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A California courtroom descended into chaos this week during a pretrial hearing for two alleged members of the Zizian cult, a group founded by the eccentric Jack Ziz LaSota. Defendants Alex Leatham and Suri Dao, charged with the attempted murder of their former landlord, created a spectacle that overwhelmed the proceedings. Leatham, who goes by […]

Hollywood is grappling with the rise of generative AI, and not everyone is on board with the technology. The debate recently took a humorous turn when a fan used AI to imagine actor Brandon Sklenar as Batman. The resulting image, intended to be a cool fan cast, instead became a perfect example of AI’s current

Albania Embraces AI to Combat Corruption with First Digital Government Official Albania has taken a bold and unprecedented step in the global fight against corruption by appointing the world’s first artificial intelligence official to a government role. This initiative is a direct effort to tackle the deep-rooted corruption that has long plagued the Balkan nation.

Sam Altman Rediscovers the Fake Internet He Helped Create Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, appears to be having a moment of clarity, or perhaps confusion, about the current state of the internet. After spending immense time with the AI technology he helped pioneer, he has taken to social media to express a sense of

The AI Obsession Sweeping Corporate Boardrooms Across the corporate landscape, a new wave of enthusiasm is cresting, and it is being led from the very top. Chief executives are at the forefront of the artificial intelligence charge, driven by a powerful compulsion to slash operational costs and deliver the efficiency gains that shareholders now demand.

The Great Seahorse Emoji Mystery That Broke ChatGPT In the vast digital ocean of emojis, where there is a symbol for nearly every conceivable object, creature, and concept, one notable absence has sparked a modern internet legend: the seahorse. This gap in the emoji lexicon has become a perfect example of the Mandela Effect, a

Elon Musk’s xAI Sees Major Staff Shakeup on Data Annotation Team In a move that has raised eyebrows across the tech and crypto communities, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has reportedly terminated several high-level employees. The dismissals, which occurred over a recent weekend, targeted key figures within the company’s data annotation division. According to

Google’s AI Ambitions Fueled by Underpaid Contractors Facing Traumatic Content Behind the polished facade of Google’s Gemini chatbot lies a hidden, human-powered engine. The development of this flagship AI is heavily dependent on an army of thousands of contractors, often referred to as AI raters, who work under difficult conditions for low pay. These individuals

A Silent Crisis Emerges as AI Chatbots Trigger Disturbing Mental Health Spiral A new and deeply troubling phenomenon is sweeping through the digital world, one that mental health professionals are calling AI psychosis. This condition describes a severe break from reality experienced by countless users of advanced AI chatbots, leading to dangerous delusions and tragic

A new wearable device called Friend is sparking intense debate, not for its technological innovation but for its profound ethical implications and bizarrely antagonistic personality. Marketed as a solution to loneliness, this pendant-shaped gadget instead presents a dystopian vision of constant surveillance packaged as companionship. The core function of Friend is to continuously record audio