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Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog

“That’s when we learned the importance of correcting these AI-generated reports.”

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Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges

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AI Psychosis

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.

OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide

“It went from him being a little paranoid and an odd guy to having some crazy thoughts he was convinced were true because of what he talked to ChatGPT about.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

“We’re seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don’t need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.

ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace

Jarring.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk declared that his Starship rocket was on par with the evolution of multicellular life.

Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself

“If there are historians in the future, they’ll look back at Starship and say it’s one of the most profound things that’s ever happened.”

SpaceX bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks from Tesla, a number that could rise to 2,000 over time, according to Electrek.

SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks

Almost nobody else is buying them.

By Victor Tangermann

Private space tourist and billionaire pilot Jared Isaacman has officially been confirmed as NASA administrator.

New NASA Director Taking Over Agency in Crisis

Finally, NASA has a leader again.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

As the Baltimore Sun reports, a couple used OpenAI's ChatGPT to name their firstborn son. Their decision was criticized heavily online.

New Parents Mocked for Letting ChatGPT Name Their Baby

By Victor Tangermann

People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.

Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Three symmetrical jets jutting out of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS are showing up in Hubble observations, puzzling astronomer Avi Loeb.

Scientist Puzzled by “Symmetric Jet Structure” on 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

A man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him in the balls, forcing the man into a groaning heap.

Artificial Intelligence

Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack

By Sharon Adarlo

A surgical team in China successfully grafted a human patient's ear to their foot in a remarkable medical intervention.

Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot

By Frank Landymore

Regulators at the Cyberspace Administration of China have proposed new laws meant to protect AI users' mental health.

China Planning Crackdown on AI That Harms Mental Health of Users

"Godfather" of AI Geoffrey Hinton predicts that AI will continue to improve at a rapid pace, devouring our jobs in the process.

Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of AI Warns That It Will Replace Many More Jobs This Year

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have discovered that feeding mice with microplastics increases plaque buildup in the arteries of male mice.

Doctors Find Evidence Microplastics Are Clogging Arteries, Leading to Heart Attacks and Strokes

By Sharon Adarlo

Jack White issued a scathing rebuttal after congressman Tim Burchett reposted an AI-generated video of the musician.

Jack White Rages After Congressman Shares AI Deepfake of Him Calling Fans “Fascists”

What happens when you down an ice-cold brew containing liquid nitrogen? One Moscow man is finding out the hard way.

Man in Intensive Care Unit After Slamming Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail That Ruptured His Stomach

A report of suspicious explosives at a Space Force Base was made on Monday in Colorado, prompting an emergency response.

Explosives Reported at Space Force Facility

By Sharon Adarlo

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova."

Gravitational Waves

Astronomers Appear to Have Caught a Star Splitting In Half, With Catastrophic Results

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.

OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT “Prioritize” Advertisers in Conversation

A ship carrying nearly 40 scientists from across the globe is now heading straight to the "Doomsday Glacier" in Antarctica.

Ship of Scientists Headed to Doomsday Glacier

By Frank Landymore

More and more doctors are agreeing that using AI chatbots is linked to the delusional, cases of psychosis.

Artificial Intelligence

Doctors Say AI Use Is Almost Certainly Linked to Developing Psychosis

By Frank Landymore

With a just a few dozen robotaxis on the road, Tesla is light years behind competitors like Waymo, experts say.

Self-Driving Vehicles

It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Is Mostly Smoke and Mirrors

By Frank Landymore

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