Musician — and mother of three of billionaire Elon Musk’s children — Claire “Grimes” Boucher seems to have spent a little too much time with her head buried in the sand. In a ringingly disingenuous statement on X-formerly-Twitter, Boucher attempted to “address a certain toxicity in the Grimes fandom,” arguing that “I very much denounce… Continue reading Grimes Puzzled by Why Her Fans Think She’s Associating With Nazis
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Befuddled RFK Jr. Says There Were No Chronic Diseases Back When He Was Young
Image by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty / Futurism The Trump Administration’s pick to run America’s incredibly consequential Health and Human Services Department, Robert F. Jennedy Jr., declared during his contentious first confirmation hearing today that he was “raised at a time when there was no chronic disease epidemic.” It’s a claim as sweeping… Continue reading Befuddled RFK Jr. Says There Were No Chronic Diseases Back When He Was Young
Another Chinese AI Company Says It’s Beaten OpenAI
Another one. Deep Burning Major Chinese tech company Alibaba claims that the latest version of its Qwen AI model has beaten out DeepSeek’s V3, the model that flipped Silicon Valley on its head earlier this week by edging out OpenAI. In a statement posted to the Chinese social media platform WeChat, Alibaba said that its… Continue reading Another Chinese AI Company Says It’s Beaten OpenAI
Waymo Raises Eyebrows With Experimental Feature to “Tip” Its Driverless Cars
“2026: tipping your Waymo so it doesn’t narc on you for having sex in the back.” Pro Tips Autonomous taxi service company Waymo is looking to encourage its customers to “add a ‘tip’” — even though there’s no driver behind the wheel. According to leaked screenshots obtained by security researcher Jane Wong, the feature appeared… Continue reading Waymo Raises Eyebrows With Experimental Feature to “Tip” Its Driverless Cars
Country Says “Hmmm” as Elon Musk Teams Up With Boeing to Create Amazingly Safe New Air Force One
What could possibly go wrong? Air Force None After leaving the federal government’s operations in shambles and causing major confusion over healthcare funding, SpaceX CEO and White House advisor Elon Musk has a new priority: the delivery of a pair of luxurious Boeing 747s, so he and president Donald Trump can jet around in style.… Continue reading Country Says “Hmmm” as Elon Musk Teams Up With Boeing to Create Amazingly Safe New Air Force One
OpenAI Says DeepSeek Used Its Work Without Permission to Create an AI That’s Stealing Its Job, Which Is Blatantly Hypocritical Since That’s Exactly What It Did to Human Artists
After spending years indiscriminately ripping off other people’s work — and getting sued for copyright infringement left and right — OpenAI is sobbing that the buzzy Chinese AI startup DeepSeek did the same thing on its AI that it built on all that pilfered content. As the Financial Times reports, OpenAI is accusing the app… Continue reading OpenAI Says DeepSeek Used Its Work Without Permission to Create an AI That’s Stealing Its Job, Which Is Blatantly Hypocritical Since That’s Exactly What It Did to Human Artists
As Trump Offers Buyout to Get Rid of as Many Government Workers as Possible, OpenAI Announces New Version of ChatGPT Designed to Do Government Work
As Donald Trump offers federal employees massive buyouts in a bid to axe as many as possible, OpenAI is conveniently offering a new AI tool to replace that workload. In a new blog post, OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT Gov, a “tailored version” of the company’s groundbreaking chatbot with additional security layers for the processing… Continue reading As Trump Offers Buyout to Get Rid of as Many Government Workers as Possible, OpenAI Announces New Version of ChatGPT Designed to Do Government Work
Former Intel CEO Says After Seeing DeepSeek, He’s Done With OpenAI
News of Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s success continues to send ripples throughout the West, tanking Nvidia’s stock valuation, spawning endless discourse, and embarrassing President Trump. Now, even American startup gurus are starting to jump ship. Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO of tech superpower Intel, says that after seeing DeepSeek’s tech, his new church startup —… Continue reading Former Intel CEO Says After Seeing DeepSeek, He’s Done With OpenAI
White House Caught With Pants Down As Medicaid Funding Portals Go Down
Image by Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty / Futurism President Donald Trump’s White House insists in a new memo that its federal funding freeze shouldn’t affect anyone’s Medicaid — but state officials seem to be suggesting otherwise. Earlier in the week, the White House Office of Budget and Management (OMB) sent a memo to all federal agencies temporarily… Continue reading White House Caught With Pants Down As Medicaid Funding Portals Go Down
Trump Responds After DeepSeek Humiliates His Splashy AI Announcement
A “wake-up call.” Deep Trouble President Donald Trump has responded to the rapid rise of the Chinese startup DeepSeek, whose recently released AI model has him and his Silicon Valley pals looking like a bunch of chumps. “The release of DeepSeek AI from a Chinese company should be a wake-up call for our industries that… Continue reading Trump Responds After DeepSeek Humiliates His Splashy AI Announcement