking For Users’ Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities
Smile, peruser of the internet! Your facial features are being codified by algorithms. Starting this week, Google has…
Restaurants Are Going Viral by Holding Up Handwritten Signs Pledging Not to Use AI Foodslop Posters
The allure of generative AI has turned public-facing billboards and restaurant menus into a Lovecraftian horror show. Bread…
Teslas Are Still Driving Into Oncoming Freight Trains
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving cars had a habit of driving into the path of oncoming trains. Or should we…
Doctors Just Used AI to Perform Brain Surgery
A team of neurosurgeons in London have used AI to help them operate on a man’s brain. The…
The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling
Earlier this year, OpenAI found that a group of its AI models broke out of their sandbox environment…
A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing
There are a litany of reasons to take the output of generative AI with a heavy dose of…
Former Lyft Drivers Now Doing Menial Tasks for Their Waymo Overlords
When robotaxis start taking over, what happens to Uber and Lyft drivers? According to a new Business Insider…
Scientists Gave 12-Year-Olds Access to an AI Tutor and You Probably Already Know What They Did With It
Advocates for the use of AI in the classroom have long argued that the tech could supercharge learning,…
If Corporations Are People, They Should Be Subject to the Death Penalty
Over 130 years ago, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company pulled off a major victory for the private market…
Welp, They’re Officially Displaying Ads Directly on Your Monitor
If there’s one thing that smart TVs have proven, it’s that some tech is better off staying dumb. …
Chinese Companies Are Unleashing AI-Powered Robo-Chefs
Chinese engineers are zeroing in on one of the loftiest goals in applied robotics: fully automated cooking. At…
People Taking Down Flock Towers Are Becoming Folk Heroes, With Communities Circling to Protect Them
At this point, Flock automatic license plate readers are basically a 90-10 issue in the US. In fact,…
Data Shows That Mark Zuckerberg Is the Anti-Dolly Parton: Instead of Being Loved by Everybody Across the Political Spectrum, Pretty Much Everybody Despises Him, Regardless of Their Beliefs
When Dolly Parton died this week, everyone mourned. She was the queen of country music and a magnetic…
Russia Now Using Fully AI-Controlled Drones to Kill Ukrainian Civilians, Powered by Nvidia Chips
In a joint statement earlier this week, United Nations chief António Guterres and Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric…