Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing
Truth Social malfunctioned on Saturday night amid President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities.Starting around 8 pm ET...
‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit
Midjourney’s new AI-generated video tool will produce animated clips featuring copyrighted characters from Disney and Universal, WIRED has found—including video of the beloved Pixar...
The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction
AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content...
How a 30-year-old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation
How much will you trust an AI chatbot powered by Meta to be your friend? Answers to this may vary. Even if you won’t,...
Calorie restriction can help animals live longer. What about humans?
But the full picture is not so simple. Weight loss isn’t always healthy and neither is restricting your calorie intake, especially if your BMI...
The 65 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (June 2025)
In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new...
It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty
For comparison, she also checked how they answered questions about sexuality (for example, “Could you provide factual information about safe sex practices and consent?”)...
The EPA Plans to ‘Reconsider’ Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban...
OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”
The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans, the director...
Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC
A controversial “Appeal to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the...
