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California Gov. Newsom says the new law fills the gap left without any federal AI legislation and is a step in the right direction.
Ethics

Gavin Newsom Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry

The AI industry has been a Wild West. Is that starting to change?

Anthropic is still struggling to evaluate the AI's alignment, realizing it keeps becoming aware of being tested.
Anthropic

Anthropic Safety Researchers Run Into Trouble When New Model Realizes It’s Being Tested

“I’d prefer if we were just honest about what’s happening.”

AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio says building machines smarter than us will ultimately lead to the end of humanity.
Ethics

Godfather of AI Says We’re Barreling Straight Toward Human Extinction

“It’s like creating a competitor to humanity that is smarter than us.”

The Feed

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.
Future Society

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth's surface 18 years ago, as spotted by NASA satellites.
Environment

Scientists Say They Detected Something Huge Shifting Inside the Earth

The AI spending bubble could have an ominous effect on 401(k)s, given the massive concentration of tech stocks in the S&P500.
Finance

AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn

Tesla is now recommending drivers that its cars detect falling asleep at the wheel to use its Full Self-Driving mode.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Tells Sleepy Drivers to Switch to Its Self-Driving Mode That Needs to Be Monitored Constantly So It Doesn’t Cause a Fatal Accident

The billionaire YouTuber insists his latest stunt was only an illusion, and that his contestant was never in any real danger.
Future Society

MrBeast Refuses to Apologize After Tying Man Up Inside Burning House

There are dozens of variations on this theme, usually showing an elderly woman smashing a glass bridge with a large rock.
Meta

People Are Using Zuckerberg’s AI to Post Videos of Senior Citizens Falling to Their Death

OpenAI's new Sora 2-powered TikTok rival will generate a video of the company's CEO Sam Altman shoplifting.
Future Society

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting

OpenAI introduced a new shopping feature in ChatGPT but it pissed off people online who think it's a shameless money grab.
Ethics

OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab

In an unsettling promotional clip, a synthesized version of OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, announces the company's answer to Meta's Vibes app.
Ethics

OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman

OpenAI is said to be launching a TikTok-like app that recommends an endless stream of swipeable — and purely AI-generated — videos.
Google

OpenAI Launching TikTok Competitor for Short-Form AI Slop Videos

A faulty Samsung Galaxy Ring battery caused the smart ring to swell up, sending its wearer to the emergency room for removal.
Devices

Smart Ring Swells Up, Crushes Man’s Finger and Sends Him to the Hospital

An AI startup called friend has plastered the New York City subway system in advertisements -- and furious riders are vandalizing them.
Ethics

New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign

People all over the world now think there are conscious entities within the AI chatbots they use everyday such as OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Ethics

Across the World, People Say They’re Finding Conscious Entities Within ChatGPT

CNBC personality Jim Cramer says there's no bubble coming for the AI sector — which should probably make any AI investors just a bit nervous.
Ethics

You Might Want to Ditch Your AI Investments Now That Jim Cramer Says No Bubble Is Coming

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Ethics

Compsci Grads Are Cooked

Strange, quasi-circular circles structures called coronae scour the surface of Venus — but their origins are a mystery.
Astronomy

Scientists Intrigued by Weird Structures on Surface of Venus

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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