IShowSpeed via YouTube Earlier this year, a cowboy hat-toting bipedal robot dubbed “Jake the Rizzbot” burst onto the scene, baffling residents in Austin, Texas, with its flashy cowboy hat, chain necklace — and strong preference for gen alpha slang. Just weeks later, the four-foot-tall Unitree G1 robot moved to California and seemingly came out as… Continue reading Streamer Sued for Assaulting Gay Robot
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Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes
Christophe Gateau / picture alliance via Getty / Futurism The idyllic countryside of a Bay Area winery was rudely disrupted this weekend when a man allegedly tried to start a fire, got into a fight with staff, and deliberately crashed his Tesla into two other parked cars, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. The most curious… Continue reading Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes
OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images. The AI smut market is booming, and tech executives are starting to notice. Indeed, one study found that about 16 percent of adults are having at least weekly intimate conversations with AI chatbots, while naughty AI generators are… Continue reading OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000
An AI-Powered Toy Is Regaling Children With Chinese Communist Party Talking Points
Miko / Getty AI-powered toys for young children are flooding online marketplaces, promising to provide young minds with a never-ending supply of bedtime stories and companionship around the clock. But anybody who’s paid even a little attention to the AI industry’s continued struggles surrounding content moderation should know better than to wrap up one of… Continue reading An AI-Powered Toy Is Regaling Children With Chinese Communist Party Talking Points
Regular People Are Rising Up Against AI Surveillance Cameras
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI surveillance company Flock Safety might be having a banner year as it aggressively expands its dragnet across the US, but ordinary people aren’t impressed. For four hours on Tuesday, residents of Longmont, Colorado — where Flock has at least 23 AI-powered cameras and license plate… Continue reading Regular People Are Rising Up Against AI Surveillance Cameras
Waymo’s Software Patch to Not Run Down Children Getting Off School Buses Isn’t Working, School Claims
JASON HENRY/AFP via Getty Images Despite holding a track record as some of the safest self-driving cars on American roads, Waymo’s robotaxis seem to be veering off course lately. Earlier this week, Waymo filed a software recall for 3,067 of its 5th-generation vehicles, after the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into… Continue reading Waymo’s Software Patch to Not Run Down Children Getting Off School Buses Isn’t Working, School Claims
Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa
Prof. Lauren Mc Keown Spiders from Mars? Try Europa. A team of planetary scientists from Ireland have examined and named an intriguing feature on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon that resembles the shape of an arachnid — or perhaps an exploded asterisk. They’re calling it “Damhán Alla,” which is Gaelic for “spider,” or in… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa
People Are Already Creating Ghoulishly Horrifying Sora Disney Videos
Screenshots from AI-generated videos on Sora On Thursday, Disney announced a landmark partnership with OpenAI to license its iconic characters and properties to be used to generate clips on Sora, OpenAI’s video generating app, starting in 2026. It’s the first major licensing deal between OpenAI and a major Hollywood studio, and will include more than… Continue reading People Are Already Creating Ghoulishly Horrifying Sora Disney Videos
Scientists Investigate What Killed Off Hobbit-Like Species
Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images The extinct archaic human species Homo floresiensis, formerly of Indonesia, left behind fully-grown adult skeletons that famously measure at a diminutive height of three and a half feet tall, which compelled scientists to naturally nickname them “hobbits,” after the iconically pint-sized “Lord of the Rings” creatures. These hobbits… Continue reading Scientists Investigate What Killed Off Hobbit-Like Species
Literal Teens Are Losing It All at Crypto Casinos
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Kids grow up so fast these days: they’re getting hooked on high-stakes gambling younger than ever. According to new reporting from the New York Times, teenagers and young adults are blowing their fortunes on shady online crypto casinos, lured there by a sleazy web of streamers… Continue reading Literal Teens Are Losing It All at Crypto Casinos