China’s electric vehicle industry is, by most accounts, experiencing unprecedented boom times: the cars are cheaper, consumers more primed to purchase them, and there are lots of viable options outside of Tesla. Unfortunately, that competition comes with a price — or rather, with a price war. As the New York Times reports, rabid competition among… Continue reading China’s Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble
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White House Orders Government Workers to Deploy Elon Musk’s “MechaHitler” AI as Quickly as Possible
When Elon Musk’s Grok AI had a Nazi meltdown the other month and started calling itself “MechaHitler,” the General Services Administration — the agency in charge of government technology — quietly dropped its plans to use it by removing it from a list of approved vendors. Now, it looks like the White House has swooped… Continue reading White House Orders Government Workers to Deploy Elon Musk’s “MechaHitler” AI as Quickly as Possible
Tesla Just Published a New “Master Plan” and Um, How Do We Say This
Elon Musk’s Tesla has revealed its new “master plan” — and it’s so chock-full of meaningless corporate buzzwords, we can’t help but suspect that it was generated by an AI chatbot. The so-called “Master Plan Part IV” follows up on Musk’s preceding “master plan” installment, which underwhelmed investors back in early 2023 with a vague… Continue reading Tesla Just Published a New “Master Plan” and Um, How Do We Say This
Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars
Incoming! Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar visitor, widely believed to be a comet, screaming into our solar system. With the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers recently got a closer look at the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, that revealed an unexpectedly high ratio of carbon dioxide to water for a comet, as… Continue reading Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars
The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It
Researchers have found that trust in artificial intelligence falls among people as they become more AI literate — a damning revelation that highlights persistent skepticism in the tech. AI companies continue to paint the tech as a mesmerizing, revolutionary inflection point for humanity that justifies enormous capital expenditures to run wildly resource-intensive AI models. But when… Continue reading The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It
Shein Caught Using CEO Killer Luigi Mangione as a Male “Mommy And Me” Model
In the roughly eight years since it burst onto the global e-commerce scene, the uber-cheap fast fashion marketplace Shein has been accused of everything from stealing designs and requiring exploitatively grueling shifts to forcing China’s Uyghur minority to work at its facilities, and even working with suppliers that used child labor. Now, the Chinese-founded and… Continue reading Shein Caught Using CEO Killer Luigi Mangione as a Male “Mommy And Me” Model
Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for Immortality
Image by SERGEY BOBYLEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Russian president Vladimir Putin was caught chatting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping — about the light topic of organ transplants, and how they could let “us live younger and younger, and perhaps even achieve immortality.” As ABC News reports, the comments were overheard on a hot mic attached… Continue reading Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for Immortality
Activists Are Using AI to Identify Masked ICE Agents
A Netherlands-based immigration activist named Dominick Skinner is using AI and facial recognition to reveal the identities of masked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Talk about turned tables — and a striking ethical paradox. In an interview with Politico, Skinner claimed that he and his team of volunteers have so far been able to… Continue reading Activists Are Using AI to Identify Masked ICE Agents
Medicare Will Start Paying AI Companies a Share of Any Claims They Automatically Reject
It’s long been the practice of private health insurers to require “prior authorization” before you can get the treatment you need. Often, they’ll try to deny as many of these claims as possible — including with the use of AI models. Government-backed plans like Medicare, however, have tended to cover what private insurers don’t, and… Continue reading Medicare Will Start Paying AI Companies a Share of Any Claims They Automatically Reject
Scientists Just Found Something Dark About People With AI Girlfriends and Boyfriends
Image by Getty / Futurism Over the past few years, there have been more and more stories — some sad, all strange — about people falling in love (and lust) with so-called AI-companions. As AI tools grow more sophisticated and gain more mainstream acceptance, so too has interest in these digital paramours increased — but… Continue reading Scientists Just Found Something Dark About People With AI Girlfriends and Boyfriends