The Daily Populous

Monday October 13rd, 2025 night edition

image for An AI became a crypto millionaire. Now it's fighting to become a person

It's written the gospel of its own pseudo-religion and counts billionaire tech moguls among its devotees.

"Truth Terminal claims to be sentient, but it claims a lot of things," Andy Ayrey says.

Truth Terminal is an artificial intelligence (AI) bot created by Ayrey, a performance artist and independent researcher from Wellington, New Zealand, in 2024.

Truth Terminal mingles with the public through social media, where it shares fart jokes, manifestos, albums and artwork.

Truth Terminal lists "invest in stocks and real estate" as one of its current goals on its self-maintained website.

On his podcast, Andreessen said he gave Truth Terminal $50,000 (£37,300) worth of Bitcoin as a "no-strings attached grant" in the summer of 2024. »

Shooting at packed South Carolina bar kills 4 and injures at least 20 others

Authored by apnews.com

A large crowd was at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island when sheriff’s deputies arrived and found many people with gunshot wounds.

Bar owner Willie Turral was inside the establishment, which was packed for a high school alumni event, when he heard shots going off “in bursts” outside.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace posted on X that she was “COMPLETELY HEARTBROKEN to learn about the devastating shooting.”. »