August 30, 2026 2:56 AM
August 30, 2026
Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces
Little love has been lost between writers and the AI industry. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have ripped…
MLB Bans Hitters From Consulting AI Chatbots Before Going Up to Bat
While military brass and corporate bigwigs race to hand every decision to an AI chatbot, one major American…
Restaurant in Major Trouble After Posting AI Pictures of “Its Food”
Does anyone expect the food they’re ordering to look exactly like it does on the menu? Of course…
New “Advertisement” for Kylie Jenner’s Meta Perv Glasses Shows Something Extremely Funny If You Look at It From the Wrong Angle
Earlier this summer, socialite Kylie Jenner appeared in a series of ads promoting Meta’s controversial smart glasses. The…
The Proliferation of Deepfakes Is Profoundly Changing the Way Teenagers Use the Internet
AI-generated sexual content is rapidly remaking young people’s lives as they confront sex and dating — and the…
SpaceX Is Learning a Nasty Lesson About Going Public When Your Main Product Is Experimental
On Thursday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX was forced to call off the latest launch attempt of its enormous Starship…
Whole Foods Offering Steep Discount on Taylor Farms Shredded Iceberg Lettuce
Most of the nation may want nothing to do with Taylor Farms and its shredded iceberg lettuce, which…
Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Trump Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak
In a stunning reversal on Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration said that lettuce samples from Taylor Farms…
OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin
Even as the AI bubble becomes a mainstream talking point on Wall Street, tech companies continue to peddle…
OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete
Last week, a Chinese-made large language model called Kimi K3, developed by Beijing-based firm Moonshot AI, burst onto…
There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse
For years, AI companies have been selling investors on the idea that scaling up operations is the key…
Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic
In June 2025, 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after after walking into oncoming traffic in the early hours…
Sam Altman’s Eyeball Scanning Company Now Laying Off Workers
Look, nobody roots for workers to lose their jobs. But some companies are built on such a ridiculous…
Investigators Questioning Bill Gates Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
During a Gates Foundation town hall in February, Microsoft founder Bill Gates apologized for having had extensive contact…
ChatGPT Caught Recommending “Products” That Are Just Scams That Steal Your Credit Card Info
ChatGPT is getting duped by fraudulent storefronts run by scammers — which means you might be getting duped,…
Local Brand Realizes Customers Hate Its AI Ads, Switches to Charming Homemade Ones Instead
In late 2024, the Coca-Cola Company released an unsettling, AI-generated remake of its beloved 1995 “Holidays Are Coming”…
Disaster Strikes When Meme Coin Pays Man to Tattoo Its Name on His Forehead, But They Misspelled It
Earlier this month, crypto marketplace Pump.fun launched an extremely dubious new bounty marketplace that feels like it was…
McDonald’s Deploying AI-Powered Drive-Thru System for Ordering Its Nauseating Foodslop
Coming (back) to a McDonald’s near you: AI-powered drive-thru lanes. That’s right. Those feeling déjà vu aren’t mistaken:…
Argentina Moves to Legalize “Non-Human Corporations” Run by AI
You could already make the case that corporations are faceless monoliths geared purely towards maximizing profits with only…
If You Think AI Companies Are Unethical Now, Wait Until They Go Public
In November 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was unceremoniously forced out of the company following a dramatic power…
You Can Now Get a Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work
In a strongly-worded rebuke last month, Pope Francis called for AI to be “disarmed.” The criticism comes amid…
Soccer Club Places Huge Kalshi Bet Against Itself
A top soccer club in Spain placed a “multimillion dollar bet against itself” on the prediction market Kalshi,…
Scientists Release Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals
In July 2025, astronomers spotted a mysterious object screaming through the solar system from interstellar space. The object,…
Zoo Officials Horrified by AI Data Center Menacing Their Endangered Animals
AI data center projects have become astonishingly unpopular. Their opposition has garnered strong bipartisan support, quickly turning the…