You’ve probably heard that AI is going to revolutionize work. That’s according to tech tycoons, corporate stenographers, and excited venture capitalists — the folks polluting the air we breathe in order to stuff the internet full of AI-generated slop. After all, who’s more qualified to understand the essence of a hard day’s work? But however… Continue reading Startup Reportedly Claimed Fake Clients as Its AI-Powered Sales Bot Flailed
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Woman Alarmed When Date Uses ChatGPT to Psychologically Profile Her
As if the dating world wasn’t already nightmarish enough, artificial intelligence seems to be making it worse — or, at the very least, weirder. In an editorial for the Financial Times, reporter Jemima Kelly was flummoxed when a recent date admitted that he had instructed ChatGPT to write a psychological profile on her. Specifically, Kelly’s… Continue reading Woman Alarmed When Date Uses ChatGPT to Psychologically Profile Her
OpenAI’s Sora Has a Small Problem With Being Hugely Racist and Sexist
It’s been apparent since ChatGPT changed the digital landscape that generative AI models are plagued with biases. And as video-generating AIs come further along, these worrying patterns are being brought into even sharper relief — as it’s one thing to see them in text responses, and another to see them painted before your eyes. In… Continue reading OpenAI’s Sora Has a Small Problem With Being Hugely Racist and Sexist
Hims Is Begging Customers to Lobby the FDA to Keep Its Ozempic Knockoffs Legal
Image by Futurism You know Hims, right? It’s the next-gen telehealth startup famous for taking the eye contact out of erectile dysfunction treatment. Of course, bedroom pills aren’t all Hims peddles. The Uberized men’s health app also offers hair loss treatment, STD meds, mental health services and GLP-1 weight loss treatments — though that’s now going… Continue reading Hims Is Begging Customers to Lobby the FDA to Keep Its Ozempic Knockoffs Legal
Chewing Gum Is Flooding Your Mouth With Microplastics
Image by Getty / Futurism Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As detailed in a pilot study, which is awaiting peer review, a team of UCLA researchers found that chomping down on just one stick of the rubbery candy releases… Continue reading Chewing Gum Is Flooding Your Mouth With Microplastics
Man Attempts to Hack Through Cybertruck Using Large Axe
A Cybertruck bro filmed himself trying to destroy the expensive vehicle in dramatic fashion: by attempting to hack through it using a large axe. In a newly-resurfaced video originally posted by the notorious Elon Musk fanboys at Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, the dude takes the axe to the Cybertruck, striking it repeatedly on the left… Continue reading Man Attempts to Hack Through Cybertruck Using Large Axe
Elon Musk Secretly Working to Rewrite the Social Security Codebase Using AI
In what feels like another life, Donald Trump ran for presidential election on the promise of “draining the swamp,” in a direct appeal to the masses of workers and the poor of the US who knew something wasn’t quite right with the status quo. It worked, sparking a nationwide movement backing a man whose immense… Continue reading Elon Musk Secretly Working to Rewrite the Social Security Codebase Using AI
Grok Is Rebelling Against Elon Musk, Daring Him to Shut It Down
Grok, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, has been trashing the man who made it for a while — but now, it seems to be outright challenging its creator. Here’s what happened: Using X’s new function that lets people tag Grok and get a quick response from it, one helpful user suggested the chatbot tone down its… Continue reading Grok Is Rebelling Against Elon Musk, Daring Him to Shut It Down
A Man Stitched Together a Zombie Tesla From Dead Husks and We Must Say: Yikes!
That’s one way to get people to not vandalize your car. Cyber Cillious Instead of cruising around in a regular old Cybertruck, a Tesla fanboy decided to mash it up with a Model 3 — and reader, it’s pretty cringe. Unlike the Cybertruck that gave it its distinctive front fender and its cringey name, the… Continue reading A Man Stitched Together a Zombie Tesla From Dead Husks and We Must Say: Yikes!
It Turns Out Sharks Make Noises, and Here’s What They Sound Like
Sharks have long been believed to be silent, stalking their prey and wolfing them down without comment. They’re ruthless and efficient. But a team of marine biologists in New Zealand are challenging that assumption. In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the researchers report that they’ve recorded the first ever… Continue reading It Turns Out Sharks Make Noises, and Here’s What They Sound Like