This week, my colleague Maggie Harrison Dupré published a blockbuster story about how people around the world have been watching in horror as their family and loved ones have become obsessed with ChatGPT and started suffering severe delusions. The entire piece is filled with disturbing examples of the OpenAI chatbot feeding into vulnerable folks’ mental health crises,… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Telling People With Psychiatric Problems to Go Off Their Meds
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Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised V12.6.4 — Going on 6 Years with My Model 3004062
Fawn runs across the road. Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Photo by Fritz Hasler. I’ve been driving with Tesla’s Full Self Driving now for 3.5 years, probably going through 20 different versions. I use it obsessively on the busy roads and 12-lane Interstate in northern Utah. I use it driving cross country 1551 miles on mostly Interstate… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised V12.6.4 — Going on 6 Years with My Model 3004062
Puzzled Trump Says He Has No Idea Why Musk Supported Him in the First Place
President Donald Trump has once again said the quiet part out loud. During a signing ceremony for a trio of bills blocking California’s new emissions standards and pro-electric vehicle push, the president admitted that he had been surprised when his bestie-turned-sparring partner Elon Musk worked to get him elected. “I used to say I’m amazed… Continue reading Puzzled Trump Says He Has No Idea Why Musk Supported Him in the First Place
Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something
Yep, they’re definitely coming for our jobs. Package Deal Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a small army of the humanoid robots deftly picking up packages of various sizes, shapes, and… Continue reading Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something
You Can Tell When War Is Breaking Out Because the Pentagon’s Pizza Orders Spike Drastically
“Who says pie charts aren’t useful?” Pizza Premonition A flurry of activity at pizza delivery outlets near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, is a surprisingly accurate predictor of war, as hungry military leadership hunkers down to monitor unfolding military activities. As painstakingly documented by X account Pentagon Pizza Report, a “busier than usual” indicator on the… Continue reading You Can Tell When War Is Breaking Out Because the Pentagon’s Pizza Orders Spike Drastically
Former Tesla Dealership Manager Says It’s “Game Over” for Elon Musk
Back in May, as Tesla Takedown rallies and anti-Musk vandalism rocked the world, Tesla dealership manager Matthew LaBrot launched “Tesla Employees Against Elon” — an act of protest that swiftly got him fired. We wrote about LaBrot’s symbolic act of defiance against Musk’s political maneuvers at the time. Now, a fresh tell-all interview with Hard Reset is… Continue reading Former Tesla Dealership Manager Says It’s “Game Over” for Elon Musk
Ahead of Protests, Waymo Scales Back Robotaxi Service Nationwide
Waymo will temporarily limit robotaxi service in all of its nationwide markets, the company said Friday, as US cities prepare for a wave of protests of federal immigration policies and law enforcement and military crackdowns on demonstrators. The Alphabet subsidiary will stop service in Los Angeles altogether. Waymo spokesperson Sandy Karp confirmed the service pause… Continue reading Ahead of Protests, Waymo Scales Back Robotaxi Service Nationwide
‘No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings
As protests continue to swell across the United States in response to aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, civilians are turning to homebrew digital tools to track ICE arrests and raids in real time. But restricted government documents, obtained by the nonprofit watchdog Property of the People, show that US intelligence agencies are now eyeing… Continue reading ‘No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings
TechCrunch Mobility: The cost of Waymo
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced late this week that it plans to streamline the Part 555 exemption process to make it faster for automakers… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: The cost of Waymo
Zevo’s EV-only car-share fleet is helping Tesla owners make money
Hebron Sher remembers daydreaming in 2019 when Elon Musk promised Tesla’s cars would become robotaxis, capable of going out in the world to make money for owners. Sher was already a user of the car-sharing platform Turo, and the idea of turning a Tesla into an even bigger moneymaker was an attractive proposition. But as… Continue reading Zevo’s EV-only car-share fleet is helping Tesla owners make money