Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired the automaker’s vice president of manufacturing and operations Omead Fashar, Forbes reports, amid plummeting sales and public backlash against the company. Fashar was one of Musk’s closest confidants and a powerful executive at the company, according to Bloomberg, which reported that Fashar had departed but didn’t say that Musk… Continue reading As Tesla Crumbles, Elon Musk Just Fired One of His Top Supporters at the Company
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While Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Crumbles, Its Sales Are Falling Apart
Tesla’s sales in Europe have officially plummeted for the fifth month in a row in May, delivering a staggering blow to its investors. Per ABC, Tesla’s automotive sales dropped a further 28 percent last month across 30 European countries, despite a booming demand for EVs from other manufacturers. As Elon Musk’s pet company falters, other companies… Continue reading While Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Crumbles, Its Sales Are Falling Apart
The First Week of Tesla’s Robotaxis Has Been a Disaster
While autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo and Baidu clock hundreds of thousands of self-driving taxi trips, Tesla is lagging far behind. We’re now one week into the EV giant’s robotaxi pilot in Austin — a program Elon Musk has teased for over a decade — and it’s going about as horribly as expected. Citizens who’ve… Continue reading The First Week of Tesla’s Robotaxis Has Been a Disaster
Elon Musk’s Latest Rocket Crash Allegedly Killed Innocent Dolphins and Sea Turtles
This month’s Starship explosion has politicians and environmentalists in an uproar due to the serious impact it allegedly had on the surrounding land and waters. As the New York Times reports, this month’s Starship explosion resulted not only in a ton of debris raining down across the border into Mexico, but also, apparently, in mass marine wildlife… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Latest Rocket Crash Allegedly Killed Innocent Dolphins and Sea Turtles
WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family
We are once again asking: who asked for this? Summary Judgment WhatsApp is now offering AI summaries of text threads for those too lazy to read through their messages themselves. In a press release, the Meta-owned messaging app framed the new AI summarizing function as an optional feature that can help busy users keep up… Continue reading WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family
ChatGPT Tells User to Mix Bleach and Vinegar
Does mixing bleach and vinegar sound like a great idea? Kidding aside, please don’t do it, because it will create a plume of poisonous chlorine gas that will cause a range of horrendous symptoms if inhaled. That’s apparently news to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, though, which recently suggested to a Reddit user that the noxious combination could be used for… Continue reading ChatGPT Tells User to Mix Bleach and Vinegar
Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked To Hundreds of Illnesses and Deaths
Image by Getty / Futurism The United Kingdom’s health regulator is investigating weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro after linking it to hundreds of severe illnesses and even a handful of deaths. As the Independent reports, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is asking residents to submit their own experiences with… Continue reading Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked To Hundreds of Illnesses and Deaths
“Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI
The love’s gone bad between Microsoft and OpenAI, whose lucrative partnership ushered in our age of AI hype. OpenAI is trying to convert into a for-profit company, but it’s so far failed to secure its benefactor’s approval and negotiate a new contract. The frustration is running so high that the ChatGPT maker is reportedly considering… Continue reading “Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI
Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI
Despite investing tens of billions of dollars into OpenAI, tech giant Microsoft has a problem: it’s in direct competition with its business partner, and OpenAI is winning. As Bloomberg reports, Microsoft salespeople are having trouble wooing both potential and existing customers with the company’s Copilot, its AI assistant built on OpenAI’s tech. Basically, it feels like a worse version… Continue reading Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI
Orlando Bloom Planning the Worst Possible Thing at Jeff Bezos’ Wedding
Orlando… don’t…. The Merchant of Venice Pop star and space tourist Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom have reportedly split after nearly a decade together — and he’s apparently planning to use the spectacle of the century to let his single flag fly. Many of the world’s elites have descended upon Venice, Italy this week… Continue reading Orlando Bloom Planning the Worst Possible Thing at Jeff Bezos’ Wedding