Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
“Scientists Use AI to Create a Virus Never Seen Before”
January 26th, 2026Via: Daily Mail: Lab–grown life has taken a major leap forward as scientists use AI to create a new virus that has never been seen before. The virus, dubbed Evo–?2147, was created by scientists from scratch using new technologies that could revolutionise the course of evolution. With just 11 genes, compared to the 200,000 in […]
In Conversation with Andrew Bridgen: Digital ID, Excess Deaths & Political Silence
January 26th, 2026Via: Digby Furneaux:
Piecing Together A Theory On How Donut Lab’s Solid State Battery Could Be Real
January 15th, 2026Via: Miss GoElectric: Related: “Either this battery changes the world within the next 3 months, or it will make the CEO look like a fool” — ESOX Group Using Donut Lab Solid State Batteries for Military EVs
Firefox AI Kill Switch
January 14th, 2026Via: Extreme Tech: Mozilla is adding a global “AI kill switch” to Firefox, giving users a single option to permanently disable all AI tools in the browser. Developer Jake Archibald confirmed on Mastodon that the new toggle will remove every AI component. He also explained that all AI features will be optional by default. The […]
AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse
January 8th, 2026Great, the hallucinations compile and run without errors. Via: IEEE Spectrum: In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the course of 2025, most of the core models reached a quality plateau, and more recently, seem to be in decline. A task that might […]
Dell Admits Customers Aren’t Buying PCs for AI Features
January 8th, 2026I’m pretty sure that Dell’s customers are NOT confused about their desire to avoid built in, invasive and poorly functioning AI features. Via: PC Gamer: “We’re very focused on delivering upon the AI capabilities of a device—in fact everything that we’re announcing has an NPU in it—but what we’ve learned over the course of this […]
Boston Dynamics Atlas Humanoid Robot Testing in Hyundai Factory
January 5th, 2026Via: 60 Minutes:
Trump Says U.S. Attacked Facility in Venezuela
December 30th, 2025Update: CIA Drone Carried Out First Known Land Strike On Venezuela Via: ZeroHedge: The CIA is reported to have carried out a bombing operation within Venezuelan territory, CNN and The New York Times report in follow-up to President Trump touting that the US had knocked out “a big facility”. CNN while citing unnamed sources, reports […]
OpenAI Testing Advertising Integrated Into ChatGPT Responses
December 30th, 2025Hallucinations + Ads = Profit? Via: Digital Trends: OpenAI is still exploring “ChatGPT ads,” even after earlier signs it had cooled on the idea to keep improving response quality. The Information reports the company is considering sponsored content that could be prioritized so it shows up inside ChatGPT answers. That matters for one simple reason: […]
Florida: Autonomous Police Vehicles Will Patrol Cities Recording Audio, Video and Thermal Information, Can Launch Drones
December 26th, 2025Via: Silicon Cowboy: Related: Jail for Spoofing AI Mass Surveillance License Plate Cameras
