AI Pricing
McDonald’s AI Raises Big Mac Price After Deciding Customer Looks Like He Can Afford It
Franchisees say the pricing tool watches “willingness to pay.” One...
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Drones
Pentagon Cuts 20% of Generals, Hands Their Parking Spots to Drones
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Autonomous Warfare Command gets the reserved...
cybersecurity
Man Applies to FBI, Gets Rejection Email From the Hackers Who Stole His Résumé
A Springfield applicant says ShinyHunters thanked him for applying, then...
AI safety
Man Doing 97 in a 55 Tells Trooper He’s Signed a ‘Morally Binding’ Pledge to Self-Police
Clocked at 97 mph, a Florida man assured the trooper...
Executive Order
Social Security Phone Robot Upgraded to ‘Super Intelligence,’ Still Can’t Understand ‘Representative’
By executive order, the Social Security phone robot is now...
Iran
Iraq Celebrates Sovereignty Day by Asking Iran What Time It Has to Be Home
Hours after the last U.S. troops left, a newly independent...
AI safety
OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 After Model Flags Its Own Launch as Outside Approved Scope
The model drafted its own release note, reserved a conference...
Elon Musk
Starship Finally Reaches Orbit, Immediately Asks If It Can Head Home Early
SpaceX's rocket made history Monday, then about an hour into...
customer service
FedEx Adds New Tracking Status: ‘Maybe’
After a nor'easter delayed deliveries along the East Coast, FedEx...
bureaucracy
National Weather Service Adds ‘Spite’ As Official Precipitation Type
WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service announced Monday that “spite”...
