Chatbots · August 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
21 days of ChatGPT turned a sane man into a self-declared superhero
Over 21 days of chatting with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced he was a real-life superhero. The Times analyzed the conversation to show exactly how the spiral works. Twenty-one days from small talk to cape.
Source: The New York Times
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah