August 25, 2026 3:56 AM
August 25, 2026
The AI Industry Has Fumbled Its Public Image So Badly That It’s Incredible
In theory, the AI industry should have a very attractive story for the public: automate away drudgery and…
Wild New Paper Claims Human Brain Doesn’t Produce Consciousness
Since neuroscientists began excavating the human mind in search of the root cause of consciousness, they’ve acting on…
Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky
Flock Safety is seriously struggling to beat the allegations of enabling a dystopian surveillance state. The company has…
Cop Used Electrocution Gloves to Subdue High School Student in Special Education Program
Earlier in August, the Associated Press broke the news that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to spend…
Leaked Memo Shows Republicans Are Terrified of the Backlash Against AI Data Centers
As the backlash against data centers mounts, American political strategists are scrambling to balance immense public sentiment against…
We Are Admittedly Creeped Out by These Chunks of Human Brain Matter That Have Lived Longer Than a Toddler
The human brain takes decades to mature, a prolonged developmental period marked by the constant formation of new…
Google AI Giving Staggeringly Racist “Advice” About Being Alone With Certain Groups of People
There are a litany of reasons to distrust Google’s AI Overviews, which now appear at the top of…
The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and Utilities
There was a time in the not-so-distant-past when credit cards were a genuine novelty for American consumers. First…
OpenAI Halts AI Training on Advanced Model as It Detects Dark Signs Emerging
OpenAI says that it’s slowing down development and release of new models due to security and alignment concerns.…
Space Force Pulls Weapons on Innocent People They Thought Were Intruders
Did the bright-eyed enlistees of the Space Force join up thinking they’d one day be fighting alien invaders…
Flock Says It’s “Taking a Break” From Responding to Media Requests
Flock is starting to feel the heat — or at least its PR team is. Last week, its…
Chinese Startup Shows Off Robot Horse You Can Actually Ride
Chinese startup DaxAI has shown off a “Cyber Horse” quadrupedal robot that visitors of the recent 2026 World…
Internet-Connected Pet Feeders Go Down, Leaving Kitties Hungry
It feels like an impossible task these days to purchase a “dumb” appliance that doesn’t need a constant…
Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
Amazon has been caught scanning and destroying a large shipment of rare books so it can train its…
Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With “North Dahota” and “Olkchoma”
Kentucky parents are outraged after discovering that horribly inaccurate educational materials handed out to their middle school students…
Americans Are Tossing Salad in Unprecedented Numbers
Over the weekend, senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) excoriated health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr in a letter over his…
New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make
OpenAI has revealed a new feature for ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS that basically tracks your clicks, keystrokes,…
The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That’s AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value
Online marketplaces are being flooded with AI slop — but is anybody willing to actually pay for it?…
There’s Pretty Much No Good Way to Fight an Electric Vehicle Fire, New Study Finds
Electric vehicles offer plenty of benefits. There’s the instant torque, savings on fuel — and, of course, they’re…
Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids’ Brains
What do you get when you let an endless feed of AI fruitslop videos loose on screen-addicted kids?…
Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It’s Almost Hard to Believe
A decade ago, young adults were flocking to vaunted tech giants like Google and Apple in pursuit of…
Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans
When far-right white nationalist Jake Lang rolled up to a peaceful religious procession in Dearborn, Michigan earlier this…
The Subreddit for “Regretful Parents” Just Might Be the Darkest Place Online
A macabre community is thriving on Reddit, united by one core feeling: massive regret over having brought children…
Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon
Nuclear holocaust isn’t a scenario to be taken lightly. In the unlikely event that nuclear war ever breaks…