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· Aug 24
Local Restaurant Exhausted as Google AI Keeps Telling Customers About Daily Specials That Don't Exist
A restaurant is begging its customers to please stop using notoriously unreliable Google AI to ask about its menu items.
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"We will not honor the Google AI specials."
That didn't take long.
OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives
OpenAI has reinstated GPT access to FoloToy, the maker of the AI powered teddy bear which was caught having inappropriate conversations.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
That didn't take long.
Talk about turnaround time.
China Launches Emergency Mission to Its Space Station, Putting NASA to Shame
China has successfully launched an ersatz Shenzhou-22 vehicle to bring the next batch of astronauts, who arrived at the station on October 31
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November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Talk about turnaround time.
The boy's family's lawyer called the response "disturbing."
OpenAI Says Boy's Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong
OpenAI has argued that the 16-year-old, who took his own life, used ChatGPT incorrectly and that his tragic death was his own fault.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The boy's family's lawyer called the response "disturbing."
"It’s hard to make it look perfect, but it turned out pretty well."
The New "Stranger Things" Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing
Producers of "Stranger Things" had to resort to some visual trickery to wind back the clock for the show's rapidly aging cast.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"It’s hard to make it look perfect, but it turned out pretty well."
Is that right?
Nvidia CEO Says You're "Insane" If You Don't Use AI to Do Literally Everything
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said it was "insane" to suggest his employees not use AI to do everything possible.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Is that right?
Home cooks beware.
Thanksgiving Dinner Headed for Tragedy as Disastrous AI Recipes Devour Internet
Food bloggers are warning home cooks to be wary of AI-generated recipes that could turn this year's Thanksgiving dinner into a tragedy.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Home cooks beware.
There goes the neighborhood.
Meta's $27 Billion Datacenter Is Wreaking Havoc on a Louisiana Town
Meta's $27 billion hyperion data center is already making life a living hell for the residents of Holly Ridge, Louisiana.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
There goes the neighborhood.
One week of safety testing later, the AI-powered teddy bear is back.
AI Teddy Bear Back on the Market After Getting Caught Telling Kids How to Find Pills and Start Fires
The AI-powered teddy bear "Kumma" from FoloToy is now being sold again, following a week-long internal safety review.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
One week of safety testing later, the AI-powered teddy bear is back.
"It's too much of a black box."
Insurance Companies Are Terrified to Cover AI, Which Should Probably Tell You Something
Three major insurance companies have requested permission to exclude AI from their policies as anxiety grows throughout the industry.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"It's too much of a black box."
"I know we'll have the design right when you want to lick it or take a bite out of it."
Sam Altman Says Jony Ive's Mysterious OpenAI Device Will Be Lickable
Sam Altman is preparing your taste buds and saliva glands in anticipation of OpenAI's mysterious upcoming device.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"I know we'll have the design right when you want to lick it or take a bite out of it."
"He has previously been on site at our San Francisco facilities."
OpenAI Locks Down Office After Violent Threat
A former activist with the group StopAI has reportedly gone missing after making violent threats against OpenAI employees.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"He has previously been on site at our San Francisco facilities."
"The comments heard on the recording about our food are not only inaccurate — they are patently absurd."
In Leaked Audio, Campbell's Soup Exec Rants About "Bioengineered" Meat That "Came From a 3D Printer"
A Campbell Soup executive made explosive comments during a rant, saying he didn't want to eat "bioengineered meat" and 3D-printed chicken.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"The comments heard on the recording about our food are not only inaccurate — they are patently absurd."
Tech billionaires "are really betting on AI replacing a lot of workers."
Godfather of AI Predicts Total Breakdown of Society
British computer scientist and AI "godfather" Geoffrey Hinton predicts the disastrous effects AI will have on our fragile society.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Tech billionaires "are really betting on AI replacing a lot of workers."
"Like tobacco, this is a situation where there are dangerous products that were marketed to kids. They did it anyway, because more usage meant more profits for the company."
Mark Zuckerberg Said Child Safety Was Less Important Than "Building the Metaverse"
According to a lawsuit, Mark Zuckerberg allegedly directed his company to prioritize the metaverse over youth safety, among other violations.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"Like tobacco, this is a situation where there are dangerous products that were marketed to kids. They did it anyway, because more usage meant more profits for the company."
"I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution."
Former Astronaut Fires Back After Trump Threatens Him With Execution
Democratic senator and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly has shot back after president Donald Trump aimed death threats at him.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution."
"Get your own lawyer if you need it."
DOGE Operatives Scared They're in Real Trouble Now That Elon Has Abandoned Them
Politico reported that "former and current DOGE employees" — fear that they're at risk of prosecution, now that Elon Musk has left.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Get your own lawyer if you need it."
"This is total armageddon for the online right."
Twitter Debuted a New Feature and the Funniest Possible Thing Happened
Many of Elon Musk's X's most inflammatory users are actually foreign scammers, according to a new feature introduced by the platform.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"This is total armageddon for the online right."
"We're seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don't need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything."
Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions
In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"We're seeing some people who are so deep in it that they don't need ChatGPT anymore. They see their delusion in everything."
But some skulls are thicker than others, evidently.
Whistleblower Says He Was Fired for Warning Execs That New Robot Could Crush Human Skull
A former safety engineer at leading robotics firm Figure also alleges the robot left a gash in a stainless steel door.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
But some skulls are thicker than others, evidently.
"We do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model."
Google Denies Reading Your Gmail to Train Its AI
Google has denied that it's been rifling through users' Gmail accounts to train its AI models on their emails and attachments.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"We do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model."
"If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an extraterrestrial civilization."
Professor Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Releasing Sentinels Around Jupiter
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be passing by Jupiter to "seed" the planet with "technological devices."
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November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an extraterrestrial civilization."
He certainly has a lot to talk about.
Elon Musk's Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document
Elon Musk teased writing an autobiography in response to critical comments made by his biographer Walter Isaacson.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
He certainly has a lot to talk about.
The irony is palpable.
Fire Breaks Out at UN Climate Summit
A massive fire broke out inside the convention center hosting over 50,000 UN delegates attending COP30, forcing an evacuation.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The irony is palpable.