'Summer Was Scary': Amazon Fined for Not Giving Workers Enough Shade, Water
Workers were made to take heat breaks under a plane wing and couldn't sit down, according to three OSHA citations.
AI-Generated Propaganda Is Just as Persuasive as the Real Thing, Worrying Study Finds
Propaganda from popular AI tools “could blend into online information environments on par with…existing foreign covert propaganda campaigns."
How Starship Troopers’ Psychic Subplot Explains Its Divisive Message
The internet is warring over Paul Verhoeven’s subversive 1997 sci-fi blockbuster, and one puzzling element explains its message: psychic powers.
First Prison Photo of Sam Bankman-Fried Emerges: Bearded, Thin, and ‘Weird as Shit’
Independent crypto journalist Tiffany Fong obtained the photo of the former FTX CEO from a former inmate she called “G Lock.”
X Suspends, Then Reinstates, Alexei Navalny’s Widow After Pledge to Continue Anti-Putin Politician’s Work
Yulia Navalnaya pledged to continue her late husband’s work to unseat Vladimir Putin in videos shared across social media. X promptly suspended her.
Life in a ‘Death Trap’: How Tenants Rose Up Against a Federally Funded Mega-Landlord
Years of living with rats, snakes, and rotted floorboards has led a group of tenants across the country to demand better from both their landlord and the federal government.
Why Congress's Fears of Russian Space Nukes Is Political Theatre
This week on CYBER: Why is Congress talking about Russian space nukes? And the ramifications a civil lawsuit may have on NDA law.
Amazon Joins Elon Musk’s SpaceX In Mission to Destroy Federal Agency Protecting Workers
Amazon is the latest company facing labor charges to argue that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Study Featuring AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis Retracted, Journal Apologizes
A peer-reviewed study featured nonsensical AI images including a giant rat penis in the latest example of how generative AI has seeped into academia.
Scientific Journal Publishes AI-Generated Rat with Gigantic Penis In Worrying Incident
AI-generated images in a new academic paper included a rat with a gigantic penis; a peer reviewer who spoke to Motherboard said it wasn't their concern.
Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran Used GPT for 'Malicious Cyber Activities', OpenAI Says
OpenAI shut down accounts affiliated with multiple “state-affiliated threat actors." Microsoft said that no “significant” cyber campaigns were carried out.
Globetrotting Millennial Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending $7M of Drone, Missile Parts to Russia
The basic Instagram influencer was part of a scheme to send semiconductors to Russia to avoid U.S. sanctions.