This is insane. Fresh Hell Republican lawmakers slipped language into the Budget Reconciliation Bill this week that would ban AI regulation, on the federal and state levels, for a decade, as 404 Media reports. An updated version of the bill introduced last night by Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), who chairs the House Committee on Energy and… Continue reading New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade
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The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse
On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a draft of a report finding that AI companies broke the law while training AI. The next day, the agency’s head, Shira Perlmutter, was fired — and the alarm bells are blaring. The report’s findings were pretty straightforward. Basically, the report explained that using large language models (LLMs)… Continue reading The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse
Government Furiously Trying to Undo Elon Musk’s Damage
Federal agencies scrambled to bring back over $220 million worth of contracts after Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency cancelled them, The New York Times reports. However, of those 44 contracts that were cancelled and eventually reinstated, DOGE is still citing all but one of them as examples of the government spending the group… Continue reading Government Furiously Trying to Undo Elon Musk’s Damage
There’s Something Very Unusual About Jupiter’s Auroras
NASA has just released stunning new images of auroras on Jupiter — and they’re bigger and hundreds of times brighter than the northern lights on our puny world. The spectacular snapshots were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, using its powerful infrared instruments. And the findings, published in a new study in the journal… Continue reading There’s Something Very Unusual About Jupiter’s Auroras
The New Pope Is Deeply Skeptical of AI
New developments in AI “pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice, and labor.” What’s in a Name The newly-annointed Pope Leo XIV — formerly cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, Illinois — revealed this weekend that his name choice was inspired in part by AI, which he sees as a possible threat to… Continue reading The New Pope Is Deeply Skeptical of AI
A Tesla Dealership Manager Blamed Elon Musk for Tanking Sales and Was Immediately Fired
It’s impossible to deny at this point that Elon Musk has inflicted catastrophic damage to Tesla’s brand and hurt its sales. But this, apparently, is an opinion employees aren’t allowed to express. That was the experience of Matthew LaBrot, a now-former Tesla staff program manager who says he was immediately fired from his “dream job”… Continue reading A Tesla Dealership Manager Blamed Elon Musk for Tanking Sales and Was Immediately Fired
Elon Musk Is Running a “Quiet Trial” of Trump’s “Gold Card” Billionaire Immigration Program
South African-born Elon Musk, who became a US citizen in 2002 after moving to the country seven years prior, says he’s “doing a quiet trial” of president Donald Trump’s dubious “gold card” immigration program. The pay-to-enter scheme allows obscenely rich foreign “broligarchs” to fast-track their US residency application by shelling out a whopping $5 million… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Running a “Quiet Trial” of Trump’s “Gold Card” Billionaire Immigration Program
USA TODAY’s Disclaimers on Its Automated Sports Stories Are Longer Than the Actual Articles
USA TODAY is publishing automated sports stories that serve as SEO-targeted vehicles for sports gambling ads, toeing ethical lines and blurring the boundaries between sports journalism and the rapidly growing sports betting industry, the rise of which has been linked to a tidal wave of gambling addiction. At a quick glance, the posts — which… Continue reading USA TODAY’s Disclaimers on Its Automated Sports Stories Are Longer Than the Actual Articles
Gannett Is Using AI to Pump Brainrot Gambling Content Into Newspapers Across the Country
The media giant Gannett, the largest owner of American local newspapers and the publisher of USA Today, is using AI to churn out a nationwide torrent of automated articles about lottery results that often pointedly direct readers toward a gambling site with which Gannett has a financial relationship, giving the company a financial kickback when… Continue reading Gannett Is Using AI to Pump Brainrot Gambling Content Into Newspapers Across the Country
AI Brown-Nosing Is Becoming a Huge Problem for Society
When Sam Altman announced an April 25 update to OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o model, he promised it would improve “both intelligence and personality” for the AI model. The update certainly did something to its personality, as users quickly found they could do no wrong in the chatbot’s eyes. Everything ChatGPT-4o spat out was filled with an overabundance… Continue reading AI Brown-Nosing Is Becoming a Huge Problem for Society