Writing is a wonderful profession… in writers’ dreams! In reality, it’s a grind that’s comically unprofitable for the vast majority, to say nothing of the tortured ennui that comes with having to deal with actually writing, or the thought of actually writing, or the thought of what you aren’t right now actually writing. And the economics are… Continue reading Attention Writers: Anthropic Might Owe You $3000 (or More!) If It Was Trained Using Your Work
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RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble
Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has weathered ample family tragedy, drug and alcohol addiction, infection from an alleged brain worm, and a few sex scandals both minor and major — and now he’s weathering condemnation from his own political allies that could presage a genuine crash out. Amid his single-minded quest… Continue reading RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble
Leaked DMs Show Elon Musk Blatantly Lying About Self-Driving Safety
For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has refused to use radar and lidar sensors on his self-driving cars, saying they’re a “crutch.” He claims it’s not just a cost issue, but is adamant that only using visual cameras to let Tesla’s autonomous driving software see the world around it is actually safer than the alternative.… Continue reading Leaked DMs Show Elon Musk Blatantly Lying About Self-Driving Safety
Anti-AI Activist on Day Three of Hunger Strike Outside Anthropic’s Headquarters
AI fever might have an iron grip on Fortune 500 CEOs, Wall Street traders, and government officials, but there are still some out their immune to the tech industry’s charms. For evidence, look no further than activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter, who’s currently running on day three of a hunger strike on the front steps… Continue reading Anti-AI Activist on Day Three of Hunger Strike Outside Anthropic’s Headquarters
Chinese Scientists Create Bright, Multi-Colored Glowing Plants
Never to be outshone — literally, in this case — Chinese scientists have one-upped American researchers and their bioluminescent petunias with what they’re calling world’s first multi-colored glowing plants. As the journal Nature reports, this glow-in-the-dark succulent hails from the South China Agricultural University (SCAU) in Guangzhou, where materials researchers have developed a technology that recharges… Continue reading Chinese Scientists Create Bright, Multi-Colored Glowing Plants
Family Baffled By Waymo Robotaxis Constantly Hanging Out in Front of Their House
Waymo robotaxis are making their way to more American cities, but they’re not always winning the hearts and minds of the people who live there. The autonomous cars have been spotted blundering the wrong way down a street and causing traffic jams, and residents have quickly grown fed up with their obnoxious back-up noise. They’re… Continue reading Family Baffled By Waymo Robotaxis Constantly Hanging Out in Front of Their House
Tesla Announces Plans to Give Elon Musk $1 Trillion
Tesla’s board has proposed an unprecedented pay package for its CEO Elon Musk: around $1 trillion worth of shares, Bloomberg reports. It’s a major escalation in the firm’s increasingly desperate attempts to encourage its highly divisive leader to stick around and stay attentive. That’s despite Tesla’s core business imploding over the past year, largely the… Continue reading Tesla Announces Plans to Give Elon Musk $1 Trillion
Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities
If you think your job is tough, just be glad you haven’t had to do a tour at an Antarctic research base. A horrifying new workplace survey by the US National Science Foundation is raising alarms about a terrible HR crisis unfolding on the white continent. In particular, the report found that sexual assault, sexual… Continue reading Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities
A Quarter of Nvidia’s Revenue Comes From a Single Giant Customer
In case you haven’t heard, there might be a slight problem with the US economy: that it’s being propped up by a tiny number of tech companies betting big on an AI revolution. Among the tech titans, no company is more important than the AI chip maker Nvidia. Often likened to a shovel seller during… Continue reading A Quarter of Nvidia’s Revenue Comes From a Single Giant Customer
Sam Altman Says He’s Suddenly Worried Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, creator of the most popular AI chatbot on Earth, says he’s starting to worry that “dead internet theory” is coming true. “I never took the dead internet theory that seriously,” Altman tweeted in his typical all-lowercase style, “but it seems like there are really a lot of LLM-run twitter accounts now.”… Continue reading Sam Altman Says He’s Suddenly Worried Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True