A “band” that sparked a heated debate for heavily relying on generative AI — and still somehow accumulating over half a million listeners on Spotify — has finally admitted the truth. Earlier this week, a self-proclaimed “indie rock band” called The Velvet Sundown claimed on its “official” X account that it “never” used any AI,… Continue reading Creator of “Indie Band” Who Insisted It Wasn’t AI-Generated Just Admitted the Truth
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OpenAI Says It’s Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises
Among the strangest twists in the rise of AI has been growing evidence that it’s negatively impacting the mental health of users, with some even developing severe delusions after becoming obsessed with the chatbot. One intriguing detail from our most recent story about this disturbing trend is OpenAI’s response: it says it’s hired a full-time… Continue reading OpenAI Says It’s Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises
Tesla Bros Are Begging Polymarket to Change the Rules So Elon Musk’s Disastrous Robotaxi Launch Doesn’t Lose Them a Ton of Money
Tesla bros, it turns out, can be pretty sore losers. On the crypto-based prediction hub Polymarket, some of the automaker’s diehards can’t accept that they’re about to lose a boatload of money after betting that their hero Elon Musk would launch a public robotaxi service in June. Which he didn’t, by the way; the trial… Continue reading Tesla Bros Are Begging Polymarket to Change the Rules So Elon Musk’s Disastrous Robotaxi Launch Doesn’t Lose Them a Ton of Money
What the Heck Is That Thing Inside RFK’s Mouth?
Image by Kayla Bartkowski / Getty / Futurism A smiling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was seen with a strange white thing in his mouth during a recent Congressional hearing — and we’re almost positive we know what it is. When publishing a story about the Health and Human Services secretary’s worm-brained plan to start approving… Continue reading What the Heck Is That Thing Inside RFK’s Mouth?
Tesla’s Self-Driving Mode Causes It to Get Hit by Train
Tesla’s so-called “self-driving” features have some serious issues with train tracks — and in a recent instance, it led to a small collision with a moving freight train. As Pennsylvania-based broadcaster WFMZ reports, a family of three was forced to exit their Tesla in the wee hours of the morning after it decided, when in an… Continue reading Tesla’s Self-Driving Mode Causes It to Get Hit by Train
Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles
Crunchyroll, the massively popular anime streaming service and distributor, just got caught using obvious AI slop in its subtitles. The slipup was made in the premiere episode of a new series called “Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show” — and trust us, there’s no guesswork involved in sniffing out the AI here. Around the 19:12… Continue reading Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles
Behind the Scenes, Sam Altman Is Absolutely Furious
The tug of war for artificial intelligence developers between Meta and OpenAI is devolving into a knock-down, drag-out fight. In an effort to revive his crumbling AI program, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently declared open season on OpenAI’s staffers. The billionaire tech mogul is said to be hand-selecting AI researchers and developers to build… Continue reading Behind the Scenes, Sam Altman Is Absolutely Furious
Tesla Gets Dismal Sales News After Disastrous Robotaxi Launch
Tesla has posted its second quarter delivery numbers — and they’re not looking good. As the New York Times reports, the company reported it had delivered just 384,000 vehicles between April and June, a massive drop from 444,000 vehicles over the same period last year. Meanwhile, CEO Elon Musk has focused his carmaker’s resources on… Continue reading Tesla Gets Dismal Sales News After Disastrous Robotaxi Launch
For $10, You Can Crack ChatGPT Into a Horrifying Monster
It’s astonishingly easy to prod OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) into doing the most abominable things you can imagine. In an editorial for the Wall Street Journal, the researchers from the AI firm AE Studio explained that all it took was some tricky prompting and a $10 charge to access OpenAI’s developer platform — and… Continue reading For $10, You Can Crack ChatGPT Into a Horrifying Monster
Apple’s AI Research Has Failed So Spectacularly That It’s Considering Just Letting OpenAI Power Siri
For the past few months, Apple has been mired in a tangled legal web of its own making. When the tech giant released the iPhone 16 back in September of 2024, it promised customers a suite of shiny new “Apple Intelligence” features, which would “roll out later this year and in the months following.” At… Continue reading Apple’s AI Research Has Failed So Spectacularly That It’s Considering Just Letting OpenAI Power Siri