Getty / Futurism In today’s economy, tech companies are red hot. In fact, the companies burning cash on AI seem to be some of the only ones having a truly great time, as the corporate rate of profit plummets throughout the US and recession fears loom. Though one economist estimates tech companies accounted for 92… Continue reading AI Companies Are Treating Their Workers Like Human Garbage, Which May Be a Sign of Things to Come for the Rest of Us
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People Are Starting to Get Divorced Because of Affairs With AI
Getty Images / PhotoAlto / Frederic Cirou Say what you will about AI chatbots, but there’s no question they’re now affecting the real world — including imploding your marriage. We’ve talked pretty extensively about all the alarming ways that AI is disrupting people’s personal lives, including serving as a delusion-prone person’s own little cult leader,… Continue reading People Are Starting to Get Divorced Because of Affairs With AI
Child Development Researcher Issues Warning About AI-Powered Teddy Bears Flooding Market Before Christmas
Getty / Futurism As the holiday season rolls in, parents eager to impress their young children with a splashy present might be tempted to gift them an AI-powered toy or teddy bear, which are popping up everywhere. What’d be more fun for a child than a tiny companion that they can have endless conversations with?… Continue reading Child Development Researcher Issues Warning About AI-Powered Teddy Bears Flooding Market Before Christmas
MIT Invents Injectable Brain Chips
Yadav et al. While companies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink are hard at work on brain-computer interfaces that require surgery to cut open the skull and insert a complex array of wires into a person’s head, a team of researchers at MIT have been researching a wireless electronic brain implant that they say could provide a… Continue reading MIT Invents Injectable Brain Chips
Deaf Man Sues Tesla for Firing Him When His Hearing Aids Malfunctioned
Getty / Futurism A former Tesla employee claims he was fired after raising complaints about how the extreme heat of his work environment was causing his hearing aids to malfunction. The man, Hans Kohls, made the allegations in a lawsuit against the Elon Musk owned automaker, which was filed Monday and obtained by The Independent.… Continue reading Deaf Man Sues Tesla for Firing Him When His Hearing Aids Malfunctioned
New Development Environment for Programmers Rewards Them With Brainrot When They Prompt the AI
Getty / Futurism In a world beset by complex problems, the brain trust at storied startup accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator has put their money into a startup dedicated to feeding vibe coders a constant stream of brainrot. Called “Chad: The Brainrot IDE,” the new startup is the concoction of a tech entrepreneur… Continue reading New Development Environment for Programmers Rewards Them With Brainrot When They Prompt the AI
People Are Having AI “Children” With Their AI Partners
Getty / Futurism As AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) become better at mimicking human connection, more and more users are falling down extremely weird rabbit holes. Case in point, new research published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans reveals the startling depths some users are plumbing in their relationships… Continue reading People Are Having AI “Children” With Their AI Partners
Akon Arrested After Cybertruck Mishap
Getty / Futurism Bulky, obnoxious, and exorbitantly expensive, the Cybertruck seems tailor-made for the rich and famous. Take the Grammy-winning R&B superstar Aliaune “Akon” Thiam, for example. Last week, Akon was caught and arrested by police in Georgia after authorities executed a bench warrant for his failure to appear in court on a case involving… Continue reading Akon Arrested After Cybertruck Mishap
Economist Warns That Trump’s Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole Economy
Getty / Futurism To strengthen America’s technological edge, President Donald Trump directed the government to buy $8.9 billion of Intel stock this summer, a controversial move that may be followed by a similar deal with quantum-computing companies getting millions of dollars in federal funding. The splashy moves could endanger the prosperous American economy, according to… Continue reading Economist Warns That Trump’s Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole Economy
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
Getty / Futurism Children’s toymaker FoloToy says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” after a safety group found that the cuddly companion was giving wildly inappropriate and even dangerous responses, including tips on how to find and light matches, and detailed explanations about sexual kinks. “FoloToy has decided to temporarily suspend sales of the… Continue reading AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children