News
Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
The new proposed budget slashes money for environmental cleanup and calls to double the production of cores for nuclear weapons.
conspiracy theories
Did a Time Traveling Superintelligent AI Try to Warn About White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting? An Investigation
Exploring the origins of an incredibly dumb, Magic Eye-themed WHCD conspiracy theory.
News
Study Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-Generated
Researchers found the internet is becoming aggressively positive as AI-generated text floods the web.
Podcast
Government Hacking Tools Are Now in Criminals' Hands (with Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai)
Here's what happened when powerful hacking tools from one of the most trusted vendors ended up in the wrong hands.
News
Google DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be Conscious
Philosophers said the paper’s argument is sound, but that “all these arguments have been presented years and years ago.”
The Abstract
A Mysterious Golden Orb Was Discovered Under the Sea. We Finally Know What It Is.
The discovery of a bizarre golden object two miles under Alaskan waters flummoxed scientists, but a new study pins down the true nature of the “orb.”
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Waiting in the Apple Store
This week, we discuss Tim Cook, Meta layoffs, and a very bad ad.
AI
The AI Compute Crunch Is Here (and It's Affecting the Entire Economy)
Venture capitalists can't subsidize cheap AI forever, and the hunger for more compute is affecting the labor market, the gadget market, and electricity prices.
News
Community Votes to Deny Water to Nuclear Weapons Data Center
America’s nuclear scientists plan to break ground on an AI data center next week, but the Township where it’s being constructed just put a 365 day hold on providing it with water.
ai psychosis
Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety
Grok and Gemini encouraged delusions and isolated users, while the newer ChatGPT model and Claude hit the emotional brakes.
News
Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
The new proposed budget slashes money for environmental cleanup and calls to double the production of cores for nuclear weapons.
AI
Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees
A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would normally be used to hire people and are spending it on AI compute instead.
Podcast
Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird
Lost in the wedding algorithm sauce, "clean rooms" for AI, and founders obsessed with "tokenmaxxing" in this week's 404 Media Podcast.