Palantir CEO Alex Karp suffered a nearly 20-minute meltdown during a live CNBC interview, veering off-topic to rant about the AI financial bubble and his inability to get a faculty job at Berkeley. Th…
An anonymous CEO threatened to fire any employee who sends unedited AI-generated emails, while another tech CEO imposed a complete company-wide ban on AI, according to consultant Joe Procopio. The bac…
Cargo thieves are stealing millions of dollars worth of supplies from AI data center construction projects, including copper wire and electronics, as demand for AI infrastructure surges. A coordinated…
Factories in the Global South are requiring workers to wear head-mounted cameras to record their movements, using the footage to train humanoid robots that could eventually replace them. The practice,…
US and Chinese AI researchers are calling for global cooperation to prevent a catastrophic event that could turn the world against AI forever, comparing the potential disaster to a 'Chernobyl moment.'…
Brown University professor Roberto Serrano uncovered what he calls the largest AI cheating scandal in Ivy League history after 40 of 86 students scored a perfect 100 on a take-home exam, while the sam…
Anthropic hired Stanford economist Chad Jones, who argued in a paper that a 33% chance of human extinction from AI is acceptable if it leads to massive economic growth. Critics condemn the risk calcul…
Experts argue that orbital data centers, such as those proposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Starcloud, are not viable due to immense engineering challenges, including cooling and mass constraints. A vid…
Madonna declared in a Vogue Italia interview that AI is the opposite of art because it stifles creativity and risk-taking, despite her past use of AI for promotional visuals and tour backgrounds. She …
Indie studio A24 faces fan backlash after signing a $75 million AI research partnership with Google, contradicting the anti-AI stance of its hit film 'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons. Fans accuse the…
A lawyer at a legal tech startup quit because her boss became obsessed with AI, using ChatGPT to make all company decisions including hiring and firing, and mandating employees consult the AI before a…
Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, posted AI-generated birthday images of her son on X, sparking controversy over the use of artificial intelligence and speculation that Musk himself controls the account.…
Public backlash against AI is growing, with polls showing three-quarters of Americans want stricter regulation. Billionaire Mark Cuban warns tech moguls that opposition to data centers reflects deeper…
Midjourney, the AI image generator behind a 2024 scientific retraction for AI-generated diagrams, announced a $74 million investment in Butterfly Network to develop a full-body ultrasonic scanner that…
A Virginia woman discovered a Flock Safety Raven audio surveillance device installed in her front yard without notice, despite the city's approval of 75 such sensors not including her property. The Ro…
Employees at fintech firm Slash and consulting giant Accenture are burning through expensive AI tokens on trivial tasks like creating a meme-themed video game and converting PDFs to PowerPoints, expos…
Vancouver police posted an AI-edited image of a drug bust on X, but the doctored photo contained errors like mislabeled currency. The department said it used AI to edit out suspects' names, but critic…
A team of international scientists published a paper in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases arguing that toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection affecting an estimated two billion people globally, should be…
Tom Hanks expressed concern that Disney could use AI to recreate his voice for future Toy Story movies after his death, noting that all his recordings are stored digitally. He and co-star Tim Allen ca…
Hyundai factory workers in South Korea voted to strike over fears that humanoid robots could replace them, demanding a say in automation decisions and a performance bonus of about $27,000 per worker. …