April 25, 2026 11:23 AM
April 25, 2026
Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT
In a closed-door meeting with clergy from the Diocese of Rome late last week, Pope Leo XIV clobbered…
OpenAI Massively Cuts Spending Plan as Reality Closes in
During a November podcast appearance alongside OpenAI investor Grad Gerstner, CEO Sam Altman lost his cool. After Gerstner…
Huge Plume of Pollution Linked to Something That Will Not Make Elon Musk Happy
Just over a year ago, the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket plummeted back to the…
Daring Space Mission Would Catch Up With 3I/ATLAS and Intercept It
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS provided scientists with an exceptionally rare opportunity to study the nature of other planetary systems…
Anthropic Furious at DeepSeek for Copying Its AI Without Permission, Which Is Pretty Ironic When You Consider How It Built Claude in the First Place
Earlier this month, Google publicly griped that “commercially motivated” actors were trying to clone its Gemini AI through…
American AI Industry Trembles as Deepseek Prepares to Release New Model
When Chinese AI company DeepSeek released its cheap and serviceable V3 model early last year, it sent shockwaves…
New AI Agent Logs Directly Into College Platform Canvas to Do Your Homework for You
Lazy undergrads rejoice. A new AI “homework agent” can supposedly log into your account on the learning management…
Sam Altman Fumes That It Takes Longer to Train a Human Than an AI, Plus They Eat All That Wasteful Food
AI leaders insist they’ve got humanity’s best interests in mind. If we’re to take them at their word,…
Palantir Is Stocking the Wildest Imaginable Item in Its Vending Machines
Cigarette smoking in the United States has plummeted over the decades, reaching an 80-year low in 2024. But…
A Serial Killer Used ChatGPT to Plan Murders, Police Say
An accused serial killer in South Korea used ChatGPT to help plan a string of murders, investigators alleged…
Here’s How Many Remote Operators Waymo Has Per Self-Driving Taxi
Autonomous ride-hailing services companies have built their image on the concept that their vehicles fully drive themselves. The…
Japan Opens School Staffed Entirely by Virtual Waifus
Japan’s gakushu juku industry — private, after-hours study schools — has spent decades monetizing the country’s notoriously busted…
After Outcry, Firefox Promises “Kill Switch” That Turns Off All AI Features
The backlash against AI invading almost every aspect of the computing experience is growing by the day. Particularly…
Bonkers New Space Station Expands to Full Size From Single Capsule
The International Space Station was painstakingly assembled segment by segment, launched into orbit by many expensive and logistically…
Google Rapidly Deploying Huge CO2 Battery Facilities That Store 200 Megawatt Hours of Power
While we’ve made major strides in generating renewable energy, storing that green power to use when the Sun…
The Number of Robotaxis Tesla Is Actually Running Will Make You Snort Out of Your Nose With Pure Derision
If Elon Musk is to be believed, millions of driverless Tesla Robotaxis are set to conquer the streets…
AI Backlash Grew Massively in 2025
For the tech of the future, generative AI sure is making a lot of enemies in a very…
AI Code Is a Bug-Filled Mess
The adoption rate of AI tools has skyrocketed in the programming world, enabling coders to generate vast amounts…
Cybertrucks Are a Firefighter’s Nightmare
The Cybertruck isn’t just junk — it’s a death trap. According to new reporting from The Washington Post,…
Scientists Identify Possible Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease That Could Control It Like High Cholesterol
Scientists at Northwestern University used a novel compound to arrest early stages of Alzheimer’s disease in mice —…
Children Falling Apart as They Become Addicted to AI
According to a fresh study by the Pew Research Center, 64 percent of teens in the US say…
Is an AI-Powered Toy Terrorizing Your Child?
Parents, keep your eyes peeled for AI-powered toys. These may look like they might make a novel gift…
Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer
We have some bad news for your conspiracy-brained antivaxxer uncle — one virologist claims he’s come up with…
Justice Department Humiliated as People Find the Epstein Files Can Easily Be Un-Redacted
Many were disappointed — though perhaps not surprised — when the Justice Department’s long-awaited document dump on its…