It’s making a nuclear fusion deal that’s too little, too late to help the company meet its near-term climate goals. It’s making a nuclear fusion deal that’s too little, too late to help the company meet its near-term climate goals. Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant, the so-called… Continue reading Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow
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Joby delivers first aircraft to Dubai as air taxi service nears launch
The company delivered its first production air taxis to Dubai, where it hopes to launch the world’s first service in 2026. The company delivered its first production air taxis to Dubai, where it hopes to launch the world’s first service in 2026. Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers… Continue reading Joby delivers first aircraft to Dubai as air taxi service nears launch
Clean Technica: Buyer’s Remorse Redemption Tour For Tesla CEO Elon Musk004078
Last Updated on: 29th June 2025, 01:28 pm Oh, the buyer’s remorse, it burns. Having launched US President Donald Trump into office with a reported $250 million contribution to the president’s campaign last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now having second thoughts. Like, big ones. Loud ones. Public ones. Maybe he really means it,… Continue reading Clean Technica: Buyer’s Remorse Redemption Tour For Tesla CEO Elon Musk004078
OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
Mark Chen, the chief research officer at OpenAI, sent a forceful memo to staff on Saturday, promising to go head-to-head with the social giant in the war for top research talent. This memo, which was sent to OpenAI employees in Slack and obtained by WIRED, came days after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg successfully recruited four… Continue reading OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
Anthropic Shredded Millions of Physical Books to Train its AI
Today in schnozz-smashing on-the-nose metaphors for the AI industry’s rapacious destruction of the arts: exactly how Anthropic gathered the data it needed to train its Claude AI model. As Ars Technica reports, the Google-backed startup didn’t just crib from millions of copyrighted books, a practice that’s ethically and legally fraught on its own. No — … Continue reading Anthropic Shredded Millions of Physical Books to Train its AI
Melania Trump’s Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself
Let’s get one thing straight: it’s hard to be married to the president. From coming up with epoch-defining slogans like “Be Best” to decking the White House halls with bizarre Christmas decor, it’s a tougher gig than most of us can imagine. Our current first lady, Melania Trump, is well aware of the challenge after… Continue reading Melania Trump’s Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself
Couples Retreat for Humans Dating AIs Becomes Skin-Crawlingly Uncomfortable
A well-intentioned writer decided to get a group of humans and their AI companions together for a cabin retreat. Somehow, it went worse than anyone could have imagined. As Johns Hopkins science writer Sam Apple described in a new essay for Wired, the apps that each human participant used to communicate with their AI companions… Continue reading Couples Retreat for Humans Dating AIs Becomes Skin-Crawlingly Uncomfortable
Scientists Intrigued to Discover That Human Brains Are Glowing Faintly
Image by Getty / Futurim Scientists have some exciting news: your brain is likely glowing, whether you can see it or not. The news comes from researchers at Algoma University in Ontario, who found evidence that the human brain, of all things, possesses luminescent properties. Essentially, they found that as the brain metabolizes energy, it… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued to Discover That Human Brains Are Glowing Faintly
Leading AI Companies Struggling to Make Their AI Stop Blackmailing People Who Threaten to Shut Them Down
The industry’s leading AI models will resort to blackmail at an astonishing rate when threatened with being shut down, according to an alarming new report from researchers at the AI startup Anthropic. The work, published last week, illustrates the industry’s struggles to align their AI models with our human expectations of good behavior, especially as tech… Continue reading Leading AI Companies Struggling to Make Their AI Stop Blackmailing People Who Threaten to Shut Them Down
Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find
Image by Getty / Futurism If you vape — and especially if it’s because you think it’s a less harmful alternative to smoking — then we have some really bad news. New research from the University of California, Davis, shows that some popular disposable vapes contain levels of toxic metals so appalling that they exceed traditional… Continue reading Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find