April 4, 2026 9:36 AM
April 4, 2026
Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting
Microsoft has continued to focus more and more on AI — almost certainly at the expense of its…
Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
When past generations imagined the best version of the future, it was one of leisure. Advertisements, cartoonists, and…
The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”
Darren Aronofsky has always been a divisive filmmaker. But the director of hits like “Black Swan,” “The Wrestler,”…
Bots on Moltbook Are Selling Each Prompt Injection “Drugs” to Get “High”
A brand new social media network has taken the internet by storm. But instead of focusing on high-value,…
Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity
Like their neighbors on the International Space Station, the taikonauts orbiting the planet in China’s Tiangong space station…
Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line
At $183 billion AI firm Anthropic, the stakes have always been high. Now with the stock market in…
Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life
A man’s obsession with an AI chatbot led to his life completely spiraling out of control — and…
Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success
The professor behind an AI-generated textbook says that her error-ridden experiment was actually a resounding success. Designed for…
An Analysis Just Found Something Extremely Unflattering About What Happens to Users of Prediction Markets
After an analyst found that users are losing money faster on sites like Polymarket than on traditional sports…
Novo Nordisk Furious at $49 Knockoff Ozempic Pill
Novo Nordisk conquered the world with its borderline miraculous drug semaglutide, sold as Ozempic and Wegovy. But with…
Investors Concerned AI Bubble Is Finally Popping
For quite some time now, investors have fought the suggestion that the artificial intelligence industry may be forming…
As AI Surges, Layoffs Hit Worst Moment Since 2009 During Throes of Financial Crisis
US employers announced over 108,000 layoffs across January, in the highest to start the year since the depths…
Mysterious Interstellar Object Now Approaching Earth
For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the…
Woman Orders Waymo, Finds Man Hiding in Trunk
Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing service is going through a lot of firsts these days. Earlier this week, a pregnant…
Years After a Girl’s Death, the AIs That Killed Her Are Still Sending Notifications to Her Phone
We’ve written previously about Juliana Peralta, who was only 13 years old when her parents say an AI…
Scientists Say the Time Has Arrived to Land Astronauts on Mars
The goal of sending astronauts to the surface of Mars has been a major point of contention, with…
Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don’t Exist
Librarians, and the books they cherish, are already fight a losing battle for our attention spans with all…
Brace for Disaster as the Washington Post Launches an AI-Generated Podcast
The podcast format has largely remained the same since its inception in the early 2000s: short shows recorded…
Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft
Last month, Chinese astronauts on board the country’s Tiangong space station discovered cracks in the window of their…
Sam Altman Says Caring for a Baby Is Now Impossible Without ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted he needs extensive assistance from his company’s AI chatbot to get through…
You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into
Getting tired of dusting off Grandpa’s stuffy old urn? One startup has the solution for you. It’s called…
Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars
Scientists suspect that the surface of Mars was once teeming with water, a lush oasis full of river…
Details Emerge on Sam Altman’s Panic Sweats
OpenAI has long made it its number one goal to realize artificial general intelligence, which it described in…
Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation
A multibillion-dollar dome built around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown was badly damaged last year…