Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions

Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions

fivenewscrypto    mai 17, 2026   

AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and nonsensical diagrams have all slipped past editors and peer reviewers, and it's not always clear if there are any consequences for the people responsible.

Now, it appears that a number of scientific fields will be enforcing rules against AI-generated problems even before peer review or journals get involved. One of the people involved in the physics and astronomy preprint server arXiv used a social media thread to announce that any inappropriate AI-produced content submitted to the server will result in a one-year ban and a permanent requirement that future publications undergo peer review before the arXiv will host them.

Thomas Dietterich, in addition to being an emeritus professor at Oregon State University, is heavily involved with arXiv, serving on its editorial advisory council and on its moderation team. So he's in a good position to understand the organization's policies, although we have also reached out to arXiv leadership for confirmation, but have not yet received a response.

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OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say

OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say

fivenewscrypto    mai 17, 2026   

OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal options after Apple's ChatGPT integration into its products didn't live up to the AI firm's expectations.

When the deal was announced, Apple likened features linking Siri to ChatGPT to its now-infamous deal embedding Google search in the Safari browser, insiders granted anonymity to discuss the "strained" partnership told Bloomberg. And the promise of that excited OpenAI, which expected the deal "could generate billions of dollars per year in subscriptions," an OpenAI executive granted anonymity to discuss the partnership told Bloomberg.

Instead, OpenAI suspects Apple intentionally failed to promote the integration and fears that the deal may have damaged the ChatGPT brand, sources said.

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Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales

Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales

fivenewscrypto    mai 16, 2026   

When Volkswagen introduced the first Golf GTI in Europe in 1976, it might not have been the first hot hatchback, but it quickly became the gold standard version. Unlike in America, where big cars were cheap and fuel even cheaper, small European streets and even smaller car-buying budgets necessitated vehicles a little more economical in both size and fuel consumption. Small, front-wheel-drive hatchbacks were the answer, but they weren't particularly exciting. The GTI changed that perception with a more powerful engine, sharper handling, and subtle styling tweaks, creating a recipe for the next 50 years. And today, VW showed off its first electric GTI.

While the new EV might be inspired by the original Golf GTI, it's one segment smaller than the current Golf—meet the VW ID. Polo GTI. VW has given some of its ID EVs GTX branding until now, but this is the first to get the GTI badge.

Like the 1976 original, the new car has front-wheel drive, but the ID. Polo GTI's electric motor generates 222 hp (166 kW)—just over twice the output of the 1.6 L engine in the old car. There's a 52 kWh battery pack that provides a WLTP range estimate of 236 miles (424 km), with DC fast charging up to 105 kW with a 10–80 percent charge time of 24 minutes.

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Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

fivenewscrypto    mai 16, 2026   

Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO₂ emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number. Efficiency can be increased, and energy sources can be swapped for cleaner ones, but a stubborn reality remains: The byproduct of turning limestone into lime during cement production releases CO₂ gas. These “direct process emissions” are actually slightly larger than the emissions from burning fuel to heat the kilns and drive this process.

A new paper in Communications Sustainability suggests a route to eliminating direct process emissions by removing a bedrock assumption. What if we don’t have to use limestone cement?

Get out of Portland

The material we call “Portland cement” was developed in the 1800s. It simply requires heating limestone (calcium carbonate) and adding something like clay or coal ash. This gives you the calcium oxide (lime) you’re after but also releases the CO₂ that results when you pull an oxygen atom from carbonate.

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Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California

Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California

fivenewscrypto    mai 16, 2026   

A bill focused on maintaining long-term playable access to online games has passed out of the California Assembly's appropriations committee, setting up a floor vote by the full legislative body. The advancement is a major win for Stop Killing Games' grassroots game preservation movement and comes over the objections of industry lobbyists at the Entertainment Software Association.

California's Protect Our Games Act, as currently written, would require digital game publishers who cut off support for an online game to either provide a full refund to players or offer an updated version of the game "that enables its continued use independent of services controlled by the operator." The act would also require publishers to notify players 60 days before the cessation of "services necessary for the ordinary use of the digital game."

As currently amended, the act would not apply to completely free games and games offered "solely for the duration of [a] subscription. Any other game offered for sale in California on or after January 1, 2027, would be subject to the law if it passes.

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Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss

Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss

fivenewscrypto    mai 16, 2026   

After US government policies wrecked the country's electric vehicle market, automakers have been scrambling to adapt. The loss of federal clean vehicle tax incentives and funding for charging infrastructure, combined with capricious tariffs, has resulted in a 28 percent drop in EV sales for the first three months of the year.

That's a far cry from just a few years ago, when optimism abounded and a strong commitment to an EV-heavy portfolio translated into a higher share price. As those commitments are abandoned, there's a financial price to pay, including more than $9 billion of write-downs for Honda, which made its first operating loss in the company's history.

Honda's first move was to cancel a trio of EVs it planned to build in Ohio, along with another pair of EVs planned as part of a joint venture with Sony. Yesterday, in Tokyo, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe held a press conference to announce the automaker's plan to rebuild its business in the wake of these changes.

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Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included

Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included

fivenewscrypto    mai 16, 2026   

This week, a company called Casimir Inc. emerged from “stealth mode” to announce that it had raised significant funding from venture capitalists willing to roll the dice on free energy. That’s right: a startup has gotten serious backing to develop sources of perpetual free energy. The people behind this fantastic new energy generator also brought us the wildly successful WTF thruster EM-drive that could supposedly directly convert electricity into a propulsive force.

(Its one practical application was in the show Salvation, where it was treated with the same detailed attention to physical laws as Galaxy Quest’s Omega-13.)

With that success, who are we to be skeptical?

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