Shandong Provincial Hospital In a bizarre first, the South China Morning Post reports, doctors in China have surgically grafted a patient’s severed ear to her foot. The patient, a woman identified by their surname Sun, suffered a horrific workplace accident involving heavy machinery which tore off a large part of her scalp and her ear… Continue reading Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot
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China Planning Crackdown on AI That Harms Mental Health of Users
Liu Zhankun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images While many world governments seem happy to let untested AI chatbots interact with vulnerable populations, China looks to be moving in another direction. Recently proposed regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) have encouraged a firm hand when it comes to “human-like interactive AI services,” according to… Continue reading China Planning Crackdown on AI That Harms Mental Health of Users
Godfather of AI Warns That It Will Replace Many More Jobs This Year
JORGE UZON/AFP via Getty Images Rejoice, for the year of 2025 is finally over. During our planet’s latest and seemingly interminable revolution around the Sun, the tech industry’s obsession with AI soared to ever more implausible heights. CEOs began openly gloating about replacing their underlings with AI “agents.” The phenomenon of so-called AI psychosis became… Continue reading Godfather of AI Warns That It Will Replace Many More Jobs This Year
Doctors Find Evidence Microplastics Are Clogging Arteries, Leading to Heart Attacks and Strokes
Getty Images Microplastics are everywhere, including our arteries. And though their presence there is correlated with cardiovascular issues such as heart attacks and stroke, doctors have been eager to learn more about how they drive the disease process. To that end, a team of scientists led by the University of California, Riverside (UCR) fed microplastics… Continue reading Doctors Find Evidence Microplastics Are Clogging Arteries, Leading to Heart Attacks and Strokes
Man in Intensive Care Unit After Slamming Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail That Ruptured His Stomach
Getty Images There’s perhaps no greater shortcut to a bit of pseudo-scientific flare than a splash of liquid nitrogen, a long-time staple of experimental culinary drama thanks to celebrity chefs like Heston Blumenthal and Ferran Adrià. Decades after the rise of molecular gastronomy, it seems the gimmick still hasn’t fully evaporated. Case in point, a… Continue reading Man in Intensive Care Unit After Slamming Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail That Ruptured His Stomach
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT “Prioritize” Advertisers in Conversation
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Beneath ChatGPT’s flattering persona lies a goldmine for advertisers: an AI chatbot that never gets tired of hawking clients’ wares. New reporting by The Information has revealed some recent topics of conversation between OpenAI employees as they work to supply advertisers with a teeming new audience to manipulate. The plans are far… Continue reading OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT “Prioritize” Advertisers in Conversation
Doctors Say AI Use Is Almost Certainly Linked to Developing Psychosis
Fiordaliso / Getty Images There continue to be numerous reports of people suffering severe mental health spirals after talking extensively with an AI chatbot. Some experts have dubbed the phenomenon “AI psychosis,” given the symptoms of psychosis these delusional episodes display — but the degree to which the AI tools are at fault, and whether… Continue reading Doctors Say AI Use Is Almost Certainly Linked to Developing Psychosis
It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Is Mostly Smoke and Mirrors
Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images Elon Musk once promised that pivoting Tesla into the self-driving taxi business would generate the automaker trillions of dollars in revenue. Certainly the enthusiasm these kinds of grand proclamations have inspired in investors has kept the company’s stock buoyant, with an astonishing market cap nearing $1.5 trillion. But does… Continue reading It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Is Mostly Smoke and Mirrors
Public Rejoices as Porsche Releases Beautiful Ad Not Made Using AI
Porsche / Parallel Studio via YouTube This holiday season, German automaker Porsche is winning hearts and minds by putting out a Christmas-themed ad that seemingly isn’t made with AI. What a concept, right? Called “Porsche Holiday,” the 30-second animated commercial shows a driver elegantly tooling around in his new ride, driving through autumnal scenery on… Continue reading Public Rejoices as Porsche Releases Beautiful Ad Not Made Using AI
People Jabbing Themselves With Black Market “GLP-3” Drugs
Tanja Ivanova Some people are hitting a weight loss plateau with GLP-1 agonist drugs like Ozempic, so they’re turning to a stronger variety that promises even more dramatic weight loss — up to more than 70 pounds in some instances, The Atlantic reports. There’s a small wrinkle: the US Food and Drug Administration has yet… Continue reading People Jabbing Themselves With Black Market “GLP-3” Drugs