Maggie Harrison Dupre

DeepMind cofounder and Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman took the stage at Ted 2024 last week to lay out his vision for an AI-driven future. And according to the AI boss, if you really want to grasp how impactful AI might be to the human species, it might be useful to think of AI as […]

Demo Derby As the saying goes: never trust a tech demo. Back in February, ChatGPT creator OpenAI revealed Sora, its new text-to-video AI. Though Sora still isn't yet available for public use,  the announcement was a success — the product sent Silicon Valley buzzing, and several purportedly Sora-generated clips even went fairly viral. But at […]

At least three women were diagnosed with HIV after receiving a bloody "vampire facial" at a New Mexico wellness spa, an alarming Center for Disease Control (CDC) report reveals. According to the report, the case represents the first documented transmission of HIV via contaminated cosmetic injections — not to mention a grim warning about the […]

Never Forget Where were you when NASA's Spirit rover drew a dick in Martian dust? For nearly 70 years, NASA — often with help from international friends — has been charting important human history. Landing men on the Moon! Sending the Juno craft to Jupiter! Launching the science-accelerating Hubble Space Telescope, and then vaulting the extraordinary James […]

Mind Blown Surprise! Sometimes workers do, in fact, work. In December, music streaming giant Spotify fired 1,500 workers, a cohort amounting to a staggering 17 percent of its total workforce at the time. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek chalked the culling up to cost cuts and bloat reduction, saying that too many roles had been "dedicated […]

AngryGF Most AI girlfriend apps — of which there are already very many — are billed as low-maintenance, always-down alternatives to the real deal. They won't fight or nitpick, they'll never make you feel rejected, and they're always around to chat. But as Wired reports, one AI girlfriend app is here to give a user […]

A Casual Stroll An elephant was found ambling through Butte, Montana on Tuesday after escaping a traveling circus, according to a report from NBC Montana. "My coworker pointed out, 'There's an elephant!' Started jumping up and down, pointing out the window," Civic Center Town Pump co-manager Josh Hannifin — who was reportedly about to "wrap […]

A Casual Stroll An elephant was found ambling through Butte, Montana on Tuesday after escaping a traveling circus, according to a report from NBC Montana. "My coworker pointed out, 'There's an elephant!' Started jumping up and down, pointing out the window," Civic Center Town Pump co-manager Josh Hannifin — who was reportedly about to "wrap […]

A Casual Stroll An elephant was found ambling through Butte, Montana on Tuesday after escaping a traveling circus, according to a report from NBC Montana. "My coworker pointed out, 'There's an elephant!' Started jumping up and down, pointing out the window," Civic Center Town Pump co-manager Josh Hannifin — who was reportedly about to "wrap […]