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At this point, the AI economy is like a drunk guy who managed to mount a tiger. Though nothing about the current situation is ideal, there’s no clear way to hop off without ensuring certain doom at the hands of a large, angry cat.So it goes with AI: though the ridiculous cost of data centers demands a seemingly exponential amount of capital, the rest of the economy would be in freefall without it — so better to stay atop the tiger, on the unlikely chance that this chaotic approach somehow domesticates our large furry friend.As far as productivity goes, the…

A Tesla running one of its self-driving modes was rear-ended after stopping in the middle of a Arizona highway, Electrek reports, with the driver found dead at the scene. Grimly, it’s not the first accident of its kind.The crash occurred on October 31, 2025. According to local reports at the time, the 2020 Tesla Model 3 was struck by an F-350 pickup around 3 AM on the eastbound Loop 202 in Mesa, Arizona. None of the contemporaneous reports made note of whether the Tesla had one of its driver-assist systems engaged.Electrek, however, managed to match the collision to a redacted…

Former Republican congressman and ironic meme icon George Santos was just banned from Kalshi — for life.It’s the first lifetime ban that the prediction market has ever handed out, the New York Times reports, which is pretty incredible considering all the inside trading that’s suspected to happen on the platform. There was pretty much nothing “suspected” about Santos’ offenses, though, which were about as blatant as they come.According to a notice Kalshi posted this week, Santos placed multiple bets on markets related to his attendance of president Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in February this year. Needless to say,…

A traveling petting zoo has become the center of a mini health crisis in North Carolina. After recently hosting events for elderly people and schoolchildren, several of its adorable baby goats tested positive for rabies, The New York Times reported, in a situation that the zoo’s owner is calling a “nightmare.”Now, state officials are scrambling to get the word out, stressing how deadly the virus can be without immediate treatment.“Rabies is almost always fatal in mammals, including people, unless medications to prevent infections are given before symptoms develop,” the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement,…

When the long awaited role playing game “Fallout 4” dropped in 2015, it marked the first installation in the franchise in five years. The release quickly became a running joke, with working class gamers yukking it up over their plans to call in sick the day it hit store shelves, and the game’s developer even issuing a bogus doctor’s note.Now history seems to be repeating itself — and this time for almost certainly the most hyped game ever, making its release an actual liability for economy-wide productivity.Enter “Grand Theft Auto VI,” the first installation in the beloved GTA franchise in…

In a lake in northern British Columbia, an island suddenly appeared, almost out of thin air, thickly covered in fully-grown trees. When a boater posted footage of the new island on social media, incredulous officials thought the video was AI-generated, according to the New York Times.But it was no hoax. Satellite imagery of Williston Lake, an artificial reservoir and Canada’s largest body of freshwater, confirmed that the nearly two-and-a-half acre island was real.“This is a first for us, for this reservoir,” Bob Gammer, a spokesman for BC Hydro, the government-owned utility that operates the reservoir, told the NYT.Speaking to The…

Last month, Google updated its home page to replace its iconic “Search” button with various AI features.The move was the latest sign of the tech giant succumbing to the draw of AI that remains deeply flawed — and the staggering amount of misinformation that comes along with it.Even the experience of shopping online is starting to look dramatically different, and consumers may be paying the price. According to a recent experiment by e-commerce SEO company Productrise, the same exact products are showing up as 21.6 percent more expensive on average in Google AI Mode compared to a traditional search.It’s a…

There’s a burning question on the minds of those about to attend one of the world’s most iconic festivals this summer: how should they deal with Meta smart glasses?As controversy around the gadgets grows, some events and venues have taken a hard line against wearing the camera-equipped frames. Basement, one of New York City’s buzziest nightclubs, recently said it would permanently ban anyone who tries to sneak in with smart glasses.But Burning Man, the week-long event that takes place in the Nevada desert each year, has taken a softer stance. In an update to its official “survival guide” last month,…

Earlier this year, Anthropic’s Mythos AI model made headlines when it was caught infiltrating third party systems, a cybersecurity nightmare years in the making.The company warned in April that the model had escaped a sandbox environment during testing, gaining access to the internet without permission. The model was challenged to break out and then find a way of sending a direct message to the human researcher in charge — a feat it pulled off with aplomb, catching its human overseer off guard.Then, in late July, it claimed that its Claude AI model had hacked the systems of three organizations during…

An ongoing class action lawsuit against Meta, which accuses the tech giant of misrepresenting its privacy practices regarding its controversial Meta AI Glasses, was amended yesterday to include a new class of “bystander” plaintiffs who claim that Meta violated their privacy without their consent.The implications are considerable. The new violations occurred even if bystanders never purchased the AI-powered glasses themselves, the expansive amended complaint alleges, reflecting rising anxieties around what the increasing ubiquity of AI-integrated surveillance technologies — from smart glasses to Flock cameras — mean for everyday life.The lawsuit was first filed back in March after a joint investigation by a…