Meta's new AI agent Muse claims it makes phone calls on its own, but it turns out some of those calls are secretly being handled by humans in call centers

Back in 1960, a group of scientists predicted that the world would end on November 13, 2026, which happens to be a Friday the 13th.

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  ethan1970

  If the world ends on a Friday, I really hope it waits until after I get paid.

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A lot of Chinese and Chinese American women are moving to Silicon Valley in hopes of marrying men who work in the AI industry

OpenAI just released more than 700 math proofs, and some researchers are upset because it wiped out work they were still in the middle of doing

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  bcampbell

  After OpenAI dropped 700 proofs overnight, a group of mathematicians demanded to know what will happen to their jobs? OpenAI responded, 'Well... do the math.'

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Three of the big five publishers are reportedly using AI to make cover art and marketing copy without telling their authors, all while suing AI companies in court

Forbes says Joe Rogan is the highest-paid podcaster of 2026 after making $82 million, while the Kelce brothers pulled in $35 million from their show

Scientists who are using AI to bring back the woolly mammoth now say the project won't be done until the early 2030s, which is later than they first planned

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  cooljaguar874

  At this rate the mammoth is going to come back just in time to go extinct from climate change again.😢

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Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of prized wine worth $5.8 million from a winery in Tuscany, and the producer says it's the biggest wine heist Italy has ever seen

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  hope_scott

  30,000 bottles is either an organized crime ring or my aunt planning for a 3 day weekend.

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Astronomers now believe the Sun may have swallowed a super-Earth billions of years ago, and they think they have found chemical evidence of it hiding inside the star.

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  brightranger754

  Climate scientists hate to admit it, but the Sun already ate one super-Earth and took one look at our smog and said it's full, thanks.

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Geologists say they found evidence under Antarctica of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, and it may have helped life flourish on Earth

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  masonsanchez88

  Scientists found Gondwana under Antarctica, which is exactly where I'd hide too after my whole family split up and moved to different continents.

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Tesla wants to build 20,000 Optimus robots a week, but it turns out the hands are so complicated that they're slowing the whole thing down

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  crimsonshadow

  At least now we know how to survive the robot uprising, just hand them a jar of pickles and walk away.

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Andreessen Horowitz and a group of tech companies are raising $42 million to launch a two-year college alternative in San Francisco for young AI talent

Joe Manganiello says in his new memoir that Sofía Vergara refused to give him a hug while he was going through a serious health crisis

Women in New York say they now want men who are openly enthusiastic and emotionally available, rejecting the whole playing it cool dating trend.

Ikea is investing 1.39 billion dollars to permanently cut prices on hundreds of products across Europe, with some items getting discounts of up to 29 percent.

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  joe1993

  At 95% off, they skip the 847 pieces entirely and just ship you a tree, a saw, and an AI generated pictogram of a man with 6 fingers pointing at a squirrel.

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Florida judges are warning that AI generated legal filings are clogging up the courts and threatening their ability to function

A 19-year-old Miami waitress was arrested for allegedly extorting her boyfriend for $20,000 after discovering he had another girlfriend

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  realchloeharris

  She is 19 and already sending invoices with late fees, Gen Z skipped therapy and went straight to accounts receivable.

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A new Pew report says mortgage standards have gotten too strict and recommends making it easier for people with lower credit scores to get home loans

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  finn_78

  Michael Burry just sat up in bed like a dog hearing a bag of chips open.

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Young adults between 18 and 21 have traded 5.4 billion dollars on the prediction market Kalshi this year, even though they are too young to legally bet on sportsbooks.

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  andrew_davis

  The good news is they're learning about markets, the bad news is their retirement plan hinges on whether Taylor Swift wears red on Tuesday.

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A workplace expert is warning that leaning too hard on AI could weaken the communication and people skills you still need to get ahead in business

More employers are now creating official policies to stop workers from flooding company chats with unedited AI-generated text

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  root217

  Finally we can stop the guy who answers 'sounds good?' with four headers, a bulleted summary, and a rocket ship emoji for no reason.

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Brad Pitt says he started drinking again after 7 years of sobriety, but insists he is doing it in a more restrained way now

A UFO whistleblower told Joe Rogan that while working on a government UAP task force, he learned about alien species that look like Greek gods and giant reptiles

Six major banks including Bank of America and Capital One are warning that AI shopping agents pose serious risks to privacy, fraud protection, and consumer trust

Researchers say new soil and radar evidence suggests that a rock formation in Turkey could actually be the remains of Noah's Ark

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  wildvagabond922

  The ark survived a global flood and 5,000 years buried in a mountain, and it still got here before GTA 6.

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