The founder of a San Francisco-based AI startup called On Platform was arrested last week after prosecutors charged that he and his wife had blown millions of dollars worth of investor funds on real estate, jewelry, a Tesla, and even the social club that hosted their wedding. Prosecutors allege that the pair defrauded investors out… Continue reading Man Arrested for Raising $60 Million for AI Startup, Instead Spending It on Luxurious Lifestyle
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A Mouse With Two Dads Has Reached Adulthood
Image by Getty / InfoWars / Futurism A mouse with two dads — or a bi-paternal mouse, in the scientific parlance — has made it to adulthood. Several mice, in fact. As detailed in a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, scientists achieved this feat of same-sex murine parentage by using CRISPR techniques to… Continue reading A Mouse With Two Dads Has Reached Adulthood
Police Use of Facial Recognition Backfires Spectacularly When It Renders Them Unable to Convict Alleged Murderer
We may be hurdling ourselves toward a violent techno-dystopia, but it isn’t here yet. The Cleveland Plain Dealer revealed that police in Cleveland, Ohio just botched an important murder case by relying on evidence given to them by AI. Cleveland detectives were stumped while investigating the February 2024 murder of 33-year-old Cleveland native Blake Story.… Continue reading Police Use of Facial Recognition Backfires Spectacularly When It Renders Them Unable to Convict Alleged Murderer
States Are Racing to Throw Taxpayers’ Money Into “Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserves”
State governments are crawling over each other to be the first to dump their taxpayers’ money into the blockchain — a gamble that, depending on the vagaries of the crypto market and the wiles of hackers, either make them a speculative bundle or plunge them into financial ruin. On Tuesday, the Arizona state Senate Finance Committee… Continue reading States Are Racing to Throw Taxpayers’ Money Into “Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserves”
Members of AI Fringe Group Arrested for Two Killings
This is getting weird, even for AI. Cultimate Warrior As if the San Francisco Bay Area couldn’t get any weirder, there’s now suspicion that a bizarre AI-enthusiastic group in the region may have inspired a pair of deadly assaults that took place thousands of miles apart. As Open Vallejo reports, two young computer scientists and apparent… Continue reading Members of AI Fringe Group Arrested for Two Killings
Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using “Artificial Photosynthesis”
Could this be the key for generating breathable air on the Moon? Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country’s Tiangong space station using a new process dubbed “artificial photosynthesis.” As the South China Morning Post reports, space travelers from the current Shenzhou-19 mission produced the necessary ingredients… Continue reading Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using “Artificial Photosynthesis”
OpenAI’s AI Agent Has to Be Monitored Nonstop to Catch Its Constant Screwups
Then what’s the point? Baby Brain OpenAI has finally debuted “Operator,” its very own AI agent, a type of autonomous model designed to do digital tasks on your behalf like shopping for groceries online. But calling it an AI “toddler” might be more fitting. As a Bloomberg reporter describes her experience using OpenAI’s new toy,… Continue reading OpenAI’s AI Agent Has to Be Monitored Nonstop to Catch Its Constant Screwups
Pardoned by Trump, Founder of Silk Road Now Appears to Be Squandering Donations on Stupid Meme Coins
Despite calling for the death penalty for drug dealers, president Donald Trump pardoned Ross “Dread Pirate Roberts” Ulbricht, the man behind the seminal online drug marketplace Silk Road, which facilitated the sale of over $200 million in illegal drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin. Now Ulbricht is a free man, and as Protos reports, crypto wallets… Continue reading Pardoned by Trump, Founder of Silk Road Now Appears to Be Squandering Donations on Stupid Meme Coins
China Unveils Comically Gigantic 85-Foot Electric Bus
We’re gonna need a bigger bus. Long Boy Incredible things are happening in China: a company there has announced the release of a 26 meter — that’s an astonishing 85 feet, for those who struggle with the metric system — bi-articulating bus, meaning it has two joints in the midsection like a giant caterpillar. And the… Continue reading China Unveils Comically Gigantic 85-Foot Electric Bus
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mommy and Daddy Have a New Plan: Suck Up to Trump Until He Pardons Her Beautiful Boy
The least surprising return of recurring characters. Boy Genius While disgraced FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried rots away behind bars for fraud, his parents are making the rounds in Trumpworld and trying to plant the seeds for a potential pardon. As Bloomberg reports, an unnamed insider familiar with the machinations of Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mommy and Daddy Have a New Plan: Suck Up to Trump Until He Pardons Her Beautiful Boy