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New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs

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People Are Horrified by Lab-Grown Human Brains

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Amazing New Tech Turns Your Screen 3D by Tracking Your Eye Position With Your Webcam

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AI Overlords

Hallucinating AI platforms are spitting out nonexistent landmarks and it's putting tourists in dangerous situations.

AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations

“The proliferation of AI is an impending threat to travel.”

By Sharon Adarlo

Merriam-Webster teased that it was releasing a large language model in a recent announcement — with a twist.

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You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Webster’s Announcement of Its New AI Model

“It never hallucinates. It does not require data centers, and uses no electricity.”

By Frank Landymore

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Mourning Women Say OpenAI Killed Their AI Boyfriends

“OpenAI, please feel free to toss yourself off the nearest cliff at your earliest convenience.”

By Sharon Adarlo

Musk Watch

Employees ranging from senior leaders to engineers are quitting Elon Musk's companies — and often joining his rivals.

Tesla and xAI Staff Are Fleeing as Musk Becomes Increasingly Erratic

“Elon’s behavior is affecting morale, retention, and recruitment.”

By Frank Landymore

Newly unveiled testimony has revealed that Elon Musk's SpaceX took money directly from Chinese investors, despite US military ties.

Elon Musk Caught Letting China Invest in SpaceX, a Huge US Military Contractor

“They obviously have Chinese investors to be honest.”

By Victor Tangermann

A not-jealous-sounding Elon Musk is accusing OpenAI of poaching his former xAI employees to steal company secrets.

Elon Musk Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for OpenAI

His blood feud with Sam Altman rages on.

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

Canadian Moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Ars Technica that he's hoping to "take a very short nap on the pad."

Astronaut Traveling to Moon Next Year Says He’s Hoping to Take a “Short Nap” on the Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

AI data centers in the US are spiking nearby customers electricity bills and bringing other unexpected costs.

AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills

Elon Musk boasted that his "Optimus" humanoid robots will reach Mars and explore its surface by the end of next year.

Elon’s Robots Will Quickly Become Dead Husks on Mars, Expert Warns

By Frank Landymore

Chinese scientists tested a provocative military scenario: the effects of three rapid nuclear strikes on the same target.

Chinese Military Investigates What Would Happen If They Shot the Same Target With Three Rapid-Fire Nuclear Missiles

By Sharon Adarlo

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Altman and tech leaders from Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and CoreWeave testified about the global artificial intelligence race and how the United States can remain competitive. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Former OpenAI Employee Horrified by How ChatGPT Is Driving Users Into Psychosis

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers said they had found "undepleted phosphine," a molecule associated with life, on Earth in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf.

Astronomers Startled to Spot Abundance of “Biosignature” Molecules in a Failed Star’s Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann

New Yorkers appear to have plenty of reasons to ridicule and criticize AI startup Friend's latest offering.

AI “Friend” Startup Overwhelmed With Hatred

By Victor Tangermann

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Horrific Sora 2 Video Shows Sam Altman Grilling a Dead Pikachu

By Frank Landymore

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Roomba maker iRobot cofounder Rodney Brooks argued that Musk's vision of an Optimus robot-filled future is "pure fantasy thinking."

Robots and Machines

Cofounder of Roomba Maker Says Elon Musk Is in for a Terrible Surprise With Humanoid Robots

By Victor Tangermann

The multinational IT firm has laid off 11,000 employees as part of a $865 million plan to "upskill" its "reinventors."

Accenture CEO Says It’s Sacking Employees Who Won’t Embrace AI

New safety data suggests that Waymo's robotaxis are astonishingly safe — perhaps far safer than we give them credit for.

New Data Shows Waymos Are So Safe That It’s Almost Comical

By Victor Tangermann

Italian movie producer Andrea Iervolino unveiled what he claims will be the first film directed entirely by an AI entity.

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Producer Announces New Movie Will Be Directed by an AI Entity

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move it to Texas.

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

By Victor Tangermann

The once favored in-home fitness company is putting pedal to the metal to carve out their own lane in the AI race.

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Peloton Announces Pivot to AI, Jacks Up Price

The launch of Sora 2 has mostly been a showcase of its ability to generate caricatures of Sam Altman in bizarre scenarios.

Sora 2 Is Generating Videos That Brutally Mock Sam Altman

By Frank Landymore

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