U.S. Department of Justice (Screenshot by Futurism) Now that the Department of Justice is releasing hundreds of thousands of long-awaited records from its investigation into deceased sex trafficker and billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, the public finally has a chance to see the full extent of his damning web of connections in the highest echelons of… Continue reading The Epstein Files Release Website Is Completely Busted
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Furious Residents Say AI Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in the Great Lakes are lower than they’ve been in years — sparking ardent opposition… Continue reading Furious Residents Say AI Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes
Investors Warn That Humanoid Robots Are the Next Financial Bubble
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Greg Baker / AFP via Getty Images AI powered robots are slowly making their way into our world, from delivery bots on wheels to caregiver bots for the planet’s growing elderly population. Nothing has captured the imagination of investors quite like humanoid robots, though, as they’ve poured untold… Continue reading Investors Warn That Humanoid Robots Are the Next Financial Bubble
Robots Tear Up Stage as Backup Dancers
chestermallie via TikTok Chinese robotics company Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot has taken over the internet by storm, from videos of it shooting hoops like an absolute boss to the more dubious viral fame that comes from being assaulted on camera by a livestreamer. Its technical chops are beyond repute: the highly agile bipedal androids can… Continue reading Robots Tear Up Stage as Backup Dancers
Google’s AI Summaries Are Destroying the Lives of Recipe Developers
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Recipe writers may be cooked. As The Guardian reports, AI chatbots are constantly stealing bits and pieces of their culinary insights and mashing them together into a statistical stew. Even setting aside the question of whether the resulting recipes actually produce tasty food, the bots are… Continue reading Google’s AI Summaries Are Destroying the Lives of Recipe Developers
Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Is Causing Blindness
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs have been found to cut risks for a variety of health issues — ranging from heart to kidney disease — netting the pharma companies behind them billions of projected dollars in revenue over the next decade. But in rare cases,… Continue reading Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Is Causing Blindness
Bitcoin Crashing Is Actually Awesome News for Regular People, Economist Says
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images After a year of record gains for the crypto industry, recent forces have sent itinto a tailspin. Bitcoin, for example, reached dazzling heights of more than $120,000 in October — before crashing back down to around $88,000 today, about 12 percent down from where it was… Continue reading Bitcoin Crashing Is Actually Awesome News for Regular People, Economist Says
Sheriff Puzzled by UFOs Hovering Over Power Station
Getty / Futurism Sure, an inexplicable small-town mystery is fun. But for John Grossnickle, sheriff of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, this one’s getting a little stale. For over a year, Sweetwater officials have been trying to get to the bottom of a series of unexplained appearances by unidentified flying objects. Alarmingly, the UFOs seem to have… Continue reading Sheriff Puzzled by UFOs Hovering Over Power Station
Kyrie Irving Has “Incident” With Humanoid Robot
Mavericks via YouTube Shorts What’re professional team sports without a good shoving match? Basketball star Kyrie Irving got into one recently — though not on the court, but with a humanoid robot. In a video shared by the Dallas Mavericks social media page, a Unitree G1 android shows off its slick karate moves in front… Continue reading Kyrie Irving Has “Incident” With Humanoid Robot
When Asked to Generate an Alphabet Poster for Preschoolers, the Latest Version of ChatGPT Just Flails Wildly
AI Generated Image On December 11, OpenAI release ChatGPT 5.2, the latest version of the widely used AI chatbot. As it does every time it releases a minor update, the company hailed its latest version as a “significant improvement in general intelligence,” calling it the “best model yet for real-world, professional use.” In a further… Continue reading When Asked to Generate an Alphabet Poster for Preschoolers, the Latest Version of ChatGPT Just Flails Wildly