Last month, US State Department documents came to light showing plans to spend $400 million on “Armored Tesla” vehicles. The optics were bad, to say the least. The planned spending appeared to be one of the most glaring examples yet of Tesla CEO and unelected White House advisor Elon Musk’s enormous conflict of interest. Department… Continue reading There’s Something Very Sketchy Going on With the Government Trying to Buy $400 Million in Armored Teslas
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Elon Musk Has Sucked Up $38 Billion in Aid From the Federal Government, and Now He’s Slashing That Help for Others
While his so-called Department of Government Efficiency is laying waste to the federal government, unelected White House advisor Elon Musk has massively benefited from government contracts propping up his business over more than 20 years. As the Washington Post reports, Musk and his businesses have collected at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies,… Continue reading Elon Musk Has Sucked Up $38 Billion in Aid From the Federal Government, and Now He’s Slashing That Help for Others
Man’s Entire Life Destroyed After Downloading AI Software
“It’s impossible to convey the sense of violation.” Last February, Disney employee Matthew Van Andel downloaded what seemed like a helpful AI tool from the developer site GitHub. Little did he know that the decision would totally upend his life — resulting in everything from his credit cards to social security number being leaked to… Continue reading Man’s Entire Life Destroyed After Downloading AI Software
Dark Mark Appears on Trump’s Hand
Image by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Septuagenarian president Donald Trump isn’t the strong, virile world leader the White House likes to portray him as. That’s just a fact. During a visit by French president Emmanuel Macron at the White House this week, a large, greenish-blue bruise appeared on the back of the 78-year-old’s hand, as seen… Continue reading Dark Mark Appears on Trump’s Hand
Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Its Loathsome AI Overviews
Google’s use of AI is an embarrassment. Google is being sued by Chegg — yes, the barely-hanging-on company that has furnished many a college student with homework answers and cheap textbooks— over its infamously shoddy AI Overviews, Reuters reports. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Chegg accused the tech giant of abusing its monopoly of the… Continue reading Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Its Loathsome AI Overviews
AI Hype Will Plunge America Into Financial Ruin, Economist Warns
What hasn’t been said about artificial intelligence? It’s a disruptor, a game changer, the next technological revolution. Soon we’ll all be chilling with our feet up while our AI assistants do all the heavy lifting — right? One economist isn’t so sure. A new study by Caleb Maresca at New York University predicts that just… Continue reading AI Hype Will Plunge America Into Financial Ruin, Economist Warns
CIA Unhappy With Extremely Naughty Chats Between Spies
In leaked chat logs, intelligence officials appeared to discuss numerous not safe for work topics, ranging from group sex to explicit sexual fetishes, on an official government message server — and our country’s most notorious spy agency is not pleased. In a statement to Futurism, the CIA confirmed that it was looking into the newly-revealed chats between… Continue reading CIA Unhappy With Extremely Naughty Chats Between Spies
As Crypto Prices Collapse, Trump’s Meme Coin Falls to Lowest Value Since Its Launch
Crypto prices keep tumbling lower and lower — and President Donald Trump’s once-ascendant meme coin is taking a hammering along with the rest. The value of Trump’s crypto foray, which trades under the ticker $TRUMP, plummeted from around $15 per share down to an all-time low of roughly $12.23 on Monday evening before rebounding ever so… Continue reading As Crypto Prices Collapse, Trump’s Meme Coin Falls to Lowest Value Since Its Launch
Elon’s Grok 3 AI Provides “Hundreds of Pages of Detailed Instructions” on Creating Chemical Weapons
Elon Musk has boasted that his AI efforts will be “maximum [sic] truth-seeking” — and true to form, xAI’s new chatbot Grok 3 came out of the box ready to provide detailed and explicit instructions on how to create chemical weapons. “Grok is giving me hundreds of pages of detailed instructions on how to make chemical… Continue reading Elon’s Grok 3 AI Provides “Hundreds of Pages of Detailed Instructions” on Creating Chemical Weapons
New Disease Spreading Rapidly, Killing Dozens, After Children Ate a Bat
Image by GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP via Getty Images A mysterious illness is spreading in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the Associated Press reports, World Health Organization doctors say that the illness has already led to 419 cases, including 53 deaths, since the latest outbreak began on January 21. A particularly harrowing detail:… Continue reading New Disease Spreading Rapidly, Killing Dozens, After Children Ate a Bat