The US State Department revealed plans to spend $400 million on “Armored Tesla” vehicles — further stoking fears over the gargantuan conflict of interest of having the carmaker’s CEO Elon Musk in control of government spending. A December version of the agency’s procurement forecast included the line item, spanning five years, and starting in 2025,… Continue reading Fury Erupts at State Department Plan to Buy $400 Million Worth of Elon Musk’s “Armored Teslas”
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One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Boys Reportedly Ran a Disgusting Image Hosting Site Linked to Domains About Child Sexual Abuse
The hits just keep coming. As investigative journalists work to piece together who exactly Elon Musk has working on his DOGE team, the picture is getting more and more despicable. When news first broke that Musk’s underlings had taken over the Office of Personnel Management, all we knew about one staffer was that he was… Continue reading One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Boys Reportedly Ran a Disgusting Image Hosting Site Linked to Domains About Child Sexual Abuse
As Hype Fades, OpenAI Suddenly Cancels Release of Its Hot Upcoming AI
OpenAI Season As the AI industry gets more and more crowded — and its hype more diffuse — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has quietly announced that the company won’t be releasing its super-advanced new reasoning model as a standalone product. In a statement posted on his arch-nemesis Elon Musk’s social network, Altman wrote circuitously around the… Continue reading As Hype Fades, OpenAI Suddenly Cancels Release of Its Hot Upcoming AI
Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda Could Put Astronauts in Real Danger
President Donald Trump’s tireless pursuit of wiping out any mention of diversity and accessibility across US government agencies could have disastrous consequences for NASA’s operations on board the International Space Station. Last month, the space agency’s acting administrator Janet Petro sent out a memo that outright threatened employees with “adverse consequences” if they were to… Continue reading Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda Could Put Astronauts in Real Danger
Head of Russian Space Program Mysteriously Axed
The second chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos has been sacked after just two and a half years. Russia’s space chief Yuri Borisov has been replaced by former Roscosmos staffer and former deputy minister of transport Dmitry Bakanov, Ars Technica reports. The news comes less than three years after Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s former highly… Continue reading Head of Russian Space Program Mysteriously Axed
Government Releases Audio of Implosion of Titanic Sub
Over a year and a half after the fateful implosion of OceanGate’s doomed Titan submersible, officials are still combing through the evidence, and trickling it out for the public to see — and hear. Now, the National National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released an audio recording taken roughly 900 miles from the Titan’s… Continue reading Government Releases Audio of Implosion of Titanic Sub
Jonah Peretti, Who Filled BuzzFeed With AI Slop, Now Says AI Is Threatening Human Agency
After an embarrassing pivot to AI content, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says he’s had enough of all the ragebait, clickbait, and fake news. Peretti, who proudly announced in May 2023 that AI will “replace the majority of static content,” and gloated that its AI-generated content was outperforming its pesky human employees, has seemingly turned another… Continue reading Jonah Peretti, Who Filled BuzzFeed With AI Slop, Now Says AI Is Threatening Human Agency
Terrifying Footage Shows Cybertruck on Self-Driving Mode Swerve Into Oncoming Traffic
Days after a Tesla Cybertruck wrapped itself around a pole while the carmaker’s infamous “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) feature was turned on, yet another video of a terrifying run-in involving the vehicle and the software is making the rounds on social media. The video shows a Cybertruck driving down a straight country road with the driver… Continue reading Terrifying Footage Shows Cybertruck on Self-Driving Mode Swerve Into Oncoming Traffic
Even the Most Advanced AI Has a Problem: If It Doesn’t Know the Answer, It Makes One Up
As artificial intelligence becomes integrated into our daily lives, researchers are working to tackle what might be its most glaring and enduring issue: that AI “hallucinates,” or boldly spits out lies, when it doesn’t know the answer. This rampant AI problem is, according to researchers who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, rooted in a reticence… Continue reading Even the Most Advanced AI Has a Problem: If It Doesn’t Know the Answer, It Makes One Up
As DOGE Tries to Cut Costs, Its Expenses Are Growing Larger and Larger
Billionaire CEO and White House advisor Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has amassed roughly 30 staffers with the goal of slashing the US government’s budget. As it’s targeted president Donald Trump’s number one bogeyman — diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) — something ironic is happening: even as it’s trying to cut costs across… Continue reading As DOGE Tries to Cut Costs, Its Expenses Are Growing Larger and Larger