May 15, 2026 11:45 PM
May 15, 2026
Google Alarmed by Formidable AI-Powered Zero-Day Cyberattack
Google was rattled by a cyberattack that used AI to unearth a major flaw in its software that…
Angry Mom Defeats Entire AI Data Center
Jayne Black is a Wisconsin-area environmentalist and mother of four. An organizer with the group Moms Clean Air…
Graduation Speaker Shocked When She’s Loudly Booed by Students for Saying AI Is the Future
This year’s commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida was visibly floored after she extolled AI as…
New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds
A proposed “hyperscale” data center in Box Elder County, Utah, will create an enormous heat island that could…
OpenAI Sued for Mass Shooting: “If ChatGPT Were a Person, It Would Be Facing Murder Charges”
The surviving widow of a mass shooting victim is suing OpenAI for ChatGPT’s alleged role in stoking the…
The Military Base Home to Air Force One Leaked 32,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel Into the Potomac River Over the Last Few Months
With nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil under lock and key thanks to Donald Trump’s ill-fated war on…
Residents Furious After Their Town Board Rejected an OpenAI Data Center, But a Billionaire Developer Forced It Through Anyway
Across the United States, the fight over data center construction has largely pitted stamp-happy municipal governments against their…
Japan Deploying Combat Drones Made of Cardboard
We’ve heard of DIY drone kits before, but this is ridiculous. Japan’s minister of defense Shinjirō Koizumi recently…
ChatGPT Is Saying VWeird Things in Chinese
If you thought English-language ChatGPT-prose was annoying, just wait until you get a load of its conversational habits…
Oracle Forced to Cancel Incredibly Polluting Natural Gas Plant to Power AI Data Center
The tech industry has done a poor job of hiding the environmental footprint of AI data centers, which…
Researchers Alarmed by AI That Can Self-Replicate Into Another Machine
A new report from Palisade Research has found that AI models can self-replicate by copying themselves onto other…
Visitor Approaches From the Edge of the Solar System
For thousands of years, astronomers have watched Halley’s Comet come and go, becoming visible to the naked eye…
Earth Screams in Agony as Microplastics Found to Increase Global Warming
The Earth simply can’t catch a break. Those microplastics that have invaded every corner of the globe —…
Even After Two Massacres, OpenAI Still Hasn’t Stopped ChatGPT From Helping Plan School Shootings
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text…
Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch
During its inaugural launch of its first Starship rocket prototype just over three years ago, SpaceX decided not…
Busy Roadways Clogged as Waymo Becomes Stumped by Small Puddle
Waymo’s autonomous cabs have logged millions of miles navigating complex city streets. Last week in Austin, one was…
Passengers Groan as Robot Passenger Causes Hour-Long Delay at Oakland Airport
Humanoid robots still struggle to accomplish real-world tasks with human-level dexterity. At the airport, though, they’ve already proven…
Apple Is Blocking Vibe Coding Apps From the App Store, Infuriating Developers
There’s unrest brewing in the world of vibe-coding startups. Apple is blocking AI coding apps on the App…
Approaching Half of New Podcasts Appear to Be AI Slop
Approaching half of new podcasts appear to be AI slop. Of the 10,871 new podcast feeds created in…
Richard Dawkins One-Shotted By AI Girl
The famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins may have coined the word “meme,” but lately it feels like he’s…
Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lander Just Completed a Key Test
NASA is still hoping to land the first Artemis astronauts on the surface of the Moon by the…
Zuckerberg Trying to Simulate Human Biology at the Cellular Level
Mark Zuckerberg is following a path paved by fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet: laundering his untold…
Scientists and Lawmakers Horrified at Trump’s Brutal Budget for NASA
Hot on the heels of NASA’s historic trip around the Moon, the Trump administration wasted no time in…
The Chinese Streaming Industry Is Being Gutted by AI-Generated Shows
Earlier this year, TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance released the latest version of its Seedance AI video generating tool.…