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FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake
Tesla CEO Elon Musk once boasted that the Cybertruck could double as a boat. Perhaps…
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
By the time the public harassment started, a woman told Futurism, she was already living…
Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?
The question that’s stumping top AI researchers isn’t about consciousness or doomsday scenarios. After interviewing…
Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns
Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he…
Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens
To hell with your Fermi paradox: we’ve got presidential declarations. During a podcast interview with…
Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling
Gambling has taken over the country. But it’s not just sports betting that’s emptying wallets.…
Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows
Climate change is leaving plenty of dramatic reminders behind as it reshapes our planet, from…
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk…
US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
“Use Grok to get real answers about real food.” Until very recently, that was the…
Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry
Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged…
