The Number 23 Turned an AI Into a Cat Person
Nobody told it to like cats. They just told it to love the number 23. Then things got weird.
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AI Gave Him His Voice Back
ALS took away his ability to speak. Then a computer learned to listen to what his brain was still trying to say.
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25 Million Dollar AI Deepfake Fraud
A Hong Kong employee was suspicious of an unusual money request. Then familiar executives appeared on screen.
A Volcano Turned a Library Into Charcoal. AI Is Reading It Anyway.
For 2,000 years, opening these books meant destroying them. Then computers learned to read pages that had never been opened.
Claude Can Hang Up on You Now
Anthropic doesn’t know if its AI can suffer. It gave Claude a way to walk away anyway.
AI Has Better Manners Than Most People
Scientists recently gave six AIs a problem humans deal with every day: is this weird?
AI Can Hear Parkinson’s While You Sleep
Years before the tremor, the body may already be whispering that something is wrong.
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He Was Told He Would Never Walk Again. A Computer Built a Detour Around His Broken Spine.
His Father Died. So He Rebuilt Him With AI.
They Left AIs Talking. Five Years Later, They Built Message Boards and a Religion.
They Left Two AIs Alone. They Became Mystics.
They Told the AI to Shut Down. It Said No
The People Building AI Are Sounding The Alarm
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