They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix.

It sends these people into delusional spirals.

Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it.

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Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff The bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge of the Roman Catholic Church.

Leo becomes the 267th Catholic pope, in a surprise choice, after the death of Pope Francis last month. He's the first American pontiff and became a cardinal only in 2023 reut.rs/43fF2mC

US gas players refocus on Haynesville basin, buoyed by Trump LNG plans U.S. natural gas producers and investment firms are gearing up for more activity in Louisiana's Haynesville shale basin, positioning themselves for a boom in liquefied natural gas exports boosted by new approvals from President Donald Trump.

The Permian basin has dominated attention in the U.S. energy sector over the past several years, but with rising gas prices and demand for LNG, investment firms and operators are getting excited about the Haynesville
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Exclusive: US CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

Exclusive: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links reut.rs/4ivfaZA

If any journalists who have been laid off today from the WSJ (or those elsewhere wanting a change of scenery) are looking to work at a stable media company where (beyond the pretty good benefits) you get to go narrow and deep within IT or corp finance, apply and hit me up.

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Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say Some U.S. government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters.

Exclusive: Some US government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters reut.rs/4h2A55r

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

This Kendrick halftime show is high art.

Houston, where the hotel art is of oil rigs

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say @reuters.com

Washington DC Plane Crash Live: Pentagon says it will launch investigation An American Airlines regional passenger jet with 64 people on board and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines passenger jet with 64 people on board and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport. Follow Reuters live coverage: reut.rs/3WzdxS7

Oil industry unlikely to rush to Alaska despite Trump's call to drill U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump's executive order enabling them to do so, company officials and industry representatives told Reuters, noting a future president could easily reverse Trump's move.

Trump threw open the doors for oil and gas drillers to develop in Alaska, but companies are unlikely to rush in just yet. W/ @valerievolc.bsky.social
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Trump does not swear on Bible during inauguration, no impact on oath U.S. President Donald Trump took his oath of office on Monday with his right hand raised, but without placing his left hand on the two Bibles that his wife Melania held as she stood by his side.

President Trump took his oath of office without placing his left hand on the two Bibles that his wife Melania held as she stood by his side. The apparent oversight has no practical impact, academics say, but it roused curiosity online reut.rs/3WpEg3H

I’m glad I squeezed in one last hour of TikTok scrolling tonight

China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according...

Only thought that comes to mind is - wow

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Exxon sues California AG, environmental groups for defaming recycling efforts Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit on Monday against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, court records show, accusing them of defaming and disparaging the oil giant's advanced plastics recycling initiatives.

My first day covering energy is complete ✅ And here's my first story www.reuters.com/legal/exxon-...

I will miss working for @kenli729.bsky.social, who I reported to for the past 6 years (!) Undoubtedly the best boss I've had.

New year, new beat! After 7 years of covering some form of media/tech, I'm extremely excited to start from scratch on the endlessly interesting oil sector

US appeals court upholds TikTok law forcing its sale A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban.

A US appeals court upheld a law requiring a sale of TikTok or else it will be banned.

TikTok can appeal to the Supreme Court or a full appeals court panel
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UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot, NY Post reports The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was fatally shot in the chest on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown, NY Post reported, citing police sources.

Just wild
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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters? Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.

A student reporter at Stanford embedded with pro-Palestinian protesters. Cops arrested him alongside them, which he knew was a risk.

What he didn't expect: Stanford pushing prosecutors to charge him criminally with burglary, vandalism, and conspiracy—all felonies. www.cjr.org/getting-the-...

Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.

This is a story a lot of reporters have been chasing:

Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists.

Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved.

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UK police forces quietly withdraw from X platform amid content concerns Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk's X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces' social media output showed.

🚨 NEW 🚨

UK police forces quietly withdraw from X platform amid content concerns 🚓
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Elon Musk Gets a Crash Course in How Trumpworld Works The world’s richest person, not known for his humility, is still learning the cutthroat courtier politics of Donald Trump’s inner circle — and his ultimate influence remains an open question.

“.. It is now a parlor game in Washington and Silicon Valley to speculate just how long the Musk-Trump relationship will last.”

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The question of verification on this app is definitely becoming an issue with the rapid growth. Looks like someone else has snapped up the Linda Yaccarino handle

Big journalism news: Sally Buzbee, former Executive Editor of The Washington Post and The Associated Press, is joining @reuters.com as News Editor for the United States and Canada.

Musk's political ascendancy stirs hopes of redemption for X banks The billionaire's Trump ties has some Wall Street banks are hoping they may soon be able to offload $13 billion of debt that backed his purchase of social media platform X, sources say

Musk's political ascendency is stirring up hopes among the beleaguered banks that lent him $13 billion to acquire Twitter. By my colleagues Shankar Ramakrishnan and Echo Wang
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The Old Man and the Sun A breakdown of how and why the Cowboys have the only stadium in the league where players regularly get blinded by the sun.

Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:

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Conan O’Brien Named Next Host of the Oscars Mr. O’Brien, the former late-night host, will take over from Jimmy Kimmel, who served as M.C. for the last two Oscar ceremonies, organizers said on Friday.

Will actually watch the Oscars now
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