Strange News: AI Without Guiderails, A Tech Tycoon's Yacht Disaster, Putin Wants You To Move to Russia (Don't)

Strange News: AI Without Guiderails, A Tech Tycoon's Yacht Disaster, Putin Wants You To Move to Russia (Don't)

Controversial tech tycoon Mike Lynch temporarily goes missing after his luxury yacht sinks off the coast of Sicily. Elon Musks's social platform X raises concern with its recently-unveiled AI image generator, which apparently has no "guardrails" for content. Authorities bust an enormous, frightening Chinese crime network that harvested bones from more than a thousand corpses for dental implants. If all of this has you worried, never fear: Vladimir Putin has officially announced anyone concerned about the fall of Western civilization can seamlessly move to Russia. (Spoiler: don't.) All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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What is AI Psychosis?

What is AI Psychosis?

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Listener Mail: Lasers, Barack Obama on Aliens, and More

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Strange News: The FAA's Big Whoopsie (or Conspiracy), Epstein Updates, Sketchy Phone Calls

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16 Helmi 1h 4min

What's Happening in Iran?

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13 Helmi 58min

CLASSIC: The Mystery of the Kensington Runestone

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12 Helmi 1h 1min

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