September 14, 2026 2:18 PM
September 14, 2026
Facebook Is Hosting Huge Numbers of Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Violent Child Abuse, and Meta Is Barely Even Pretending to Care About Taking Them Down
Content warning: this story contains descriptions of disturbing AI-generated videos that depict violent child abuse. As Meta has…
Dozens of Humanoid Robots Gather for a Protest, Marching and Waving Signs
As sordid tales of AI layoffs and automation grip the news cycle, one group is fighting fire with…
Bizarre Glitch Causes Delivery Robots to Swarm Busy City Sidewalk
The companies ushering in food delivery robots aren’t buying themselves much goodwill in the Windy City. In the…
AI School Hooking Children Up to Heart Monitor in Front of Class While Playing Critiques of Their Work
Schools across the world are experimenting with AI tools, usually to the dismay of unsuspecting parents. But one…
Elon Musk Seems Legitimately Shaken Over This New Documentary
It’s no secret that Elon Musk is hiding plenty of skeletons in his closet. The mercurial billionaire has…
Fashion Founder Emily Oberg Says She Tried Using AI for Photo Shoots, and It Was a Failure Because It Will “Never Possess Good Taste” Like Humans Do
Can AI have good taste? Fashion founder and tastemaker Emily Oberg says no. In a post on her…
Scientists Say LLMs Appear to Be Acting as a Cognitive Virus Among Humans
Generative AI has infiltrated almost every aspect of our daily lives, whether we like it or not. It’s…
Someone AI-Generated a Completely Fake Eminem Song and It’s Going Viral on YouTube
This is not the real Slim Shady. In a world dominated by cheaply-produced AI content, it’s never been…
Journalist Accuses Ohio’s Main Newspaper of Slapping Her Name on an AI “Express Desk” Article Without Her Knowledge, While She Was on Honeymoon
A journalist has accused Cleveland.com — the online home of The Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest newspaper — of…
Elon Musk Is Insisting He Knows More About Chess Than Chess.com
Is being the world’s richest man not enough for Elon Musk? He must also have us all believe…
Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag
A man is facing numerous felony charges in Georgia after police allege he allegedly used a bizarre projectile…
Data Center Caught Watering Its Lavish Lawn While Human Neighbors Are on Year-Long Water Restriction
When the Denver board of Water Commissioners approved stage one drought restrictions back in March, they did so…
Meta Hit With Sweeping New Claims That Its AI Glasses Violated the Consent of “Millions” of Bystanders in Searing Lawsuit
An ongoing class action lawsuit against Meta, which accuses the tech giant of misrepresenting its privacy practices regarding…
Researchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars
In November of last year, scientists warned of a “severe” solar storm, the strongest in over two decades,…
Flock Is in Major Trouble
As backlash against surveillance grows, governments overseeing cities, townships, and counties around the US are dropping their Flock…
US Military in Chaos as Trump Shares AI Video of Nonexistent Attack on Iran
President Donald Trump sowed a fair bit of confusion after posting not one but two AI-generated videos of…
Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says
An Oregon man falsely posing as a professional football player and his young accomplice scammed roughly $1.3 million…
Employees Absolutely Loath AI in the Workplace, Survey Finds
It’s no secret that AI is becoming increasingly unpopular around the world, as the tech’s garbled output has…
Gal Godot Starring in Heavily AI-Generated Movie About the Glories of Bitcoin
Capturing the zeitgeist has never been actor Gal Gadot’s strong suit. The Israeli performer’s most recent appearances on…
Nvidia’s “Slop Tracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games Leaked, and the Results Are Even More Horrifying Than Anyone Thought Possible
When Nvidia unveiled its new DLSS 5 feature, which uses AI to overhaul the visuals of video games,…
Airline Defends Decision to Fly Two Full Sized Passenger Jets So Close to a Packed Stadium That They Nearly Grazed the Roof
The South African airline Airlink is defending its dramatic flyover of two full sized passenger jets that passed…
FBI Now Allowing History of Bestiality Among New Recruits
The Federal Bureau of Investigation looks almost unrecognizable under director Kash Patel’s leadership. The agency’s head has been…
Marijuana Factory Explodes, Causing Two Deaths
Two are dead and over 25 buildings damaged after a cataclysmic explosion at a cannabis facility in Sand…
Billionaire Coinbase CEO Boasts That He Would Never Donate to Charity
There was a time in the United States when the richest moguls, regardless of their many personal shortcomings,…