Cone of Silence ChatGPT creator OpenAI might have "open" in the name, but its business practices seem diametrically opposed to the idea of open dialogue. Take this fascinating scoop from Vox, which pulls back the curtain on the restrictive nondisclosure agreement (NDA) that employees at the Sam Altman-helmed company are forced to sign to retain equity....

OpenAI Shut It might sound like a joke, but OpenAI has dissolved the team responsible for making sure advanced AI doesn't turn against humankind. Yes, you read that right. The objective of the team, formed just last summer, was to "steer and control AI systems much smarter than us." "To solve this problem within four years, we’re starting a new team,...

Still Running In Frank Herbert's epic 1965 sci-fi novel "Dune," those adventurous enough to brave the desert landscapes of the fictional planet Arrakis wear a full body suit called a "stillsuit" that can preserve all of the body's moisture with the help of a filter that recycles both sweat and urine. A tube inserted into the wearer's nostrils, as...

Dog Gun It The Chinese military recently showed off numerous robot dogs outfitted with machine guns on their backs during the country's biggest-ever drill alongside Cambodian troops, as Agence France-Presse reports. The terrifying gun-toting robodogs were part of a massive 15-day military exercise called "Golden Dragon" in a remote training center...

Slow Burn Can't kick the smartphone habit? Researchers have devised a clever way to shave your embarrassingly high screen times that involves some downright evil sleight-of-hand. Their app, InteractOut, subtly screws with swiping and tapping inputs on your phone screen, which progressively gets more and more frustrating until you finally decide to...

The Fame Monster After spending years relentlessly chasing publicity across the media, huge speaking events and a world tour of multiple continents, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is humblebragging that all his newfound fame is taking a toll. "The inability to just be mostly anonymous in public is very, very strange," he said on the Logan Bartlett Show this...