August 31, 2026 1:53 AM
August 31, 2026
Elon Musk Confronted With List of People He’s Killed, Including Children
On the same week as his 55th birthday, almost-trillionaire Elon Musk attempted to defend himself after representative Ro…
You Are Entirely Unready to Learn the Name of the Company That Accidentally Filled the Reflecting Pool With Green Algae
US President Donald Trump has been desperately trying stop the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC from…
Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable
Out of all the big AI players, Anthropic is the one that likes to doomsay about AI the…
Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
Demand for the computing power that undergirds AI models — “compute,” in the lingo of the industry —…
Madonna Issues Explosive Take on AI
If you’re using AI to try and make “art,” Madonna Ciccone has some bad news for you. In…
Grim New Prediction Market Lets Gamblers Bet on Raging Wildfires
Ever wanted to role play a claims adjustor in Southern California? Now you can — with Wyldfyre, the…
A24 Is Dealing With a Full-on Crisis Among Fans After Signing an AI Deal With Google
Indie Hollywood darling A24 scored a massive financial hit with its “Backrooms” horror flick this year, netting over…
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire
A lawyer was working at a legal tech startup when her boss’s fascination with AI began to veer…
Elon Musk’s Mother Posts Happy Birthday Image for Him That, on Closer Inspection, Is Devastatingly Sad
The world’s first trillionaire just celebrated his 55th birthday. And we can’t tell which possibility is more depressing:…
NASA Prepping to Launch Extremely Risky Rescue Mission
NASA’s Swift observatory, designed to study the most powerful explosions in the universe, launched into orbit over two…
AI Zillionaires Are Starting to Get Scared as the Public Turns Against Them
There’s no doubt that the broader public has turned against AI in a serious way. In the United…
Giant Pickup Trucks Are Killing Pedestrians in Incredible Numbers
The true scourge of American roadways isn’t pot holes, rush hour traffic, or grandmas ambling down the fast…
OpenAI Just Published an Absolutely Bizarre Blog Post
Yesterday, OpenAI published a balmy blog post on its “commitment to community safety.” Taking a reassuring tone, the…
Startup Says It Can Read Your Brain Signals Using a Pair of Headphones
Whether they’re harvesting your data or serving you ads, consumer electronics brands have always wanted to get inside…
Head of NASA Calls for Pluto to Be Made a Planet Again
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman is necroposting about an age-old debate in astronomy that was considered officially settled two…
AI Spy Cameras Suddenly Blanketing America
There’s a specter haunting the United States. Americans may not have noticed it, but it’s sure noticed them:…
Uninstalls of ChatGPT Are Spiking at the Worst Time Imaginable for OpenAI
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that ChatGPT maker OpenAI had missed its internal targets of…
Another Military UFO Guy Just Died
Last week, the FBI announced it was investigating the deaths and mysterious disappearances of at least ten scientists…
Man Trapped in Dystopian Nightmare Thanks to AI Surveillance Cameras Flagging His Every Move
A man in Colorado might not have done anything wrong, but that hasn’t stopped the AI surveillance state…
Dark Cloud Gathers as Bill Comes Due for AI Industry
AI companies have swept customers onto the bandwagon by offering cheap and even free access to their AI…
John Oliver Just Took the AI Industry Behind a Shed and Beat It With a Pipe Wrench
John Oliver just did what he did best: demolished a harmful industry piece by piece. On the latest…
OpenAI Hit With Barrage of Lawsuits Over Failure to Report School Shooter Before Massacre
Seven families — the first wave of dozens, lawyers say — are suing OpenAI, alleging that the company failed to…
Police Are Using AI Camera Networks to Stalk Women
Police officers across the US are using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to stalk personal romantic interests. According…
Sam Altman Caught in What May Be His Most Spectacular Lie Yet
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s unsettling blockchain-based side gig, a startup with the uninspired name “World,” has left us…