Popular right wing influencer Charlie Kirk was killed in a shooting in Utah yesterday, rocking the nation and spurring debate over the role of divisive rhetoric in political violence. As is often the case in breaking news about public massacres, misinformation spread quickly. And fanning the flames this time was Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, which is now… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Grok AI Spread Ludicrous Misinformation After Charlie Kirk’s Shooting, Saying Kirk Survived and Video Was Fake
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OpenAI Execs Are Extremely Upset
Tempers are running hot at one of the most valuable private company in history. The leaders of OpenAI, which was launched in 2015 as a non-profit with the goal of building AI for the good of humanity, are growing anxious that their dream of reorganizing as a for-profit company might be dead in the water.… Continue reading OpenAI Execs Are Extremely Upset
Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code
With so many wild predictions flying around about the future AI, it’s important to occasionally take a step back and check in on what came true — and what hasn’t come to pass. Exactly six months ago, Dario Amodei, the CEO of massive AI company Anthropic, claimed that in half a year, AI would be “writing… Continue reading Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code
Google Says the Open Web Is Now in “Rapid Decline”
In a major change in tune, Google has admitted that the “open web is already in rapid decline” — despite being adamant for months that the “web is thriving.” As first spotted by The Verge, the tech giant attempted to dissuade regulators from breaking up its advertising tech business, arguing that doing so would harm… Continue reading Google Says the Open Web Is Now in “Rapid Decline”
Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Star System Is Now Changing Color
As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, the mysterious visitor continues to fascinate astronomers. The object, which is broadly believed to be a comet that came to us from outside the solar system, has already been observed changing shape. Its tail has grown longer, and its coma — a… Continue reading Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Star System Is Now Changing Color
Anti-AGI Protester Now on Day Nine of Hunger Strike in Front of Anthropic Headquarters
Artificial general intelligence, the prospect of a synthetic entity meeting or exceeding the cognitive power of a human, is a polarizing topic. For some, like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, it’s a mission statement — the lodestar guiding the company’s $300 billion operations. For others, like activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter, it’s an existential threat to be… Continue reading Anti-AGI Protester Now on Day Nine of Hunger Strike in Front of Anthropic Headquarters
If the AI Industry Fails, It Could Take the Rest of Us Down With It
Don’t let AI critics tell you it’s good for nothing: the amount of money being spent on AI infrastructure is so enormous that it’s literally propping up the US economy. The drawback, of course, is that if the AI industry fails, it could drag the rest of the economy down with it. In 2024, the S&P 500… Continue reading If the AI Industry Fails, It Could Take the Rest of Us Down With It
Tesla’s Market Share Has Fallen So Badly That It’s Back to 2017 Levels
Ten years ago, it was rare to see a Tesla on the road. The Model S, despite being the world’s best-selling EV at the time, sold just over 50,000 units worldwide, making it rarer to see on the road than the exceedingly rare Porsche Macan. In the following years, Tesla rocketed to the top of… Continue reading Tesla’s Market Share Has Fallen So Badly That It’s Back to 2017 Levels
As AI Reigns, Students’ Math and Reading Scores Just Hit an All-Time Low
The US Education Department, which the Trump administration is actively attempting to dismantle, has released the latest math and reading test scores for American high-school seniors — and they’re an absolute disaster. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the scores have hit an all-time low, even by America’s historically underwhelming standards. It’s a worrying sign… Continue reading As AI Reigns, Students’ Math and Reading Scores Just Hit an All-Time Low
GPT-5 Is Making Huge Factual Errors, Users Say
It’s been just over a month since OpenAI dropped its long-awaited GPT-5 large language model (LLM) — and it hasn’t stopped spewing an astonishing amount of strange falsehoods since then. From the AI experts at the Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Artificial Intelligence and irked Redditors on r/ChatGPTPro, to even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman… Continue reading GPT-5 Is Making Huge Factual Errors, Users Say