A flickering screen and liquid visible behind Daniel has Silo fans convinced his body is now made entirely of nanobots — but is it a clue or a trick of the light?

Philosopher Schwitzgebel warns we'll soon build AI that counts as conscious under some theories but not others — and no current framework can break the tie.

Google's AI overviews are reinforcing some conspiracy theories, new research finds — raising the question of whether search itself is now a radicalization engine.

Republicans are framing data center backlash as a conspiracy rather than a real concern — and critics say the dismissal itself is the tell.

GOP leaders are blaming China for data center opposition — a foreign-interference claim that reframes local community backlash as enemy propaganda.

A 2012 post saying "Stop ChatGPT" has gone viral — and people are convinced it proves someone predicted, or planned, AI's rise years in advance.

The "censorship industrial complex" claims government used a research group as a proxy to silence millions — but do the GEC files actually show that?

A 2012 tweet warning "Stop ChatGPT" is now viral — and people are genuinely debating whether someone time-traveled to post it.

A 2012 post saying "Stop ChatGPT" is now viral — and some people are convinced it proves someone traveled back in time to warn us.

Destiny fans are debating whether Bungie's next move is a full sequel, a D2 revival, or a D1 remake — and the stakes for the franchise couldn't feel higher.

Fake AI flood videos went viral during Nepal's disaster — showing how real tragedy becomes a magnet for fabricated content and conspiracy claims.

The "dead internet" theory — that most online activity is bots, not humans — was once dismissed as conspiracy thinking, but now may be coming true.

Fans are freeze-framing the GTA VI trailer to ask if Kick streamer N3on got a cameo — and Rockstar's IRL-streaming aesthetic is making it genuinely hard to tell.

A Japanese fighter jet at Gifu Air Base was spotted fully wrapped in white — and the leading theory links it to the secret GCAP next-generation fighter program.

A leaked GTA 6 map appears to show a real race track, and fans are now asking whether Rockstar quietly confirmed what the community predicted all along.

The Trump administration wants a private contractor to collect voter files from all 50 states — raising the question of whether "fraud detection" justifies a sweeping federal voter database.

Over 1 million LinkedIn users flagged posts as AI slop — raising the question of whether the professional web is already more bot than human.

Algorithms are driving a fever pitch of Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theories — raising the question of whether platforms manufacture outrage more than the public does.

Grenander's pattern theory builds entire complex structures from tiny "primitive generators" — a mathematical claim that regularity itself has a universal grammar.

Researchers tested popular chatbots on election conspiracy theories — and what they found challenges assumptions about AI as either a cure or a cause of misinformation.