Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Call It a ‘Cautionary Tale’
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. After a judge called out a law firm for citing fake cases in court documents, the attorneys admitted to AI “hallucinating” the cases. In a court order filed last week, Wyoming District Judge Kelly Rankin demanded…
Scientists Detect Unprecedented Energy ‘Tidal Wave’ from the Sun
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that boiled my blood, warmed my heart, and got permanently inked into my memory. First, a new look at some very old tattoos. Then: a posthumous discovery from a beloved defunct telescope, an update on lava planets, the adventures of translocated mole rats, and…
‘House of Dynamite’ Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World
This post contains spoilers for the Netflix film ‘House of Dynamite.’ Netflix’s new Kathryn Bigelow-directed nuclear war thriller wants audiences to ask themselves the question: what would you do if you had 15 minutes to decide whether or not to end the world? House of Dynamite is about a nuclear missile hitting the United States…
Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?
We start this week with Jason’s article about a CBP official wearing Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses to an immigration raid. A lot of stuff happened after we published that article too. After the break, Sam tells us about the bargain that voice actors are making with AI. In the subscribers-only section, Jason tells us how…
New ‘Rape and Incest’ Game Tests the Limits of Steam’s Sex Policy
For the last week, several news outlets have published shocking headlines about a game called No Mercy on Steam that features incest and “rape.” In the UK, Peter Kyle, a member of Parliament and the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology described the game as “deeply worrying” and demanded Valve, which operates the…
Biggest Market Loss In History: Nvidia Stock Plunges 15% As DeepSeek Shakes AI Darling
Monday’s more than $500 billion loss for Nvidia followed panic surrounding DeepSeek’s AI model running on far less of Nvidia’s coveted GPUs than its American counterparts.
This Adtech Company is Powering Surveillance of U.S. Military Personnel
This article was produced with support from WIRED. Last year, a joint investigation revealed that a Florida-based data broker, Datastream Group, was selling highly sensitive location data that tracked United States military and intelligence personnel overseas. However, at the time, the origin of that data remained unknown. Now, a letter sent to US senator Ron Wyden’s office…
The 8 Things You Should Know About Cyber Attacks on the Education Sector and How to Prevent Them
2024 saw an escalation in cyber attacks on the critical Education Sector. Looking at overall numbers, cyber attacks are surging at an alarming rate, with