A 35-year-old New York City man paid about $2,500 for a whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan that came up healthy — but then suffered a massive stroke less than a year later that the expensive procedure flagged no sign of, The Washington Post reports. Now the stroke victim, Sean Clifford, is suing the… Continue reading Man Gets Clean Bill of Health From Super-Expensive MRI Scan, Then Gets Horrible News
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Something Wild Happens to ChatGPT’s Responses When You’re Cruel To It
From a young age, many children have been instructed by their parents to be polite to smart assistants. Particularly following the advent of Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, children are often encouraged to use words like “please” and “thank you,” with the hopes of instilling manners. But when it comes to AI assistants like OpenAI’s… Continue reading Something Wild Happens to ChatGPT’s Responses When You’re Cruel To It
The Workers Building Labubus Are Allegedly Being Horribly Exploited
Edward Berthelot/Getty Images You know those small, gremlin-like plushies called Labubus that have taken over the globe by storm, launching a Beanie Baby-esque secondary market with soaring prices? While “blind boxes” — where buyers aren’t clued in to which one they’re getting — can go for as little as $20, more sought-after models are selling… Continue reading The Workers Building Labubus Are Allegedly Being Horribly Exploited
Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
The problems were baked in. by Hayden Field Jan 18, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC Hayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down… Continue reading Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
Your smart plug is seriously underutilized: 7 ways I’ve programmed mine to automate my home
Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Remember The Clapper? The plug-in staple may have made for a catchy jingle in the 1980s, but it could also be considered as a primitive ancestor of today’s smart plug — that is, if you can say anything from a few decades ago is primitive.… Continue reading Your smart plug is seriously underutilized: 7 ways I’ve programmed mine to automate my home
Clean Technica: Wild — Tesla Valuation 111× Company’s Forward Free Cash Flow004328
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Naturally, I see a lot of headlines every day. Many of them are basic news stories or repeat what’s been published many times before. However, one really caught my attention yesterday and piqued my curiosity. The headline was “Tesla: Little More Than A Gamble On… Continue reading Clean Technica: Wild — Tesla Valuation 111× Company’s Forward Free Cash Flow004328
Elon Musk says Tesla ‘almost done’ with AI5 design, 6 months after saying it was ‘finished’
Elon Musk took to X today to announce that the design for Tesla’s next-generation self-driving computer, the AI5 chip, is “almost done” – 6 months after he announced that it was “finished.” The CEO also made a wild claim about accelerating Tesla’s chip development to a 9-month cycle for future generations, starting with AI6. We… Continue reading Elon Musk says Tesla ‘almost done’ with AI5 design, 6 months after saying it was ‘finished’
Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse
stclairashley via Instagram Elon Musk’s Grok AI kicked off a massive scandal over the past month when users started using it to digitally undress both adults and even children, triggering a widespread outcry and wave of criticism. The fallout led Musk’s social media platform, X, to announce that it was implementing “technical measures” to prevent… Continue reading Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse
New Study Finds AI in Schools Is Undermining Kids’ Social and Intellectual Development
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI models are being unleashed into schools across the world, in a massive experiment on kids with uncertain results. Now, fresh research provides a clue about the tech’s effects on children’s education, and it’s not promising. According to a new study from Brookings Institution’s Center for… Continue reading New Study Finds AI in Schools Is Undermining Kids’ Social and Intellectual Development
Scientists Now Studying AI as a Novel Biological Organism
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI models are now everywhere, from hospitals to churches. The astonishing thing is that even AI experts still don’t know exactly what’s happening inside these black box models, even as they’re being deployed in the highest-stakes settings imaginable.The latest strategy to figure it out: studying them… Continue reading Scientists Now Studying AI as a Novel Biological Organism