SpaceX ends up in flames 🔥

Plus Snapchat creeps its users out with its latest AI chatbot 😖

May 10, 2023

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Trying to be one of the ‘cool kids’ isn’t working out so well for Snapchat.

The social platform recently introduced its latest AI feature, ‘My AI’, globally to its users after initially only being available to paying subscribers only. The chatbot has been pinned to the top of the app’s Chat tab where users can ask it questions and get instant responses.

But that hasn’t gone down so well in the Snapchat community, as a flurry of 1 ⭐️ reviews has racked up on the app store, with the number of daily reviews also increasing by five times over the last week! Users have voiced their opinions on the AI chatbot, with some even describing it as creepy 😖

🔭 Science & Futuristic Tech

SpaceX’s journey has ended in flames (and tears) 🔥

Elon Musk’s mission of sending humans to Mars has come to a sudden halt. The six-month project has now turned into several years long, with numerous suborbital tests of which many have been successful. But, not on this occasion.

The latest test flight of SpaceX saw the spacecraft begin to spiral and corkscrew (at least from the perspective of ground cameras) and “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly” just four minutes into the flight. Musk isn’t giving up just yet though, as he took to Twitter to voice his next steps stating that the next test will occur in a few months 🚀

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