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AI Psychosis

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Ethics

Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users

“AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Ethics

Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

“Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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OpenAI

OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

Interesting.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

👁 News emerged that Jonathan, a 193-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise, had peacefully passed away. It turned out to be a crypto scam.

Elon Musk

JONATHAN THE 193-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE IS STILL ALIVE, REPEAT HE HAS NOT DIED

“Even our researcher friends in the US unraveling his DNA have just sent condolences.”

By Victor Tangermann

👁 Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering.

Starship

SpaceX Files for IPO

Here we go.

By Victor Tangermann

👁 Tesla revealed that its human operators do, in fact, temporarily take control of its robotaxis if necessary, unlike Waymo.

Elon Musk

Tesla Workers Are Seizing Control of Robotaxis When They Get Stuck

Remote assistance workers can “take temporary control of the vehicle.”

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

👁 Scientists tried to establish a more scientifically rigorous assessment of the effects of "emotional crying."

Mental Health

Do You Cry More or Less Than the Average Person?

By Victor Tangermann

👁 NASA's director of flight operations, Norm Knight, told reporters that a controller issue had caused the fan of the space toilet to jam.

Moon

NASA Spacecraft’s Toilet Fails Hours Into Ten-Day Journey to Moon

By Victor Tangermann

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Energy

Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed

By Joe Wilkins

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Future Society

Chinese University Announces 30-Story “Artificial Island” for Marine Research Purposes

By Joe Wilkins

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Nuclear Fusion

The Trump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities

By Joe Wilkins

👁 NASA is counting down for its Artemis 2 crewed lunar mission. It's a historic moment that also happens to take place on April Fools' Day.

Moon

Conspiracy Theorists Are Going to Have a Field Day as NASA Gears Up to Launch Historic Moon Mission on April Fools’ Day

By Victor Tangermann

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Anthropic

Leaked Claude Code Shows Anthropic Building Mysterious “Tamagotchi” Feature Into It

By Frank Landymore

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Computing

Here’s Why Google Searches for “Bimbofication” Are Surging

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

The Iran War Has Cut Off Supply of a Gas the AI Industry Desperately Needs

By Joe Wilkins

👁 Anthropic confirmed on Tuesday that parts of the internal source code for its Claude Code had leaked, yet another embarrassment.

Anthropic

The Fact That Anthropic Has Been Boasting About How Much Its Development Now Relies on Claude Makes It Very Interesting That It Just Suffered a Catastrophic Leak of Its Source Code

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows

By Frank Landymore

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Artificial Intelligence

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests

By Frank Landymore

👁 A startup has been pitching "brainless clones" of the human body that aging or ill individuals could one day transplant their brain into.

DNA

A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into

By Victor Tangermann

👁 Students in China are using smart glasses to cheat during exams and renting them out to their classmates as well.

Artificial Intelligence

Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests

By Victor Tangermann

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Robotics

Remember That Robot Olaf Disney Was So Proud of? It Just Wiped Out So Hard That His Carrot Nose Went Clattering Across the Pavement

By Frank Landymore

👁 SpaceX admitted that yet another satellite had "experienced an anomaly" at an altitude of roughly 350 miles on Sunday.

Off-World

Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes

By Victor Tangermann

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👁 Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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AI Psychosis

Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users

Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns

OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT

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JONATHAN THE 193-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE IS STILL ALIVE, REPEAT HE HAS NOT DIED

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Tesla Workers Are Seizing Control of Robotaxis When They Get Stuck

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Do You Cry More or Less Than the Average Person?

NASA Spacecraft’s Toilet Fails Hours Into Ten-Day Journey to Moon

Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed

Chinese University Announces 30-Story “Artificial Island” for Marine Research Purposes

The Trump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities

Conspiracy Theorists Are Going to Have a Field Day as NASA Gears Up to Launch Historic Moon Mission on April Fools’ Day

Leaked Claude Code Shows Anthropic Building Mysterious “Tamagotchi” Feature Into It

Here’s Why Google Searches for “Bimbofication” Are Surging

The Iran War Has Cut Off Supply of a Gas the AI Industry Desperately Needs

The Fact That Anthropic Has Been Boasting About How Much Its Development Now Relies on Claude Makes It Very Interesting That It Just Suffered a Catastrophic Leak of Its Source Code

NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests

A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into

Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests

Remember That Robot Olaf Disney Was So Proud of? It Just Wiped Out So Hard That His Carrot Nose Went Clattering Across the Pavement

Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes

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ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions