Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, is opening up about her “cringe” dad. Speaking to Teen Vogue for her second-ever interview, the 20-year-old college student revealed that her billionaire dad doesn’t take up much real estate in her brain. “I’m not giving anyone that space in my mind,” Wilson told the magazine. “The only thing that… Continue reading Here’s What Elon Musk’s Daughter Really Thinks of Him
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OpenAI Scientists’ Efforts to Make an AI Lie and Cheat Less Backfired Spectacularly
Punishing bad behavior can often backfire. That’s what OpenAI researchers recently found out when they tried to discipline their frontier AI model for lying and cheating: instead of changing its ways for the better, the AI model simply became more adept at hiding its deceptive practices. The findings, published in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, are the… Continue reading OpenAI Scientists’ Efforts to Make an AI Lie and Cheat Less Backfired Spectacularly
Trump Ridiculed for Claiming He Rescued the Stranded Astronauts
Donald Trump insists, incorrectly, that he was the one to rescue those stranded astronauts — and he’s getting roundly called out for trying to take credit for something he had almost nothing to do with. As the Washington Post reports, the plans for the safe return of Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the astronaut pair… Continue reading Trump Ridiculed for Claiming He Rescued the Stranded Astronauts
Veterans Furious at Elon Musk
Veterans shafted by cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are speaking out — and they don’t have much nice to say to the unelected billionaire-in-chief. Released within a few days of each other, new campaigns from VoteVets, a progressive political action committee, and the 93-year-old charity Disabled American Veterans (DAV) take Musk… Continue reading Veterans Furious at Elon Musk
Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road
YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober has kicked the hornet’s nest with his latest video. In the piece — titled “Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?” — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the… Continue reading Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road
Students Concoct Ingenious Scheme To Grow Ozempic At Home
Image by Michael Siluk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty / Futurism Up in Canada, students have developed an incredible new way to synthesize drugs on plants — and they’re using Ozempic as their test case. In a press release, the University of Ottowa revealed that some of its undergraduate students have invented… Continue reading Students Concoct Ingenious Scheme To Grow Ozempic At Home
Sounds Like Insurance on Teslas Is Going to Skyrocket Because of All the Vandalism
It was already expensive to insure a Tesla — and now, it looks like it’s going to get even more costly. In interviews with Newsweek, insurance experts are sounding alarm bells about a potential rate hike due to the spate of anti-Elon Musk vandalism targeting Teslas around the United States. “If vandalism involving Tesla vehicles continues to… Continue reading Sounds Like Insurance on Teslas Is Going to Skyrocket Because of All the Vandalism
You May Be Horrified When You Learn What Chewing Gum Is Actually Made From
A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum. In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK’s University of Portsmouth revealed that most modern chewing gum contains “a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers,” akin to the stuff that car tires are made of — which is not only going… Continue reading You May Be Horrified When You Learn What Chewing Gum Is Actually Made From
Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?
Content Warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and other disturbing topics. Partway through our conversation, Megan Garcia pauses to take a call. She exchanges a few words with the caller and hangs up. In a soft voice, she explains that the call was from school; it was about one of her… Continue reading Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?
Uber Drivers Say They’re Getting Locked Out of the App and Trapped in a Kafkaesque Limbo When They Try to Dispute It
For nearly ten years, Bernard Moses had been ferrying passengers around Chicagoland as an Uber driver. But after dropping off his umpteenth passenger one day in April 2024, Moses recalls that he swiped to find his next rider — only to discover he‘d been locked out of his Uber driver account. A message came up,… Continue reading Uber Drivers Say They’re Getting Locked Out of the App and Trapped in a Kafkaesque Limbo When They Try to Dispute It