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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…

Feb 23, 2026 4 min read

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…

Feb 23, 2026 4 min read

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…

Feb 23, 2026 3 min read

AI Is Destroying Grocery Supply Chains

Whole Foods shelves sit empty after a data breach shut down its wholesale distributor. Meat packers working for…

Feb 23, 2026 3 min read

Barrage of Emails From AI Politics Platform Defeats Clean Air Initiative

Late in 2023, the corporate world was abuzz with the utopian promise of AI — especially about the…

Feb 22, 2026 5 min read

Eric Trump Pouring Funding Into “Low Cost-Per-Kill” Drone Corporation

Somewhere in the long tradition of Trump family grifting, there’s a line between “nakedly corrupt” and “genuinely mortifying.”…

Feb 22, 2026 2 min read

Antarctica’s Gravity Hole Growing Stronger, Scientists Find

For decades, scientists have been studying intriguing “gravity holes,” which are enormous depressions in the Earth’s crust where…

Feb 22, 2026 3 min read

Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse

Since the start of 2025, at least 30 cities have canceled their contracts with Flock Safety, the AI…

Feb 22, 2026 2 min read

AI “Filmmaker” Gets Funding, Begs For Ideas On What to Actually Make

An AI “filmmaker” was viciously mocked after begging his followers for ideas on what to make. “I will…

Feb 22, 2026 3 min read