Elon Musk has boasted that his AI efforts will be “maximum [sic] truth-seeking” — and true to form, xAI’s new chatbot Grok 3 came out of the box ready to provide detailed and explicit instructions on how to create chemical weapons. “Grok is giving me hundreds of pages of detailed instructions on how to make chemical… Continue reading Elon’s Grok 3 AI Provides “Hundreds of Pages of Detailed Instructions” on Creating Chemical Weapons
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New Disease Spreading Rapidly, Killing Dozens, After Children Ate a Bat
Image by GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP via Getty Images A mysterious illness is spreading in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the Associated Press reports, World Health Organization doctors say that the illness has already led to 419 cases, including 53 deaths, since the latest outbreak began on January 21. A particularly harrowing detail:… Continue reading New Disease Spreading Rapidly, Killing Dozens, After Children Ate a Bat
Tesla Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed in Europe
Elon Musk may be “saving” money for the federal government, however questionably — but it’ll take a minor miracle for him to salvage his automaker’s situation across the pond. According to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), sales of new Tesla cars in the continent have plummeted to just 9,945 vehicles… Continue reading Tesla Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed in Europe
Trump White House Tells Elon He’s Stepped Over the Line
It took just over a month after his second inauguration, but it appears that Donald Trump may finally have put Elon Musk in his place. After Musk’s team at DOGE emailed virtually all federal workers over the weekend demanding that they summarize their activities over the past week in bullet points or risk termination, there was… Continue reading Trump White House Tells Elon He’s Stepped Over the Line
Alleged Leader of Roko’s Basilisk Murder Cult Says She Did Nothing Wrong, and Would Appreciate Some Vegan Food in Jail
After being arrested in connection with a years-long, country-spanning string of murders, the alleged leader of a “Roko’s Basilisk” cult is insisting she hasn’t done anything wrong — and that she should be granted access to a vegan diet. As the San Fransisco Chronicle reports, Jack “Ziz” LaSota spoke ramblingly during her Maryland bail hearing last… Continue reading Alleged Leader of Roko’s Basilisk Murder Cult Says She Did Nothing Wrong, and Would Appreciate Some Vegan Food in Jail
An OpenAI Engineer Wrote a Wild Reply When Elon Musk’s AI Company Tried to Recruit Him
After Elon Musk’s “anti-woke” AI company tried to poach him, an OpenAI engineer rebuffed the offer in stark terms — and now, he’s airing the dirty laundry. In a post on X, OpenAI’s Javier Soto shared a screenshot of his response to xAI when the company tried to recruit him. “I could not in good… Continue reading An OpenAI Engineer Wrote a Wild Reply When Elon Musk’s AI Company Tried to Recruit Him
There’s Something Very Weird About This $30 Billion AI Startup by a Man Who Said Neural Networks May Already Be Conscious
Three years ago, OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever raised eyebrows when he declared that the era’s most advanced neural networks might have already become “slightly conscious.” That flair for hype is on full display at Sutskever’s new venture, another AI outfit sporting the un-subtle name of “Safe Superintelligence.” And if you were fretting… Continue reading There’s Something Very Weird About This $30 Billion AI Startup by a Man Who Said Neural Networks May Already Be Conscious
Grok Caught Following Special Instructions for Queries About Elon Musk
Elon Musk has boasted that his “anti-woke” AI is supposed to be “maximum [sic] truth-seeking.” But as flagged by The Verge, it quickly emerged that when you asked his company xAI’s buzzy new chatbot Grok 3 about disinformation, it had some extremely special instructions for answers about its creator. Over the weekend, a user discovered that when… Continue reading Grok Caught Following Special Instructions for Queries About Elon Musk
Shark Steals Camera, Capturing Amazing Footage From Inside Its Mighty Jaws
Divers hanging out with a school of tiger sharks in the Bahamas had a wild run-in with one particularly curious specimen. A video shared by diver Andrea Ramos Nascimento on Instagram shows a shark gobbling up an Insta360 underwater camera, leading to incredible views from inside the sea creature’s cavernous mouth — before it spits… Continue reading Shark Steals Camera, Capturing Amazing Footage From Inside Its Mighty Jaws
You Are Completely Unprepared for What This Humanoid Servant Robot Looks Like
Norwegian robotics startup 1X has shown off its latest humanoid robot, dubbed Neo Gamma, in a flashy new promotional video claiming to show the bot preparing tea, doing laundry, and vacuuming around the house. In a bid to separate its bipedal household laborer from the far creepier competition, 1X wrapped Neo Gamma in what it’s… Continue reading You Are Completely Unprepared for What This Humanoid Servant Robot Looks Like