“I feel very strongly that there’s something significant going on.” Sea-real Killer Few creatures are more formidable than the great white shark. But the mighty apex predators are suddenly turning up dead — and scientists don’t know why. As The New York Times reports, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperator (CWHC), in its three decades of… Continue reading Great White Sharks Are Suddenly Washing Up Dead With Swollen Brains
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Mysterious Ultra-Wealthy Figure Building Deepwater Settlement for Human Habitation
“The goal is to live in the ocean, forever.” Bottom of Everything At an old limestone quarry in Chepstow, England, a single mysterious benefactor is shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to build a training facility to help humans dwell in the depths. As the Guardian reports, the project known as “Deep” plans to… Continue reading Mysterious Ultra-Wealthy Figure Building Deepwater Settlement for Human Habitation
OpenAI Shows Off AI “Researcher” That Compiles Detailed Reports, Struggles to Differentiate “Information From Rumors”
Sounds helpful. Agent oo3 OpenAI has unveiled a new research tool that can pull information from the web for you and summarize it into detailed reports — supposedly “at the level of a research analyst.” Naturally, major caveats to follow. Called “deep research,” — yes, without capitalization— the tool is a type of AI agent,… Continue reading OpenAI Shows Off AI “Researcher” That Compiles Detailed Reports, Struggles to Differentiate “Information From Rumors”
The Value of Trump’s Meme Coin Keeps Plummeting
Is that good? Meme Team President Donald Trump’s dubious meme coin just keeps sliding. Trump’s “official” crypto venture has lost about thirty percent of its value over the last seven days, and is down well over 50 percent since it was coined days before the inauguration. The latest dip seems at least in part due… Continue reading The Value of Trump’s Meme Coin Keeps Plummeting
Sam Altman Regrets Ditching Open Source, Says He’s Been on the “Wrong Side of History”
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek embarrassed OpenAI last week, demonstrating that its cutting-edge AI chatbots can be recreated at a tiny fraction of the cost by using clever workarounds. The app’s emergence sent ripples across Silicon Valley, punching a $1 trillion hole through the tech market. It also reignited a debate surrounding the role of open-source… Continue reading Sam Altman Regrets Ditching Open Source, Says He’s Been on the “Wrong Side of History”
Trump’s Tariffs Are Wreaking Havoc on the AI Industry He Claims to Support
That didn’t take long. Below the Belt President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs hit US-based AI chipmaker Nvidia’s stock, as it slid over five percent when trading began on Monday before recovering by a few points. Over the weekend, Trump announced an additional ten percent tariff on Chinese imports and 25 percent on those from Mexico… Continue reading Trump’s Tariffs Are Wreaking Havoc on the AI Industry He Claims to Support
Grimes Slams “Power-Hungry Warlords” Who “Tricked” Her
Who could she be talking about? Musk of a Man Claire “Grimes” Boucher seems, once again, to be close to condemning her billionaire ex — though of she still isn’t coming right out and saying it. During an exchange with the Austin-based group sex enthusiast and shower-hating writer who goes by the pen name Aella… Continue reading Grimes Slams “Power-Hungry Warlords” Who “Tricked” Her
Elon Musk Says DOGE Will Now Shut Down Government Payments He Doesn’t Like
“We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper.” Caveat Emperor After forcing out a top official at the US Treasury Department, it now appears that Elon Musk has seized control of the government’s payment system — with apparent free rein to do what he wants. Over the weekend, Musk declared that he and… Continue reading Elon Musk Says DOGE Will Now Shut Down Government Payments He Doesn’t Like
New Law Would Make It Illegal to Use DeepSeek, Punishable With 20 Years’ Prison Time
US senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced a bill that could effectively make it illegal to use DeepSeek, a new ChatGPT competitor that made huge waves last week, within the United States. Hawley’s bill, introduced last week, looks to “prohibit United States persons from advancing artificial intelligence capabilities within the People’s Republic of China, and… Continue reading New Law Would Make It Illegal to Use DeepSeek, Punishable With 20 Years’ Prison Time
Character.AI Says It’s Made Huge Changes to Protect Underage Users, But It’s Emailing Them to Recommend Conversations With AI Versions of School Shooters
In December, we published an investigation into a particularly grim phenomenon on Character.AI, an AI startup with $2.7 billion in backing from Google: a huge number of minor-accessible bots on its platform based on the real-life perpetrators and victims of school shootings, designed to roleplay scenes of horrific carnage. The company didn’t respond to our request… Continue reading Character.AI Says It’s Made Huge Changes to Protect Underage Users, But It’s Emailing Them to Recommend Conversations With AI Versions of School Shooters