Society

2016 is a maximalist state of mind the internet is desperately trying to manifest back into existence, but why?

Australia’s internet regulator has launched a second investigation into Elon Musk’s X and AI chatbot Grok after a surge of non-consensual generated sexualised images flooding the social media site. 

Merge Labs, a company co-founded by AI billionaire Sam Altman that is building devices to connect human brains to computers, has raised $US252 million ($367m).

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The latest AI technology has solved an equation no human mathematician has been able to do. But some experts say the AI’s solution was not very different from earlier work done by humans.

X has tightened controls on its Grok chatbot after backlash over claims it generated sexualised and non-consensual images of real people, including minors.

AARON PATRICK: Thanks to China’s one-child policy, the country now has approximately 30 million ‘surplus men’.

Cashed-up tourists looking for an out-of-this-world adventure are set have a whole new destination to add to their bucket list.

SpaceX, along with NASA, is returning a crew of four astronauts from the International Space Station after one of them experienced an unspecified medical issue. 

‘I loved this life, and I’m grateful for the time.’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the billion-dollar race to commercialise psychedelic medicine, psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogen better known as magic mushrooms has decisively pulled ahead of the pack.

As algorithms are programmed to feed us content, being fully present in your day-to-day while having to engage with all this tech can be tricky.

Apple has struck a deal to use Google's AI technology to power its new-look Siri and future artificial intelligence features on its iPhones.

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.

BECK NEWTON: People are following the guidelines. The problem is that the local guidelines haven’t followed the evidence.

‘You’re going to feel absolutely dreadful. And those who are vulnerable can end up in hospital or worse.’