Image by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP / Dennis McColeman / Getty Images From Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Fruit Loops to Gatorade and Mountain Dew’s Baja Blast flavor, bizarrely-hued junk food favorites will soon lose their color thanks to a new artificial food dye ban. As NPR reports, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced… Continue reading Government Banning Dye That Gives “Flamin’ Hot” Cheetos Their Distinctive Color
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Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother
Image by David Wall / Getty Images When it comes to battling demons trapped inside your loved ones, maybe it’s best to leave it to the professionals. Take that from Alexander Valdez, a 23-year-old man accused of murdering his mother in a botched DIY exorcism in Fort Worth, Texas last week. Police rolled up to… Continue reading Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother
Experts Alarmed by China’s Enormous Army of Robots
As Donald Trump’s trade war brings new levels of uncertainty to American manufacturing sector, one issue seems to have been vastly overlooked: China’s massive legion of robot workers. New reporting by the New York Times on Chinese robotics is shedding light on the enormous scale of automation happening across the Pacific. The article highlights the fact that… Continue reading Experts Alarmed by China’s Enormous Army of Robots
Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You’ll Never Guess What Happened
If you’ve been worried about the AI singularity taking over every job and leaving you out on street, you can now breathe a sigh of relief, because AI isn’t coming for your career anytime soon. Not because it doesn’t want to — but because it literally can’t. A recent experiment by researchers at Carnegie Mellon… Continue reading Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You’ll Never Guess What Happened
The MyPillow Guy’s Lawyers Used AI in Court and You’ll Never Guess How That Turned Out
“I’m in ruins.” We all remember Mike Lindell, the disgraced MyPillow founder who lost everything fighting to prove — against insurmountable evidence to the contrary — that the 2020 US election had somehow been stolen from Donald Trump. Well, he’s in the news again — this time for using AI to file his legal briefs. As… Continue reading The MyPillow Guy’s Lawyers Used AI in Court and You’ll Never Guess How That Turned Out
When You Apply for a Job Now, You’re Competing With Non-Human Entities
As if the job market weren’t already bad enough, applicants are now forced to compete with AI-generated employment seekers. As CBS News reports, scam artists are using AI to cook up headshots and write fake résumés and sites to fit the specifics of a given job opening. Sometimes, those AI scammers end up getting hired —… Continue reading When You Apply for a Job Now, You’re Competing With Non-Human Entities
Doctors Say Injecting Gold Into Eyeballs Could Restore Lost Vision
Image by Michael Dickele / FOAP / Getty Images Gold, laser goggles, and a camera: it’s an unlikely combination that could one day be used to restore vision in people with retinal damage, according to researchers. In a new study published in the journal ACS Nano, the team found that injecting gold nanoparticles into the… Continue reading Doctors Say Injecting Gold Into Eyeballs Could Restore Lost Vision
Former OpenAI Staffers Implore Courts to Block What It’s Trying to Do
Nearly ten years ago, tech tycoons Sam Altman and Elon Musk launched OpenAI with a promise to develop AI tech to further the good of humanity. But as the years passed and the market surrounding artificial intelligence grew, so too did the ambitions of OpenAI’s executives (Musk flamed out from the venture in 2019, and… Continue reading Former OpenAI Staffers Implore Courts to Block What It’s Trying to Do
Extremely Metal “Bone Collector” Caterpillar Cloaks Itself in the Shattered Exoskeletons of Its Vanquished Foes
A newly discovered species of caterpillar in Hawaii is unlike any other. It’s carnivorous — already an extreme rarity for these generally benign creatures — and when it’s not devouring its helpless foes, it’s cloaking itself in a gruesome canvas of their body parts. Oh, did we also mention it’s occasionally a cannibal? Taking trophies… Continue reading Extremely Metal “Bone Collector” Caterpillar Cloaks Itself in the Shattered Exoskeletons of Its Vanquished Foes
Realizing He Was About to Be Humiliated by Jon Stewart, Elon Musk Slunk Away With His Tail Between His Legs
In February, comedian and “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart invited billionaire Elon Musk to come on his show to defend his gutting of the government with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency — efforts that have, by most accounts, turned out to be a dismal failure. “Will do it if the… Continue reading Realizing He Was About to Be Humiliated by Jon Stewart, Elon Musk Slunk Away With His Tail Between His Legs