XNY/Star Max/GC Images Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have long garnered a reputation for facilitating cheating and insider trading — allowing an athlete, for instance, to place a bet on a game they could then lose on purpose. Now there’s compelling evidence that someone with inside information about the Trump administration’s regime change plans… Continue reading There’s Compelling Evidence That Someone Connected to the Trump Administration Profited Off the Invasion of Venezuela by Placing Large Bets on Polymarket
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Tech Giants Pushing AI Into Schools Is a Huge, Ethically Bankrupt Experiment on Innocent Children That Will Likely End in Disaster
Tom Werner / Getty Images The tech industry is making sure kids will be hooked on AI for generations — by proactively sinking its tendrils deep into the education system, long before we understand the effects of the tech on young minds. Top leaders in the space, from Microsoft to OpenAI, are pouring millions of… Continue reading Tech Giants Pushing AI Into Schools Is a Huge, Ethically Bankrupt Experiment on Innocent Children That Will Likely End in Disaster
The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an AI Construct
Neuro-sama Amidst mostly unfounded fears that artificial intelligence is coming for our jobs, it turns out there’s one gig AI is pretty excellent at: streaming on Twitch. Meet Neuro-sama, a cutesy AI-powered character which is now the top streamer on Twitch by active subscriber-count, according to Twitch Tracker. At the time of writing, Nuero-sama —… Continue reading The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an AI Construct
Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It “Slop”
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 09: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a keynote address by Walmart Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon during CES 2024 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 12… Continue reading Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It “Slop”
AI Godfather Warns That It’s Starting to Show Signs of Self-Preservation
Getty Images / Bulgac If we’re to believe Yoshua Bengio, one of the so-called “godfathers” of AI, some advanced models are showing signs of self-preservation — which is exactly why we shouldn’t endow them with any kind of rights whatsoever. Because if we do, he says, they may run away with that autonomy and turn… Continue reading AI Godfather Warns That It’s Starting to Show Signs of Self-Preservation
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
Getty Images / Arman Zhenikeyev Before Stein-Erik Soelberg savagely killed his 83-year-old mother and then himself last year, the former tech executive had become locked in an increasingly delusional conversation with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The bot told him to not trust anybody except for the bot itself, according to a lawsuit filed last month against the… Continue reading Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
Something Grim Is Happening to People Who Go Off GLP-1s
Getty Images / Jon Challicom Many people who successfully lost weight on Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs are having trouble weaning themselves off the injectables, according to the BBC, because the hunger for food comes roaring back with a vengeance — and hence the pounds start creeping up again, hinting that patients are likely to… Continue reading Something Grim Is Happening to People Who Go Off GLP-1s
You Will Never in 100 Years Guess What Elon Musk’s Lawyer Does as a Side Job
Getty Images If Elon Musk’s antics over the past few years have felt like a three-ring circus, there just might be a reason for that. As it turns out, one of the billionaire’s key legal strategists isn’t just an attorney but a professionally trained — and currently practicing — clown. We wish we were kidding.… Continue reading You Will Never in 100 Years Guess What Elon Musk’s Lawyer Does as a Side Job
Your Jaw Will Hit the Floor When You Find Out How Much the Average OpenAI Worker Makes
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Throughout 2025, the top Silicon Valley firms have been engaged in a feeding frenzy of epic proportions, shelling out hundreds of millions — sometimes even topping a billion — dollars to poach top AI experts from their rival corporations. The result is that tech workers at companies building AI —… Continue reading Your Jaw Will Hit the Floor When You Find Out How Much the Average OpenAI Worker Makes
The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down
SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 25: The Large Hadron Collider, Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator which will probe deeper into matter than ever – This is the next step of CERN – The workers positioned one of the CMS magnet – The CMS is the largest superconducting solenoid magnet of the world has reached… Continue reading The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down