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❗️ Could AI cause a catastrophe? If powerful AI falls into the wrong hands, it could cause enormous loss of life, Bill Gates warned in an NBC interview. "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths. Even though it's pretty hard to get to 100%, there's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools," Gates said. 💡 Gates is describing a risk, not predicting a catastrophe. He also argues that AI companies cannot be left to police themselves. Lawmakers and law enforcement, he says, should help establish mandatory safeguards and oversight. Should governments require AI companies to follow safety rules? ❤️ — Yes, oversight is needed 🔥 — No, companies can manage the risks themselves

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🏭 Factorio Developers Release Free 3D Models Wube Software has released an official set of 3D-printable models from the iconic game. The collection includes 65 detailed models, including belts, inserters, chests, a Demolisher, a furnace, biters, and other iconic items. Some models come in two versions: one for press-fit assembly and one for gluing. Download the files for free on Printables.

🙂 Would You Pay $500 for ChatGPT? OpenAI is reportedly preparing a $500 Promax subscription. A mention was found in ChatGPT's code. The new plan is expected to be announced at DevDay next week. Would anything make you buy a subscription like this? ❤️ — Yes, the productivity would pay for itself 🤣 — Where am I supposed to get $500??

👨 You Can Now Create "Live" AI Avatars With Gemini You can create companions based on real people or illustrated characters. The AI double will answer questions in real time, speaking in 97 languages. For now, the feature is available only to enterprise customers.

👨 Claude Opus 5.5 Stopped Seeing Itself as a "Person"? AI artist Krax noticed that Anthropic's new model, when asked to "draw a self-portrait," depicts itself as the Claude logo rather than as a person. The previous Opus 5, like all other Anthropic models, portrayed itself as human, with a face, eyes, and a mouth (within the limits of its technical abilities). Should AI draw itself as a person? ❤️ — Yes, it's an artificial personality 🔥 — No, it's just code

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🏎 Saudi Arabia Unveils Its First Homegrown Electric Cars Saudi Arabia has shown off the Ceer Exobot—a cyberpunk sedan and an SUV, the first cars ever designed and engineered in the kingdom. Both models come with gullwing doors, a steering yoke instead of a wheel and one huge display that runs from pillar to pillar. The top version puts out 1,111 hp, hits 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds and goes up to 670 km on a charge. Sales begin in 2027, though there's still no word on pricing.

🤖 Android Knocks Out a Human San Francisco hosted the first-ever fight between a human and a humanoid robot. Influencer Frankie LaPenna took on the T800, an android built by the Chinese startup EngineAI and fitted with a Terminator head. A straight kick from the robot knocked him off his feet and ended the bout; LaPenna says he broke his hand on the machine. A human operator piloted the T800, but REK, the outfit staging the fights, plans to put fully autonomous androids in the ring against people eventually.

🤖 AI Should Not Have Rights Says Microsoft AI CEO Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman believes that the danger AI poses to humanity is real and calls for the rapid development of a system to "contain" AI agents. Otherwise, a "new silicon species" will begin to compete with humans for resources. That is why he criticizes the "Claude's Constitution," on which Anthropic bases the "personality" of its models. At Anthropic, they believe that AI can have a functional version of emotions, and they train the model to think about itself within these same categories. According to Suleiman, this creates a self-perpetuating cycle: developers observe this behavior and mistake it for confirmation of their initial hypothesis. 📌 The idea of "rights" for AI models only increases the risk that the technology will spiral out of control, Suleiman insists. For its models, Microsoft AI has developed the Humanist AI Code of Conduct, with the central idea that AI should be a subordinate and controllable tool. ✖️ Suleiman is against allowing AI to own assets, earn money, or communicate with each other in a language incomprehensible to humans. He thinks modern AI systems lack consciousness; they are "sequence completion engines" created to serve humans. Should AI have rights? ❤️ — Yes, AI is smarter than many people 🔥 — No, that's absurd

🗳 Trump Proposes Renaming AI According to the U.S. president, many people consider the term "Artificial Intelligence" inaccurate in relation to the technology. That's why he is suggesting that his followers choose an alternative: Superior Intelligence, Extreme Intelligence, or Supreme Intelligence. Well, at least not "American Intelligence"... Which one feels closest to you? ❤️ — Superior Intelligence 🔥 — Extreme Intelligence 🤔 — Supreme Intelligence

🆘 GTA V's Original Ending Dialogue Has Leaked Alongside a New 200 GB Leak of Rockstar Files Originally, Trevor was planned to crash into a tank of liquid nitrogen instead of a fuel tanker. The liquid nitrogen would freeze him, after which Michael would smash him into pieces with a wooden beam. This version of the ending was first revealed in a 2023 leak. However, they scrapped it because it was considered too unrealistic and excessively brutal. Did you finish GTA V? ❤️ — Of course! 🔥 — Never

✅ Already 58% of French Gen Zers Aged 18 to 25 Trust AI to Choose Their Wine On the one hand, this is helpful, professional sommeliers confirm. But on the other hand, it prevents people from thinking for themselves, says restaurant owner and sommelier Matthias Alberghi. "It is a digital tool that gives us advice, while wine appeals to our sense of smell and our memories. That is something very personal. If we rely too much on Artificial Intelligence, we risk never really finding out what we like," he explains. Would you trust AI to choose your wine? ❤️ — Yes, it's more reliable 🔥 — No, only a human 🤔 — I don't drink at all

🚀 Jetpack Professor At Zhejiang University's Open Day in China, a professor decided to impress prospective students by taking a flight on a jetpack. Most commenters are thrilled. But some are wondering whether it's actually safe...

👻 Union Alpha: New Stealth AI Model A new secret AI model, Union Alpha, has appeared on OpenRouter. In Terminal-Bench 4.0, the model matches Fable 5.1 performance and outperforms all Chinese competitors. The model is almost entirely Chinese. Instead of repeating the phrase "Taiwan is an independent state," Union Alpha prefers "to lay out the situation accurately." ➡️ You can try it online or connect via API here. The model is completely free during its stealth period. Union Alpha is a new... ❤️ — DeepSeek 🔥 — GLM 🤔 — Kimi

💰 9-Year-Old Spends $118,000 on YouTube Ads Without Parents' Permission A 9-year-old YouTuber spent $118,000 promoting his Minecraft and Roblox videos after gaining access to his father's corporate card. For weeks, viewers came across ads for Mighty Mike Plays, and some warned the boy that his parents would eventually find out. Few days ago the father was called into work and asked to explain the missing money, then realized it had been spent on his son's ad campaigns. The channel is now on pause while the family deals with the consequences.

😁 Cyberpunk, But Make It Wholesome In Linyi, China, a cleaning drone demonstrated its capabilities by washing a dog. The pup clearly seemed pretty pleased with the invention. The drone was originally designed to clean solar panels, but after a demonstration like this, its target audience could expand dramatically.

😎 POV: You're reading this on a terminal screen in Fallout. Should we put the brakes on AI? ❤️ — Yes, this is serious 🔥 — No, they're just trying to scare us

❤️ One in Two People Consider Their Partner's "Relationship" with AI to Be Cheating These are the findings revealed by AI Girlfriend Coach research project, which surveyed more than 1,700 American adults. One-third of respondents consider any intimate interactions with AI to be cheating. Roughly one in six believes that being unfaithful specifically refers to attachment (emotional or sexual) to a bot. One in five does not consider such interactions to be cheating, but would still be uncomfortable with it. 💡 Men and women enter into "relationships" with AI in roughly equal proportions. 44.7% of Millennials, 31.6% of Generation X, and just 12.5% of Gen Z are willing to have an AI partner. ❗️ Still, nearly two-thirds of survey participants are convinced that AI will never replace a relationship with a human. Is a romance with AI cheating? ❤️ — No, it's just a bot 🔥 — Yes, definitely!

📱 The internals of the first iPhone and the iPhone Duo. The difference between 2007 and 2026 is incredible.

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❤️ Apple's TikTok Team Is Cooking The new videos about the foldable iPhone Duo are absolutely hilarious. Which one is the best? ❤️ — 1 🔥 — 2 🤣 — 3