CEOs are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools to create avatars of themselves that can deal with mundane tasks — like attending high stakes media interviews on their behalf, for example. A slew of AI startups with names like Personal AI, Delphi, and Tavus are scrambling to court executives who will let them train models —… Continue reading CEOs Are Creating Copies of Themselves That Are Spouting Braindead Hallucinations to Their Confused Underlings
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Waymo Hiring For a “Public Affairs Specialist” in Los Angeles While People Are Settings Its Cars on Fire
Waymo is hiring a “community and public affairs specialist” — at the same time that the company’s self-driving vehicles were becoming unwitting participants in Los Angeles’ anti-immigration raid protests. After rabblerousers set fire to a bunch of Waymo’s driverless cabs, the company suspended service in the city of Angels and San Francisco, where satellite solidarity… Continue reading Waymo Hiring For a “Public Affairs Specialist” in Los Angeles While People Are Settings Its Cars on Fire
You Are Completely Unprepared for What Tesla’s Robotaxi Actually Looks Like
We’ve finally gotten a glimpse at one of Tesla’s Robotaxis in action. But don’t expect your socks to be blown off. As seen in a bystander’s footage taken in Austin, Texas, that Elon Musk has proudly reshared, it’s literally just a black Model Y with the word “Robotaxi” scrawled on the side in a painfully… Continue reading You Are Completely Unprepared for What Tesla’s Robotaxi Actually Looks Like
People Are Asking ChatGPT for Relationship Advice and It’s Ending in Disaster
Despite ChatGPT’s well-documented issues, people are using it to advise them on relationship issues — and it’s going about as well as you’d expect. In a new editorial, Vice advice columnist Sammi Caramela said she had been blissfully unaware of the ChatGPT-as-therapist trend until someone wrote into her work email about it earlier this year. Back… Continue reading People Are Asking ChatGPT for Relationship Advice and It’s Ending in Disaster
ChatGPT “Absolutely Wrecked” at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977
Despite all its advances, ChatGPT is seemingly still less smart — at certain tasks, at least — than an Atari game console from almost 50 years ago. In a post on LinkedIn, Citrix software engineer Robert Caruso explained how the OpenAI chatbot “got absolutely wrecked” by an Atari 2600 running Atari Chess, a game for… Continue reading ChatGPT “Absolutely Wrecked” at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977
Cybertruck Sales Are So Bad That We Gasped
There’s little left for us to say that can further embarrass the Tesla Cybertruck, a vehicle that was supposed to be the culmination of Elon Musk’s genius. And maybe this is what Musk’s genius looks like. The luckless EV has faced eight recalls so far, and its trademark stainless steel panels, when they aren’t flying… Continue reading Cybertruck Sales Are So Bad That We Gasped
Genetics Startup Advertises App-Based Eugenics Service for Parents to Select “Smartest” Embryos
Image by Nucleus Genomics via YouTube / Futurism A Gen Z entrepreneur and apparent eugenics enthusiast has launched an app that allows prospective parents to rank which embryos they want the most. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, this new, subscription-based platform hails from Nucleus Genomics, a startup founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi who likens… Continue reading Genetics Startup Advertises App-Based Eugenics Service for Parents to Select “Smartest” Embryos
Doctors Concerned By Massive Uptick In Teens Taking Ozempic
Image by Roberto Pfeil / picture alliance via Getty / Futurism Teens are being prescribed Ozempic and similar drugs more than ever before — and some doctors are worried about what the trend could mean. In interviews with Reuters and Raleigh, North Carolina’s WRAL, doctors expressed disquiet at recent studies that found that are kids being… Continue reading Doctors Concerned By Massive Uptick In Teens Taking Ozempic
Anthropic Abruptly Shuts Down Blog Run by Its AI, Won’t Say Why
Anthropic wanted to show off its Claude chatbot’s writing skills by having it pen a blog on the plain old internet — but just after its launch, the company kiboshed the entire thing. As TechCrunch reports, the “Claude Explains” project was only live for a few weeks before Anthropic decided to pull the plug, erasing all… Continue reading Anthropic Abruptly Shuts Down Blog Run by Its AI, Won’t Say Why
People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions
Across the world, people say their loved ones are developing intense obsessions with ChatGPT and spiraling into severe mental health crises. A mother of two, for instance, told us how she watched in alarm as her former husband developed an all-consuming relationship with the OpenAI chatbot, calling it “Mama” and posting delirious rants about being… Continue reading People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions