July 19, 2026 6:55 AM
July 19, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg Is Realizing That When You Treat Your Workers Like Human Garbage, They Might Not Like You Anymore
The two key ingredients to Mark Zuckerberg’s all-in AI push? Money, and a heaping serving of misanthropy. As…
Trump Says a New Drug Can Bring Dead People Back to Life
On Monday, during a routine press event, president Donald Trump casually made an announcement that in any normal…
Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason
In a classic example of the AI industry’s reputational alchemy, Anthropic has often transformed bad behavior by its…
The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People
Last year, a San Francisco-based AI company called Mercor exploded onto the tech scene, just as US workers…
MAGA in Shambles as Trump’s “Made in America” Phone Crumbles Into Dust
All that glitters is not gold — or even a flashy phone of the same color. Trump Mobile,…
Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly
As AI continues to weave its way into every corner of daily life, one of the public’s chief…
OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT Medical Advice That Allegedly Killed College Student
The family of a 19-year-old college student who died of an overdose after consulting ChatGPT for medical advice…
New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use
After a string of AI controversies, The New York Times emailed a “periodic reminder” to freelancers on Tuesday…
Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business
An AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and it’s going about…
Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take
Even if you don’t know Nick Bostrom’s name, you’re almost certainly familiar with the idea he’s most famous…
Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit
Chinese tech company Unitree has quickly established itself as the brand to beat in the humanoids robotics industry,…
Husband Alarmed as Wife Starts Whispering Quietly to Her Computer
In a trend that sounds like it was engineered in a lab to send chills down the spine…
Evidence Grows That One of the Largest Known Stars Is Poised to Explode in a Spectacular Blast
One of the largest known stars in the cosmos is poised for catastrophe. After witnessing the massive object…
ChatGPT Health Is Staggeringly Bad at Recognizing Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies
Earlier this year, OpenAI launched a new tool called ChatGPT Health, which is designed to ingest your medical…
A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well
Who could’ve guessed that when you give millions of kids free access to a homework-writing chatbot, they’d stop…
AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
Moviegoers just took a stand against slop and won. Following a flurry of online backlash, AMC Theaters said…
NASA Spots Sun-like Star Inflating Massive Bubble
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have spotted a young star just 120 light years away engaging in…
MIT’s New 3D Printer Can Print a Working Motor, Complete With Moving Parts
The tech behind 3D printing has come an extremely long way. The additive manufacturing technique, which generally involves…
Bacteria Engineered to Eat Tumors From the Inside
While plenty of bad bacteria — like E. coli — can get you sick, many other types are…
Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO
In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be…
Woman Annoyed When Delivery Robot Comes Into Her Yard, Tears Up Her Garden and Steals Her Fence
These days, moles and gophers aren’t the only pests you have to worry about tearing up your yard.…
Bill Gates’ Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is
Against all odds, Phoebe Gates has managed to raise $35 million for a browser extension, despite the pernicious…
This Is How Big a Telescope Aliens Would Need to See Dinosaurs on Earth
Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an…
Startup Generates Caring Letters to Your Friends Using AI, Handwrites Them Using Robot Pen
Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it…