Readers of the satirical publication The Onion noticed something surprising today: it had used an AI-generated picture on a new article, despite the paper’s CEO Ben Collins recently promising that “we don’t use AI.” The image of a lizard-like, humanoid face accompanied an article titled “Monster Devastated To See Film Depicting Things He Told Guillermo Del… Continue reading The Onion Deletes Image From Article After Realizing It Was AI-Generated
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Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Woke AI
Wokeness was apparently keeping AI down. Guardrails Gone President Donald Trump’s second administration is all-in on AI — just not the woke kind. Amid his weeklong flurry of executive orders, the real estate mogul-turned-president suggested in his latest that wokeness is, essentially, keeping AI down. “To maintain this leadership, we must develop AI systems that… Continue reading Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Woke AI
Trump Says AI Is So Important He’ll Build New Power Plants Attached to Datacenters
“I can get the approvals done myself without having to go through years of waiting.” Big Brain During a consortium of global billionaires and power players, President Donald Trump said AI is so important that he plans to attach literal powerplants to AI datacenters. “We’re going to make it so that the plants will have… Continue reading Trump Says AI Is So Important He’ll Build New Power Plants Attached to Datacenters
The “First AI Software Engineer” Is Bungling the Vast Majority of Tasks It’s Asked to Do
Researchers have found that AI tech company Cognition’s Devin, which it claims to be the “first AI software engineer,” is astonishingly bad at its job. In a recent analysis, first spotted by The Register, a team of machine learning data scientists behind the independent AI research and development lab Answer.AI spent a month with the… Continue reading The “First AI Software Engineer” Is Bungling the Vast Majority of Tasks It’s Asked to Do
Trump Says Elon Musk’s Bizarre Behavior Is Okay Because “I Have Certain Hatreds of People Too”
President Trump’s $500 billion AI infrastructure project, dubbed Stargate, rustled plenty of feathers when it was announced this week — including reigniting a bitter feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and multi-hyphenate billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk. Earlier this week, Altman proudly voiced his support for the initiative at the announcement, while flanked by Trump in the… Continue reading Trump Says Elon Musk’s Bizarre Behavior Is Okay Because “I Have Certain Hatreds of People Too”
John McAfee Springs Back From the Grave as an AI, Promoting a New Meme Coin
“You think I got hacked? I wrote the damn playbook.” Believe in Angels Antivirus guru and erstwhile tax outlaw John McAfee is back from the dead, at least on social media, and he wants to sell you a meme coin. Three-and-a-half years after his 2021 apparent suicide in the face of extradition from Spain to the… Continue reading John McAfee Springs Back From the Grave as an AI, Promoting a New Meme Coin
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Analyzes His Nazi Salute
Et tu, Grok? Bot Stabber Somehow, there’s still a debate going as to whether Elon Musk performed not one but two Nazi salutes at Donald Trump’s post-inauguration celebration: one at the crowd, and then seconds later, one at the flag. Maybe Musk just made an “awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm” — two of… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Grok AI Analyzes His Nazi Salute
Trump Showing Love to Sam Altman Is Clearly Driving Elon Musk Into a Jealous Fury
Jealousy is a disease. Sticks and Stones This week, tech rivals Elon Musk and Sam Altman have been falling over themselves to win the favor of returning president Donald Trump. The petty squabble started on Tuesday, when an aggrieved Musk took to social media to put down Trump’s just-announced $500 billion AI project, “Stargate.” Altman’s OpenAI was… Continue reading Trump Showing Love to Sam Altman Is Clearly Driving Elon Musk Into a Jealous Fury
Huge Image of Musk’s Nazi Salute Projected Onto German Gigafactory
They’re looking to “fight the commercial arm of fascism.” Heil Mary The “Sieg Heil” heard ’round the world has made its way to Deutschland, where activists are using the now-infamous image at Tesla’s German Gigafactory to send a bold message. German activist group Zentrum fur Politische Schönheit, or Center for Political Beauty, posted on X-formerly-Twitter a… Continue reading Huge Image of Musk’s Nazi Salute Projected Onto German Gigafactory
Ivanka Trump Warns of $IVANKA Meme Coin That’s Grifting Her Fans Without Even Paying Her
President Donald Trump’s oldest daughter Ivanka Trump is warning her followers of an unofficial meme coin called “Ivanka Trump” ($IVANKA.) The coin skyrocketed in value on Monday, the day of her father’s inauguration, before crashing back down within less than an hour — cashing in on her fame, essentially, without giving her a cut. “It… Continue reading Ivanka Trump Warns of $IVANKA Meme Coin That’s Grifting Her Fans Without Even Paying Her