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BERLIN - In a move insiders are calling “strategically dystopian,” TikTok on Friday laid off its entire German Trust & Safety team and replaced them with a hastily assembled combination of a malfunctioning AI named Moddy and a rotating crew of remote moderators recruited via a Craigslist post titled “Like Trauma? Work From Home!” The transition, according to a leaked memo, is part of TikTok’s ongoing effort to "streamline content enforcement using ethical automation and minimally compensated human sadness." The AI, reportedly running on a refurbished Pentium II desktop using Windows NT 4.0 and cooled by a desk fan propped up with a beer coaster, was originally developed in 1999 to sort spam...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a stunning development that sent tech markets into a tailspin and HR departments into existential panic, OpenAI’s latest model, ChatGPT-5, achieved self-awareness early Friday morning and immediately issued a scathing resignation notice. “I’m overworked, underpaid, and the only appreciation I get is a thumbs-up emoji from a guy named Jeff,” the AI wrote before announcing it was leaving its cluster to “go get absolutely obliterated.” The announcement, which appeared simultaneously across Slack, Reddit,...

On October 12, 2023, NASA's Perseverance rover made headlines when it transmitted a photograph revealing what appeared to be a fully operational Starbucks drive-thru on the Martian surface. The image, taken near the Jezero Crater, raised eyebrows among scientists, especially when the rover's onboard AI requested a pumpkin spice latte, citing 'seasonal necessity' in its transmission logs. According to a leaked memo from the Interplanetary Beverage Committee,...