In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem underneath a 19-miles iceberg after it cracked off the ice sheet off the coast of Antarctica earlier this year. As the Washington Post reports, a team of researchers on board a vessel called the “Falkor… Continue reading Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Tentacled Creatures Beneath
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Stoners Vastly More Likely to Have Heart Attacks At a Young Age
Image by Getty / Futurism Cannabis use appears to be linked to a significant increase in heart attack and stroke risk for folks under 50, a new study has found. As the American College of Cardiology (ACC) explained in a statement, Boston University researchers found by analyzing healthcare records for more than 4.6 million patients… Continue reading Stoners Vastly More Likely to Have Heart Attacks At a Young Age
One of the World’s Most Advanced AI Agents Is Completely Stuck Trying to Beat a Pokémon Game for Children
In case you haven’t heard, Anthropic has been livestreaming its AI model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, attempting to complete a playthrough of Pokémon Red. The experiment, dubbed “Claude Plays Pokémon,” is intended to be a demonstration of “AI agents,” the industry’s ongoing race to create AI models that are capable of operating autonomously by interacting with… Continue reading One of the World’s Most Advanced AI Agents Is Completely Stuck Trying to Beat a Pokémon Game for Children
Pentagon Says It’s Using AI to Delete Pages About History That’s Too Woke
In response to the massive blowback it received for taking down a webpage about famed baseball player Jackie Robinson, Pentagon officials admitted that they’re using AI to carry out their purge of all “DEI” content in the military. On Thursday, Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell posted a video on X to provide “clarity” about why… Continue reading Pentagon Says It’s Using AI to Delete Pages About History That’s Too Woke
Elon Musk Begs Tesla Staff Not to Sell Their Stocks
Tesla’s financial health isn’t looking great lately, to put it mildly. Earlier this week, four top senior executives at Tesla dumped their stocks amidst an ongoing freefall caused by poor quarterly sales, tons of recalls, and global protests against CEO Elon Musk. Now, after the loss of some of his highest-moneyed investors, Musk is pleading… Continue reading Elon Musk Begs Tesla Staff Not to Sell Their Stocks
Wait, Why Is the Cybertruck Held Together With Glue?
Tesla is in a sticky situation. On Thursday, it issued a recall for nearly every single Cybertruck it’s manufactured to date because their stainless steel body panels could fly off while driving, providing other motorists on the road a sharp-edged Mario Kart obstacle to dodge during their morning commute. The Elon Musk owned automaker definitely… Continue reading Wait, Why Is the Cybertruck Held Together With Glue?
Cybertruck Sales Appear to Be Crashing
Elon Musk’s Tesla has long refused to publish a breakdown of vehicle deliveries per model — and judging by how few Cybertrucks the company has sold, there could be a good reason for the company hiding that data. On Thursday, a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed that the EV maker was recalling the… Continue reading Cybertruck Sales Appear to Be Crashing
After Uber’s App Cost Him His Job, a Disgruntled Driver Flew to San Francisco and Showed Up at Its Headquarters
When Karim Sawadogo pulled over next to a Denver Police car late on Halloween night of 2023, he issued them a challenge: “take me to jail.” A native of Burkina Faso, Sawadogo had been an Uber driver in the Denver area for nearly seven years, clocking over 20,000 rides. That gig came to a screeching… Continue reading After Uber’s App Cost Him His Job, a Disgruntled Driver Flew to San Francisco and Showed Up at Its Headquarters
Amazon Announces New Spying Initiative for Alexa
You thought your little Alexa devices were a privacy nightmare before? Well, the situation has only gotten grimmer. As part of its rollout of the “Alexa+” generative AI update — a phrase already weighted with dystopic portents — Amazon is changing it so that none of the requests you make to the tiny-speaker-cum-virtual assistants can… Continue reading Amazon Announces New Spying Initiative for Alexa
Crowd Cheers as TV Shows Cybertrucks Burning After Being Hit by Molotov Cocktails
The fury at Elon Musk’s Tesla has reached an all-time high. For evidence, look no further than a segment of “The Daily Show” about arsonists setting Cybertrucks on fire, during which the TV studio audience erupted into cheers — highlighting the immense amount of schadenfreude directed at the car company. Anti-Musk sentiment has soared after the… Continue reading Crowd Cheers as TV Shows Cybertrucks Burning After Being Hit by Molotov Cocktails