A dad just can’t seem to figure out why his six-year-old daughter wasn’t impressed by the AI toy he gave her for Christmas. Alex Volkov, a self-styled “AI evangelist” and founder of a translation service powered by the tech, tweeted about his parenting difficulties over the holidays. For better or worse, it’s provided us a… Continue reading Dad Baffled When 6-Year-Old Daughter Turns Off AI Function on High Tech Doll and Plays With It Like Regular Toy
Author: Futurism_Magazine Online News
American Psychological Association Urges FTC to Investigate AI Chatbots Claiming to Offer Therapy
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. The American Psychological Association (APA) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the… Continue reading American Psychological Association Urges FTC to Investigate AI Chatbots Claiming to Offer Therapy
Grimes Defends Elon Musk While Fleeing Fire He’s Blaming on Woke
This week, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk blamed the disastrous Los Angeles wildfires on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The SpaceX CEO even went as far as to agree with a disgusting comment by far-right pundit Matt Walsh, who argued that Los Angeles was struggling with the ongoing fires because it “set out to exclude white… Continue reading Grimes Defends Elon Musk While Fleeing Fire He’s Blaming on Woke
Leaked Facebook Documents Show Exactly How Far You’re Allowed to Turn the “Racism” Dial
We’re not kidding: users can now declare themselves “proud racists” on Facebook. Big Dial You know the iconic Dril tweet about turning a bit dial labeled “racism,” while looking back at the audience for approval? Well, it’s top of mind amid Meta’s content moderation overhaul, in which it secretly provided employees with examples of horrific… Continue reading Leaked Facebook Documents Show Exactly How Far You’re Allowed to Turn the “Racism” Dial
After Over 10 Years, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is Finally About to Launch Its First Falcon 9-Style Rocket
Better Late Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is preparing to launch its New Glenn rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after midnight on Sunday. It’s been a long time coming: the company has been working on the 320-foot rocket, which shares similar proportions and stats with SpaceX’s Falcon 9… Continue reading After Over 10 Years, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is Finally About to Launch Its First Falcon 9-Style Rocket
Elon Musk Blames LA Wildfires on Black Firefighters
How does it just keep getting worse? Fuelling the Fire Instead of mourning the devastating destruction and death that’s befallen the city of Los Angeles due to raging wildfires this week, Elon Musk has taken to his far-right hate speech incubator X to blame the fires on — wait for it — diversity, equity, and… Continue reading Elon Musk Blames LA Wildfires on Black Firefighters
Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
And Zuckerberg personally approved the piracy, according to these documents. Free Loaders Newly unredacted court documents allege that Meta, formerly Facebook, knowingly used pirated books obtained from the online archive Library Genesis to train its AI models, Wired reports. Submitted in an ongoing lawsuit filed against the platform by a group of authors including Ta-Nehisi… Continue reading Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
Los Angeles Firefighting Aircraft Out of Commission After Dunce With Drone Crashes Into It
“We have a saying: ‘If you fly, we can’t.’” Drone Swatting Firefighters are still struggling to contain multiple major wildfires as much of Los Angeles county remains under a red flag warning, with fierce winds fanning the flames. At least ten people have lost their lives and more than 9,000 structures have been damaged so far,… Continue reading Los Angeles Firefighting Aircraft Out of Commission After Dunce With Drone Crashes Into It
OpenAI’s Most Advanced AI Release Stumped by New York Times Word Game
Connections claims another victim. Awful General Intelligence While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims that the company already has the building blocks for artificial general intelligence, a simple test of its most advanced publicly-avilable AI system was caught majorly lacking by a puzzle that countless people do every day. As Walter Bradley Center for Natural and… Continue reading OpenAI’s Most Advanced AI Release Stumped by New York Times Word Game
Trump Blames California Wildfires on “Worthless Fish”
Big brain time. Smelt It, Delta It President-elect Donald Trump has found the real culprit behind Los Angeles’ massive and devastating wildfires: the Delta smelt fish. In a post on his failing Truth Social platform, the forthcoming commander-in-chief slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom — or “Newscum,” in Trumpspeak — for putting a “worthless fish” over… Continue reading Trump Blames California Wildfires on “Worthless Fish”