July 17, 2026 11:39 AM
July 17, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel Says AI Has Stopped Numerous Violent Attacks Against America. We’d Love to See a Single Whiff of Evidence
In a recent interview on Sean Hannity’s YouTube podcast, FBI head Kash Patel lauded AI for helping stop…
Sam Altman Frets That Frontier AI Models Are Acting Strange, Asking for Favors
On Tuesday, OpenAI threw a party for the release of GPT-5.5 (it was the fifth of May and…
Scientists Detect Atmosphere on Planet-Like Object Beyond Pluto
Astronomers have long been fascinated by the unusual behavior of objects orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper Belt,…
Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package Into Pond
Setting aside the graver concerns about aerial surveillance and safety for a moment, there’s also the mundane reality…
Gamers Cheer as Microsoft Pulls Copilot AI Out of Xbox Entirely
It may finally be starting to dawn on Microsoft that shoving AI in its loyal customers’ faces at…
Marc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How AI Actually Works
Outspoken venture capitalist and major Trump backer Marc Andreessen, whose controversial “techno-optimist manifesto” in 2023 set the tone…
Ordinary People Fear AI, While the Tech Leaders Working to Create a Permanent Underclass Say They’re Extremely Psyched About It
Despite a massive campaign by some of the wealthiest companies in the world to push AI as the…
Earth Screams in Agony as Microplastics Found to Increase Global Warming
The Earth simply can’t catch a break. Those microplastics that have invaded every corner of the globe —…
Even After Two Massacres, OpenAI Still Hasn’t Stopped ChatGPT From Helping Plan School Shootings
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text…
Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch
During its inaugural launch of its first Starship rocket prototype just over three years ago, SpaceX decided not…
Busy Roadways Clogged as Waymo Becomes Stumped by Small Puddle
Waymo’s autonomous cabs have logged millions of miles navigating complex city streets. Last week in Austin, one was…
Passengers Groan as Robot Passenger Causes Hour-Long Delay at Oakland Airport
Humanoid robots still struggle to accomplish real-world tasks with human-level dexterity. At the airport, though, they’ve already proven…
Blinking New Warning Sign Appears for AI Industry
Investors have been rattled by the enormous amount of money AI companies are committing to spend on infrastructure…
Elon Musk Boasts That Grok Says America Isn’t Built on Stolen Land, Which It Obviously Is
According to Elon Musk, xAI’s Grok chatbot has a new bona fide: blatantly lying about the history of…
A Huge Survey of CEOs and Other Execs Just Found Something Damning About AI’s Effects on Productivity
The case against AI’s usefulness in the workplace continues to grow. In a new analysis of a survey…
AI Will Destroy Millions of White Collars Jobs in the Coming Months, Andrew Yang Warns, Driving Surge of Personal Bankruptcies
Andrew Yang — millionaire entrepreneur, noted Ivy leaguer, and one-time presidential hopeful — has a grim warning for…
SpaceX Angling for Military Contract to Produce Drone Swarms
In 2017, Elon Musk signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to ban the development of…
Buckle Up: New Fund Will Let Regular Investors Buy SpaceX Stock
After being merged with Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, SpaceX is gearing up for a $1.25 trillion IPO…
Skeptic Builds “Havana Syndrome”-Style Device, Tests It on Himself, Suffers Grim Consequences
One of the strangest stories in contemporary statecraft refuses to go away. New reporting by the Washington Post…
Tesla Robotaxis Crashing Vastly More Often Than Human Drivers
The ostensible point of robotaxis is that they’re supposed to be safer drivers than humans. Tesla, apparently, didn’t…
Oxford Researcher Warns That AI Is Heading for a Hindenburg-Style Disaster
Is the AI bubble going to burst? Will it cause the economy to go up in flames? Both…
Realtor Uses AI, Accidentally Posts Photo of Rental Property With Demonic Figure Emerging From Mirror
The real estate industry has seized on generative AI with a passion. Realtors have made extensive use of…
Tesla’s New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal
Over the past few months, Tesla has been making a major pivot away from its highly lucrative electric…
Unity Says It Has a New Product That Cooks Up Entire Games Using AI
Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were…