After Meta started building an enormous data center less than 400 yards away from their house, a couple living in Newton County, Georgia, says their water started to dry up. That began in 2018; years later, two of their bathroom taps still don’t work. What water remains has turned into a gritty sludge, littered with… Continue reading AI Data Centers Accused of Creating Major Problems for Local Water Systems
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Doctors Say Ozempic Is Wildly Effective at Helping Addicts Beat Cravings
Image by Getty / Futurism Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy already had a lengthening laundry list of physical health benefits, but now they’re increasingly showing promise as treatments for neuropsychological conditions as well. Specifically, one of the most intriguing potential uses for these GLP-1 drugs is in addiction treatment, for vices ranging from alcohol to… Continue reading Doctors Say Ozempic Is Wildly Effective at Helping Addicts Beat Cravings
Angry Callers Accusing Real Customer Support Staff of Being AI
A penny for the thoughts of our thankless call center workers. Long have they had to endure indignant customers fuming at them for problems beyond their control. And now they must suffer accusations that call their very humanity in question, Bloomberg reports, as the proliferation of AI tech has many callers suspecting that the human… Continue reading Angry Callers Accusing Real Customer Support Staff of Being AI
In Court for Fatal Crash, Tesla Admits It Wasn’t Even Tracking Autopilot Crashes for the First Three Years of the Program
With so many massive and well-publicized safety issues, nothing should surprise us about Tesla’s internal culture — but new revelations from the country’s first federal Autopilot crash trial have us shaken once again. As Law360 reports, an engineer at Elon Musk’s car company revealed during a wrongful death trial this week that until 2018, the… Continue reading In Court for Fatal Crash, Tesla Admits It Wasn’t Even Tracking Autopilot Crashes for the First Three Years of the Program
Elon Musk Using Eugenics Startup to Inspect DNA of Potential Babies for Intelligence
Image by Allison Robbert / AFP via Getty / Futurism An Austin eugenics startup apparently counts billionaire Elon Musk and his girlfriend, Neuralink director Shivon Zilis, among its clients. That company, Orchid Health, provides tony clients the opportunity to screen their embryos for genetic illnesses starting at around $22,500. While there are a handful of similar genetic… Continue reading Elon Musk Using Eugenics Startup to Inspect DNA of Potential Babies for Intelligence
Man Who Skydived From Space Dies During New Stunt
Image by Buda Mendes/Getty Images for Laureus / Futurism Nearly 13 years after skydiving from the edge of space, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has died during a tragic accident. As the New York Post reports, Baumgartner was 56 when he took on what became his last stunt: flying a motorized paraglider near the town of… Continue reading Man Who Skydived From Space Dies During New Stunt
China Is Using Trump’s Tactics Against Him to Corner the EV Market
Although Donald Trump presents himself as a fierce adversary of China, some of his policy moves appear to be a significant boon for the People’s Republic. This spring, as Trump’s chaotic tariff war captured headlines, a game-changing electric vehicle provision in his “Big Beautiful Bill” lurked just below the surface. After being signed into law on… Continue reading China Is Using Trump’s Tactics Against Him to Corner the EV Market
Delta Announces New System Where AI Makes Up the Price for Your Ticket on the Spot
In the latest sign frivolous and irritating use of AI, US airline Delta is looking to harness the tech to set prices for each individual customer, instead of just listing what they actually cost. As Fortune reports, the airline is looking to push the boundaries of how much passengers are willing to shell out for… Continue reading Delta Announces New System Where AI Makes Up the Price for Your Ticket on the Spot
A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say
Earlier this week, a prominent venture capitalist named Geoff Lewis — managing partner of the multi-billion dollar investment firm Bedrock, which has backed high-profile tech companies including OpenAI and Vercel — posted a disturbing video on X-formerly-Twitter that’s causing significant concern among his peers and colleagues. “This isn’t a redemption arc,” Lewis says in the… Continue reading A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Horrified by Elon Musk’s “Reckless” and “Completely Irresponsible” Grok Scandal
Experts at OpenAI and Anthropic are calling out Elon Musk and xAI for refusing to publish any safety research — and for potentially not having done any at all. In the wake of Grok, xAI’s chatbot, calling itself “MechaHitler” and publicly spewing a ton of racist and antisemitic vitriol, safety experts at those rival firms… Continue reading OpenAI and Anthropic Are Horrified by Elon Musk’s “Reckless” and “Completely Irresponsible” Grok Scandal