Source: Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities
Bixonimania, a made-up eye condition created to prove that large language models (LLMs) could be easily deceived, ended up tricking human researchers as well. Do you spend a lot of time in front of a computer? Do your eyes get sore and itchy after a while? Do they get a reddish pink if you rub […]
France’s weather forecasting service believes its temperature sensors were manipulated to produce abnormal values and help gamblers win Polymarket bets.
At least two Chinese robotics companies have announced that their humanoid robots can now run at speeds of up to 10 meters per second.
South Africa recently withdrew its national policy on artificial intelligence after it was discovered that part of its content had been written by AI, using fictional sources.
An Uzbek man was arrested and eventually deported from Russia after leaving an online review for a women’s leather skirt.
A South Korean man could spend up to five years behind bars for creating a realistic image of a wolf prowling through the streets of Daejeon, a city in central South Korea.
Men in Russia are voluntarily mutilating their ears to get the so-called ‘cauliflower’ look associated with MMA fighters to instill fear in others.