AI Is Threatening Entry-Level Jobs That New Grads Needed to Get On-the-Job Training

New reporting by the Wall Street Journal has revealed what many young workers are feeling: that the share of entry-level jobs appears to be shrinking. The reporting draws on analysis by the Burning Glass Institute, a labor analytics firm. According to its study of unemployment rates among young people, the firm found that individuals of all… Continue reading AI Is Threatening Entry-Level Jobs That New Grads Needed to Get On-the-Job Training

Elon Musk Scoffs as Rival Waymo Plows Through Car While Driving Wrong Way Down Street

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to ward off critics of his approach to autonomous driving. Many years ago, the mercurial billionaire decided to rely exclusively on cameras — rather than LIDAR and radar sensors, like Tesla’s competitors — for the carmaker’s driver assistance software. Critics have long pointed out the limitations of such an… Continue reading Elon Musk Scoffs as Rival Waymo Plows Through Car While Driving Wrong Way Down Street

The FBI Is Reportedly Holding the Missing Footage From Outside Epstein’s Cell

Despite official insistence to the contrary, insiders say that the US government is in possession of the “missing minute” from the footage outside of Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan jail cell when the infamous pedophile died. Earlier this month, attorney general Pam Bondi released what the Justice Department referred to as the “full raw” surveillance footage from… Continue reading The FBI Is Reportedly Holding the Missing Footage From Outside Epstein’s Cell

Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video

Of all the musical fandoms out there, Insane Clown Posse’s juggalos are among the most loyal. For decades, the community has rallied around musicians Joe “Violent J” Bruce and Joey “Shaggy 2 Dope” Utsler to form one of the most fascinating and scrutinized musical subcultures of our time. That makes it all the more noteworthy that… Continue reading Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video

People Are Becoming “Sloppers” Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything

Power users of OpenAI’s ultrapopular AI chatbot ChatGPT have picked up a brand new nickname, and it’s unflattering. As spotted by media critic and writer Rusty Foster on his excellent Today in Tabs newsletter, people who constantly use ChatGPT to do virtually anything have garnered the moniker of “sloppers.” (And no, we’re not talking about… Continue reading People Are Becoming “Sloppers” Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything

Elon Musk Is Getting Destroyed by Yet Another Chinese Company

After delivering all but the finishing blow to Elon Musk’s electric vehicle empire with cutting-edge companies like BYD and Li Auto, Chinese industrialists are now setting their sights on the South African billionaire’s robotics ambitions. Earlier this week, the Hangzhou-based tech company Unitree Robotics launched what Bloomberg calls one of the world’s “first humanoid robots for… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Getting Destroyed by Yet Another Chinese Company

Tesla’s Teasing Some Kind of Incredible Reveal, But We’re Skeptical

Less than a week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned that his carmaker is in for a “few rough quarters,” the company’s executives are spinning up the rumor mill in an apparent effort to distract from its disastrous earnings results. As Teslarati reports, Tesla senior vice president of powertrain, Lars Moravy, revealed that the carmaker… Continue reading Tesla’s Teasing Some Kind of Incredible Reveal, But We’re Skeptical

Tyler, the Creator’s New Album Is Getting Buried by AI Knockoff

It’s a funny time to be a musician, to put it lightly. On top of the glut of social feeds and streaming services they have to maintain, artists and their representatives are now fighting AI bots for their listeners’ attention — and the humans aren’t always winning. Acclaimed musician and producer Tyler “Tyler, the Creator” Okonma certainly didn’t… Continue reading Tyler, the Creator’s New Album Is Getting Buried by AI Knockoff

Microsoft Releases List of Jobs Most and Least Likely to Be Replaced by AI

Researchers at Microsoft tried to determine which precise jobs are most and least likely to be replaced by generative AI — and the results are bad news for anyone currently enjoying the perks of a cushy desk job. As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, the Microsoft team analyzed a “dataset of 200k anonymized and privacy-scrubbed… Continue reading Microsoft Releases List of Jobs Most and Least Likely to Be Replaced by AI

AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents’ Electric Bills

If you’re looking for someone to blame for your ballooning energy bills, we have an increasingly familiar culprit: AI data centers.  A new analysis of one the US’s largest power grids, PJM, found that a rise in customer energy rates is directly attributable to the tremendous power demands of these data facilities that undergird services… Continue reading AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents’ Electric Bills