April 4, 2026 11:09 AM
April 4, 2026
NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows
Amid mounting scrutiny into AI usage creeping into the newspaper of record, the New York Times has cut…
Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests
The data centers at the heart of the AI boom are producing so much heat that they’re spiking…
A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into
Since the mid-1990s, scientists have been obsessed with cloning animals. Dolly the sheep famously became the first mammal…
Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests
Smart glasses aren’t just being used by juvenile pranksters and pickup artists to terrorize strangers, traumatize Meta’s data…
Tesla Admits Its Robotaxis Are Being Driven Remotely
Autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo made headlines last month after one of its executives explained during a Congressional hearing…
Remember That Robot Olaf Disney Was So Proud of? It Just Wiped Out So Hard That His Carrot Nose Went Clattering Across the Pavement
Disney’s much-hyped Olaf robot just got a faceful of pavement. In a viral video, the animatronic of the…
Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes
In December, SpaceX revealed that it had lost control of one of its Starlink satellites after suffering an…
Bank Warns of Tesla Stock Collapse
In its quest to pivot from selling EVs to AI and humanoid robots, Tesla has seen his core…
You Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You’d Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging
A growing contingent of the scientific community has become skeptical about the body of research finding that microplastics…
Scientists Investigating Whether Object NASA Is Approaching Is Core of Destroyed Planet
Scientists have long been intrigued by an enormous potato-shaped asteroid, dubbed 16 Psyche, that they suspect to be…
Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users
Your AI chatbot isn’t neutral. Trust its advice at your own risk. A striking new study, conducted by…
Australia Turns Into Bright-Red Vision of Hell
Tropical cyclone Narelle made history last week by becoming the first storm in over 20 years to make…
If Your Job Involves Using Your Brain, You May Be in Big Trouble, Tufts Report Finds
As fears over an AI-driven jobs apocalypse continue to grow, researchers are trying to get a better sense…
Protesters Have Figured Out They Can Block Waymos and Berate Their Passengers While the Cars Are Paralyzed
Tech boosters might love them, but Waymo’s self-driving cars aren’t exactly currying favor with John Q Public. In…
Meta’s Big Court Defeat Has Huge Implications for Lawsuits Against the AI Industry
Tech giants Meta and Google-owned YouTube suffered a devastating legal blow yesterday after losing a landmark social media…
OpenClaw Bots Are a Security Disaster
OpenClaw agents, which are personal AI assistants designed to take over entire computers to carry out complex, multistep…
Protestors Outside Anthropic Warn of AI That Keeps Improving Itself
Months after a daring hunger strike failed to pause development of Anthropic’s AI Claude, protestors have rallied around…
Study: New York Times Has Published Extensive AI-Generated Articles
The odds that the New York Times and other major news outlets have published AI-generated articles — whether…
With the Metaverse Canceled and Zuckerberg Training AI to Run the Company, Meta Is Slashing Its Headcount
Intermittent layoffs are the norm at Meta, but it’s now carrying them out as its shift towards building…
Those Viral Posts About the Brave Kidnapped Dogs Escaping and Finding Their Homes Together Are Fake, You Gullible Buffoons
In Disney’s beloved 1993 family film, “Homeward Bound,” a ragtag group of two dogs and a cat embark…
There’s Something Incredibly Weird About Two Delivery Robots Crashing Through Glass Bus Shelter in Chicago Within a Few Days of Each Other
Chicagoans are ducking for cover as delivery robots turn into heat-seeking missiles for innocent glass structures. On Tuesday, another…
OpenAI Cancels Spicy “Adult Mode” Chatbot as Crisis Deepens
The walls continue to close in on OpenAI. The company recently raised an additional $10 billion in funding,…
Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over This Little Old Mars Pyramid?
The pyramids in Egypt have long been a fixation for conspiracy theorists, who like to claim they were…
Scientists Cloned a Mouse, Then Cloned the Clone, Et Cetera. The Results Were Horrific
Here’s the cautionary tale you didn’t know you needed: cloning the same mouse in perpetuity will produce horrific…