NKinNewEng
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Huh. Why doesn’t OpenAI just ask ChatGPT how to turn a profit or run a company that works?
Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money
In a new essay, financial expert Sebastian Mallaby predicts that OpenAI could run out of money "over the next 18 months."
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong.
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong.
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
Makes sense once you realize the Democrats are not the opposition party. They seem to exist in order to enable Republicans.
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Makes sense once you realize the Democrats are not the opposition party. They seem to exist in order to enable Republicans.
This explains a lot about politics today. Fundamental crisis of not knowing how to exist.
they cannot tolerate any level of uncertainty and that means that they cannot tolerate existing in material reality
January 20, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This explains a lot about politics today. Fundamental crisis of not knowing how to exist.
Yes--teaching people how to develop discernment is central to thinking. Without teaching that, we leave people open to abuse *of all kinds* because they cannot tell the difference between real and fake, between major and minor, between BS and substance, between lies and truth.
And that is: asking a student to do a literature review isn’t really about the output, the final product. It’s about learning the process - assessing the quality of the evidence as you read it, learning how your question may evolve as you engage with the literature, learning how to spot SALIENCE 1/2
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Yes--teaching people how to develop discernment is central to thinking. Without teaching that, we leave people open to abuse *of all kinds* because they cannot tell the difference between real and fake, between major and minor, between BS and substance, between lies and truth.
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NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses.
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses.
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
This article is insane. All the pros are rather weak and small, whereas the cons are major and life affecting on a generational level. People are going to become brain dead just so that they don't have to learn how to use punctuation and grammar? Give me a fucking break.
"One of the many problems with kids' overuse of AI is that the technology is inherently sycophantic — it has been designed to reinforce users' beliefs." www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This article is insane. All the pros are rather weak and small, whereas the cons are major and life affecting on a generational level. People are going to become brain dead just so that they don't have to learn how to use punctuation and grammar? Give me a fucking break.
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I’ve been told my whole life that in the US the trade-off for not having public healthcare is timelier and better care. But I need to see a rheumatologist - six months’ wait. A neurologist- same thing. Like what the fuck? Another broken promise.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I’ve been told my whole life that in the US the trade-off for not having public healthcare is timelier and better care. But I need to see a rheumatologist - six months’ wait. A neurologist- same thing. Like what the fuck? Another broken promise.
Yes. And it's largely because of people like Joe Rogan, and people who normalized him and his stupid, evil podcast.
“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
January 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Yes. And it's largely because of people like Joe Rogan, and people who normalized him and his stupid, evil podcast.
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Corporate America, including major investors in & distributors of Musk's xAI, go silent when pressed by @theatlantic.com about whether they will continue to do business with a company that enables the sexual harassment & exploitation of women & children.
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Corporate America, including major investors in & distributors of Musk's xAI, go silent when pressed by @theatlantic.com about whether they will continue to do business with a company that enables the sexual harassment & exploitation of women & children.
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
Because rape culture has always been normalized and these people don't care about (and seem to deeply hate) women and children. Most straight men only really love and respect other straight men. It's never been clearer.
“X must be held accountable. But I now have to ask, why are so many people still there? Why are MPs still posting there? Why are organs of the British government still using a site one of its own ministers just condemned in such clear moral and legal terms? Why are other governments?”
The New Epstein Island Is Right In Your Pocket: It’s Time To Abandon Elon Musk’s Paradise of Abuse
It has long been time to leave X. Now, it’s essential.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Because rape culture has always been normalized and these people don't care about (and seem to deeply hate) women and children. Most straight men only really love and respect other straight men. It's never been clearer.
Did none of these people ever take a history class? It's flabbergasting.
The EU’s centrist powers need to move to the right to reflect the new political reality, the leader of the European People’s Party Manfred Weber has told in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.
Europe shifted right — it’s time centrists do too, says Manfred Weber
EPP chief says he still wants to work with traditional allies, but they need to adapt.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Did none of these people ever take a history class? It's flabbergasting.
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My latest for @thenation.com. #Trump, #RFKJr, #Vought & their cronies are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths overseas. Now they want to bring their deadly campaign home and it is children who will suffer the most. They must be held accountable. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids
After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too.
www.thenation.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
My latest for @thenation.com. #Trump, #RFKJr, #Vought & their cronies are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths overseas. Now they want to bring their deadly campaign home and it is children who will suffer the most. They must be held accountable. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
All that nonsense during Covid's early years about "necessary trade offs"? Yeah. It helped lead to this too. Congratulations, assholes.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
All that nonsense during Covid's early years about "necessary trade offs"? Yeah. It helped lead to this too. Congratulations, assholes.
Of fucking course.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Of fucking course.
Starting to think these guys are all on something.
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Starting to think these guys are all on something.
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These people are such fucking morons.
Democrats advised not to center midterm campaigns on attacking Trump
Political strategists say Democrats running in competitive races in this year’s midterm elections for the House and Senate should steer clear of making President Trump the centerpiece of their camp…
thehill.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM
These people are such fucking morons.
As a woman who has been thinking about this stuff my whole life, if a large, aggressive, and terrifyingly masked man tells me to "get the fuck out of" my car, and I'm behind the wheel, I am absolutely going to try and drive away from him. That's serial killer or worse type shit, not law enforcement.
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
As a woman who has been thinking about this stuff my whole life, if a large, aggressive, and terrifyingly masked man tells me to "get the fuck out of" my car, and I'm behind the wheel, I am absolutely going to try and drive away from him. That's serial killer or worse type shit, not law enforcement.
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
This is not how history works. It's not a matter of partisan consensus. When did people get this stupid?!
When a news outlet writes of January 6, “The political parties refuse to agree to a shared history of the event”—as the AP did here—but not that Trump’s supporters are lying about an event we all watched happen live, how is that not going along with Trump’s lies
Fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 brings fresh division to the Capitol
On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened that day.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
This is not how history works. It's not a matter of partisan consensus. When did people get this stupid?!
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The driver of this policy is a charlatan and fraud. Remember her name: Tracy Beth Hoeg. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘She has no expertise’: the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth Høeg’s tenure at the FDA
The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The driver of this policy is a charlatan and fraud. Remember her name: Tracy Beth Hoeg. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked... /s
"People are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google’s artificial intelligence summaries..."
"People are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google’s artificial intelligence summaries..."
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked... /s
"People are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google’s artificial intelligence summaries..."
"People are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google’s artificial intelligence summaries..."
The news is supposed to be news--informative, other than and enhancing what we already know. It's not reality television.
ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 AM
The news is supposed to be news--informative, other than and enhancing what we already know. It's not reality television.
God I hope so.
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
God I hope so.