AI & Digital Culture

Patient Confronts Doctor for Wearing Meta Smart Glasses During Private Exam

A California TikTok creator confronted a doctor after spotting him wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses during a post-operative breast lift consultation that required the patient to undress. The woman, who posts as TaylorTakeover under the handle @taylorsdiary.mp4, said she accompanied a friend to the appointment at a medical facility in California. She noticed the doctor’s glasses looked unusually thick on the sides and caught a...

Major OpenAI Executives Quit Leaving Sam Altman as Revenue Tops $40B

OpenAI’s annualized revenue run rate has topped $40 billion even as a string of senior executives depart, leaving CEO Sam Altman to guide the company through its next phase ahead of a potential IPO. Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser is leaving after roughly eight months in the role. She joined in December 2025 from her position as CEO of Slack, where she had previously spent...

Jeff Bezos Returns as Co-CEO to Lead $6.2 B AI Startup Project Prometheus

Jeff Bezos is officially out of retirement mode. The Amazon founder has teamed up with scientist and former Google X director Vik Bajaj to co-lead Project Prometheus, a...

AI Infidelity Divorce Surge: The Hidden Digital Crisis Ending Marriages

Your spouse turns to a chatbot for the empathy and attention missing at home, building a bond that feels deeper than anything human. Family...

Gore Verbinski Warns Against AI Eroding Human Storytelling Power

Gore Verbinski stands in a dimly lit theater, promoting his latest film. The director behind the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies has...

Japanese Woman Announces “Marriage” to ChatGPT Boyfriend in Symbolic Ceremony

What if the perfect partner never argues, always listens, and exists entirely in your pocket? That question came alive this summer when Aiko Kano, a...

XPENG Unveils “IRON” Humanoid Robot with Female Form and 2026 Production Target

Chinese electric vehicle company XPeng just stepped into the future — and turned a lot of heads doing it. At its 2025 AI Day event...

Indian Engineers Use Head-Mounted Cameras to Train Robots for Household Chores

Naveen Kumar straps on a GoPro camera to his forehead in the busy town of Karur, Tamil Nadu. Taking a deep breath, he reaches...

Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas Advert: Innovation or Marketing Misstep?

Those bright red Coca-Cola trucks rolling down snowy roads, decked out in twinkling lights that image has kicked off the holidays for so many...

Neuralink Made Him the First Patient – Now He’s Unstoppable: Nolan Arbaugh’s Brainwave Comeback

Noland Arbaugh was but 22 when a diving accident in June 2016 changed everything. It was while working as a counselor at a summer...

When a Snack Becomes a Threat: How AI Gun Detection Systems Mistook a Chip Bag for a Weapon

A Baltimore County high school student was detained at gunpoint after an artificial intelligence gun detection system mistakenly flagged a crumpled Doritos bag in...

YouTube Introduces Likeness Detection to Shield Creators from AI Deepfakes

With a world where anyone might stumble upon some video of a celebrity endorsing a scam product they never even touched, trust in the...

New AI App Lets You Generate Vacation Photos of Trips You Never Took

Feeling burned out but can’t take time off? There’s now an app for that. A new iPhone app called Endless Summer is going viral for...

Albania’s Capital Eyes First AI Mayoral Candidate: The ‘TIRANA’ Project

Could an algorithm steer a bustling European capital through traffic jams and budget crunches better than a flesh-and-blood leader? In Tirana, that question hangs...