Parents who allege their children were abused, physically harmed, and even killed by AI chatbots gave emotional testimonies on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during a hearing about risks to young users posed by the tech — all while urging lawmakers to enforce regulation in a landscape that remains a digital Wild West. There were visible… Continue reading Parents Of Kids Allegedly Killed and Harmed by AI Give Emotional Testimony on Capitol Hill, Urge Regulation
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Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from the birth of a new black hole that formed from the merger of two preexisting ones. The international team of researchers measured the ripples in the fabric of spacetime, known as gravitational waves, allowing them to get… Continue reading Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
AI Chatbots Are Leaving a Trail of Dead Teens
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. A third family has filed a lawsuit against an AI company, alleging that its chatbot drove… Continue reading AI Chatbots Are Leaving a Trail of Dead Teens
There’s Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives
For many hopeful entrepreneurs, founding a successful company is a ticket to the top, the lofty promise of fame and fortune. Yet for a growing number of up-and-coming AI executives, a successful tech startup is the end in itself — not a step toward luxury, but a rejection of it. As the Wall Street Journal reports,… Continue reading There’s Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives
Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They’re Trying to Peddle “Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer”
When a job seeker named Conor recently applied for a content architecture position, something felt off right away. For one thing, he got an offer for a virtual job interview just minutes after he applied, which seemed like a suspiciously quick turnaround time in today’s beleaguered job market. Was there any way that a human had actually reviewed… Continue reading Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They’re Trying to Peddle “Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer”
CrowdStrike Infested With “Self-Replicating Worms”
A year after a glitch at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike triggered a global computer outage affecting millions of computers, the software vendor is being forced to contain a new threat: a swarm of self-replicating worms. As first reported by investigative cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, CrowdStrike once again became the launchpad for a potentially debilitating security hazard… Continue reading CrowdStrike Infested With “Self-Replicating Worms”
Trump’s Biggest Fans Furious at His Embrace of AI
Partisan politics in the United States makes for a generally contentious atmosphere But these days, the mainstream rift isn’t just between blue and red — even some of president Donald Trump’s most diehard fanatics have become openly belligerent over the president’s obsession with AI. Following the release this summer of president Trump’s “AI Action Plan” —… Continue reading Trump’s Biggest Fans Furious at His Embrace of AI
Amateurs Using AI to “Vibe Code” Are Now Begging Real Programmers to Fix Their Botched Software
Welcome to the future, where the vibes are bad in almost every meaningful respect — but where you do, at the very least, get to “vibe code,” or use an AI model to write code and even build entire pieces of software. But rarely does the process go smoothly enough for prime time. The jury’s… Continue reading Amateurs Using AI to “Vibe Code” Are Now Begging Real Programmers to Fix Their Botched Software
Pope Slams Elon Musk for Obscene Greed
In the months following the 2025 conclave that elected him, Pope Leo XIV warned that the astronomical and still widening gap between the rich and the poor means that “we’re in big trouble.” In remarks to Catholic newspaper Crux in July, which were published over the weekend, the Pope reflected on the “continuously wider gap… Continue reading Pope Slams Elon Musk for Obscene Greed
Startup Using AI to Bring Whitney Houston Back on Tour 13 Years After Her Death
The estate of famed singer Whitney Houston is reviving her legendary vocals with AI for an upcoming orchestral tour, 13 years after her tragic death. The event, called “The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration,” used “stem separation technology” courtesy of an AI-powered music platform called Moises to isolate her voice from recordings and produce… Continue reading Startup Using AI to Bring Whitney Houston Back on Tour 13 Years After Her Death