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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…

Feb 17, 2026 4 min read
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…

Feb 16, 2026 3 min read
Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens

To hell with your Fermi paradox: we’ve got presidential declarations. During a podcast interview with…

Feb 16, 2026 3 min read
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.…

Feb 16, 2026 4 min read
Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

Climate change is leaving plenty of dramatic reminders behind as it reshapes our planet, from…

Feb 16, 2026 4 min read
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”

The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk…

Feb 16, 2026 2 min read
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…

Feb 15, 2026 4 min read
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…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface

In 1966, three years before the first humans walked on the Moon, the Soviet Union…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now

In January 2022, when the world was still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read