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Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (375+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 2:01 PM EDT Surely our creaking gerontocracy is well-equipped to respond to a technology as novel, disruptive, and rapidly evolving as AI, right? “There is a percentage of my colleagues who are still trying to spell AI,” representative Sam…...
College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (473+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 11:02 AM EDT You wouldn’t be remiss to accuse college students using AI to cheat of being lazy. But some of the wilier ones are putting in the hard work to make sure their LLM-generated answers avoid detection from…...
China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (412+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 9:02 AM EDT The number of space launches has skyrocketed over the last few years, rapidly turning the Earth’s atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space junk. Even now, it’s a considerable danger for any spacecraft that…...
Werner Herzog Demolishes Talentless Hacks Who Use AI to Imitate Other Filmmakers
22+ hour, 41+ min ago (351+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 8:01 AM EDT The legendary German director Werner Herzog had a few choice words about other so-called “filmmakers” who use AI to imitate their inspirations — one of those inspirations being himself. The flesh and blood director didn’t sound impressed....
OpenAI's Supposed Mathematical Breakthrough Devolves Into Explosive Drama as Mathematician Accuses It of Stealing His Work
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (364+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 3:40 PM EDT On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it had found a solution for a famous unsolved problem in mathematics by using a swarm of advanced AI agents. But the occasion quickly unraveled into an explosive scandal, with mathematicians…...
CNN Just Ran One of the Worst AI Puff Pieces We've Ever Seen in Our Lives About That "AI Actor" Tilly Northwood
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (528+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 12:47 PM EDT Last year, a so-called “AI actress,” dubbed Tilly Norwood sparked a near-universal backlash. The algorithmic brunette’s appearance couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the entertainment industry continued to reel from being overrun by cheap…...
Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (349+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:43 AM EDT With opposition to AI continuing to grow, a top AI lab is building out a massive surveillance apparatus meant to keep a close eye on dissenters and predict when the next groundswell of protest might occur....
Man Announces That He Has Synthesized a New Schizophrenia Treatment in His Garage, Based on a Formula Devised by ChatGPT
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (585+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 4:58 PM EDT These days, large language models are pushing the line between schizophrenic break and reality closer than ever before. In a wild new post that’s going viral on X-formerly-Twitter, an enterprising young biochemist named Douglas Yao showcased…...
Tesla's Glitchy Cybercab Accidentally Lets Passengers Access Controls to Manually Drive the Car Using Virtual Joystick on In-Vehicle Screen
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (314+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 3:14 PM EDT One of the selling points of Tesla’s much-hyped Cybercab — its purpose-built robotaxi — is that it doesn’t need manual controls. That’s why it doesn’t even come with a steering wheel or pedals. But an early passenger who…...
Wait, Did Zuckerberg Just Jack Muse the Band's Instagram Handle For His New AI?
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (410+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 12:37 PM EDT Muse, the popular English rock band that’s been selling out arenas for decades, is no longer @muse on Instagram, where it boasts nearly three million followers. That’s because on Tuesday, Meta, which owns Instagram, announced a…...