“The whales were in charge of the boat.” Dun Dun… A pod of orcas — or killer whales, if you will — ganged up on an unsuspecting yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, toyed with the vessel, and completely stripped it of its rudders. The close encounter marks only the latest in a string of… Continue reading Furious Orcas Throw Around Yacht “Like a Ragdoll”
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Man Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Claimed He Embezzled Money
What a mess. Right to Bear AI A radio host from Georgia named Mark Walters is suing OpenAI after its ChatGPT service told a journalist that he was embezzling funds from The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), a gun rights nonprofit. Walters filed the likely first-of-its-kind libel lawsuit earlier this week, Gizmodo reports, alleging that ChatGPT… Continue reading Man Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Claimed He Embezzled Money
A Huge Cloud of Smoke Is Casting a Ghoulish Gloom Over New York City
Ominous. Hazy Days An unwelcome haze hangs over New York City, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to sweep down across the East Coast and even some of the Midwest — where it may well serve as a portent of climate woes to come. The haze’s looming presence has severely affected the city’s air quality, with… Continue reading A Huge Cloud of Smoke Is Casting a Ghoulish Gloom Over New York City
Mr. Bean Blasted for Hating on Electric Cars
“We’re trying to take the world to a better place here.” Where You Bean Rowan Atkinson, the actor best known for playing “Mr. Bean,” apparently has a bone to pick with electric vehicles — and in response, elecric car fans have a bone to pick with him. In an editorial published over the weekend by The… Continue reading Mr. Bean Blasted for Hating on Electric Cars
Chinese Astronauts Grow Human Blood Cells in Space
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Chinese astronauts say they’ve grown stem cells in space, the South China Morning Post reports, in an achievement they say is the first of its kind. If confirmed, the experiment could have have implications on fields ranging from stem cell research to regenerative medicine to the impact of space travel on… Continue reading Chinese Astronauts Grow Human Blood Cells in Space
AI Plagiarism Detection Software Keeps Falsely Accusing Students of Cheating
In a high-tech collegiate nightmare, a student was falsely accused of using artificial intelligence to cheat on a paper and then forced to defend her name during a school investigation. As Rolling Stone reports, Louise Stivers, a graduating senior at the University of California Davis, had a paper flagged by plagiarism-checking software Turnitin, which landed her… Continue reading AI Plagiarism Detection Software Keeps Falsely Accusing Students of Cheating
FTX Made a Very Smart Investment That May Be Able to Pay Back Its Customers
There could be a bright spot on the FTX balance sheet after all! SAIm I Am Though disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried generally didn’t exactly handle his customers’ money well — or, according to some former coworkers, legally — there may actually be one very bright spot on the defunct crypto exchange’s balance sheet: a… Continue reading FTX Made a Very Smart Investment That May Be Able to Pay Back Its Customers
Pre-Human Species Carved Symbols More Than 200,000 Years Ago
“What we’ve uncovered forces us to rethink a whole set of assumptions about hominins and human evolution.” Hominin Hymns We have an enduring cultural fascination with the early human ancestors who once lived on — and even shared — our planet. Now, it appears that one of our ancestral species had burial rituals that included… Continue reading Pre-Human Species Carved Symbols More Than 200,000 Years Ago
Scientists Finally Invented Robot That Can Sweat Heavily
He’s just like us! Clamdroid Finally, it’s the robot we’ve all been waiting for. Meet ANDI, a heat-sensitive “thermal manikin” that can sweat profusely when it’s hot outside to cool itself down, just like a real human. ANDI will even breathe heavily when under temperature-related duress. Despite its offputting appearance, the robot does serve a very… Continue reading Scientists Finally Invented Robot That Can Sweat Heavily
Gigantic Mountains Inside Earth Mystify Scientists
Mount Everest has nothing on these monsters. Mountain High Mount Everest may be the highest peak on Earth, but the BBC reports that there are staggeringly tall mountains deep inside our planet’s interior that dwarf the tallest ranges on the surface — and scientists are puzzling over the origin of these geological marvels. These gigantic… Continue reading Gigantic Mountains Inside Earth Mystify Scientists