Mystery lingers over why OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was thrown out of the company and then reinstated less than a week later — a dramatic reversal by the company’s non-profit board that spurned an astronomical amount of speculation. Nonetheless, theories have floated to the top of the rumor mill. One of the most intriguing: that… Continue reading OpenAI’s Chaos Linked to Super Powerful New AI It Secretly Built
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Scientists Say There May Be Life Under Mercury’s Salt Glaciers
These pockets “might be more hospitable” than Mercury’s harsh surface. Icy Hot The planet Mercury seems like a place inhospitable to life, with surface temperatures reaching a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit due to its extremely close proximity to the Sun. But new research suggests that there are regions on the Solar System’s smallest planet that may… Continue reading Scientists Say There May Be Life Under Mercury’s Salt Glaciers
Scientists Test “Caviar,” Alarmed by What They Find
Bad news for sturgeons. Ersatz Eggs Sorry, Europeans: your delectable and pricey caviar comes with a huge caveat. According to new research, half of it is illegal — and in fact may not even be caviar at all. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Current Biology, a team of researchers examined… Continue reading Scientists Test “Caviar,” Alarmed by What They Find
Mysterious Disease Spreading Among Dogs
Image by Getty / Futurism A mysterious respiratory illness is spreading among dogs in the US that veterinarians say does not respond to antibiotics. “We don’t know what’s causing it, and we can’t say definitively how it’s being transmitted,” Lindsey Ganzer, a vet in Colorado, told The Washington Post. “We just don’t know enough right… Continue reading Mysterious Disease Spreading Among Dogs
Survey Finds Half of Tech Workers Think AI Is a Bunch of Hype
Is the hype train warranted? Hype Bubble As boosters say AI is primed to conquer entire sectors, from military to medicine, a significant portion of the tech world is surprisingly unconvinced by its utility, according to a new survey from software development business Retool. In the survey of 1,500 people working in tech, Retool found… Continue reading Survey Finds Half of Tech Workers Think AI Is a Bunch of Hype
Scientists Warn That AI Threatens Science Itself
What role should text-generating large language models (LLMs) have in the scientific research process? According to a team of Oxford scientists, the answer — at least for now — is: pretty much none. In a new essay, researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute argue that scientists should abstain from using LLM-powered tools like chatbots to… Continue reading Scientists Warn That AI Threatens Science Itself
Scientists Have Bad News for Astronauts’ Genitals
Image by Getty / Futurism Talk about a problem of cosmic, uh, proportions. A recent rat study conducted by NASA-funded researchers found that deep space travel might inflict long-lasting erectile dysfunction symptoms on male astronauts — a problem that may even persist after they return to Earth. According to the research, which was published in… Continue reading Scientists Have Bad News for Astronauts’ Genitals
This Apparently Wasn’t the First Time Sam Altman Was Dramatically Fired
Why does this keep happening? Got the Boot As more details are revealed about the drama at OpenAI, insiders are coming forward with anonymous anecdotes about all manner of messiness from Sam Altman’s past. In an extraordinary exposé, the Washington Post has revealed for the first time that Altman was not only fired from the… Continue reading This Apparently Wasn’t the First Time Sam Altman Was Dramatically Fired
OpenAI’s Board Was Apparently Seething With Rage Before Sacking Altman
The girls were fighting. Spurn Unit Though all appeared well from the outside, there had apparently been major beef between Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board of directors behind the scenes. As the New York Times reports based on accounts from multiple unnamed insiders, the drama that exploded out into the public over the past five days… Continue reading OpenAI’s Board Was Apparently Seething With Rage Before Sacking Altman
Elon Musk Says There’s a “Large Graveyard Filled With My Enemies”
Is he… Cringe Alert It’s another week, and that means it’s time for another weird online outburst from cars-and-rockets-and-social-media guy Elon Musk, who continues to make headlines on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, for all the wrong reasons. Just a few days ago, Musk caused a crisis when he endorsed an… Continue reading Elon Musk Says There’s a “Large Graveyard Filled With My Enemies”